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Allegany County

Water	Species	Open Season	Minimum Length	Daily Limit	Method
All waters except as listed below	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″	Ice fishing permitted
Rushford Lake	Trout	April 1 through Nov 30	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″
Allen Lake	Trout	All year	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″	Ice fishing permitted
Genesee River from Belmont Dam upstream to Pennsylvania State line except section below	Trout	All year	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″
Genesee River from Route 19 bridge in Shongo downstream 2.5 miles	Trout	All year	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only
Wiscoy Creek	Trout	April 1 – October 15	10″	3
Wiscoy Creek	Trout	October 16 – March 31	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only
East Koy Creek	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″
East Koy Creek	Trout	October 16 – March 31	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only

Cattaraugus County

Water	Species	Open Season	Minimum Length	Daily Limit	Method
All waters except as listed below	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″	Ice fishing permitted
Allegany State Park	State Park regulations may apply, check with Park Police
Case Lake, Harwood Lake, New Albion Lake, Red House Lake, Quaker Lake	Trout	All year	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″	Ice fishing permitted
Clear Creek from Wyoming-Cattaraugus County line upstream, Lime Lake Outlet, McKinstry Creek	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	9″	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″
	Trout	Oct 16 – March 31	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only
Ischua Creek from 0.9 miles downstream to 1.3 miles upstream of Rt. 98 bridge in Cadiz	Trout	All year	Any size	5
Cattaraugus Creek downstream of Springville Dam	See Great Lakes Regulations.
Elm Creek, Elton Creek, Mansfield Creek, Cattaraugus Creek upstream of Springville Dam	Trout	April 1 – October 15	Any Size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″
	Trout	October 16 – March 31	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only

Chautauqua County

Water	Species	Open Season	Minimum Length	Daily Limit	Method
All waters except as listed below	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″	Ice fishing permitted
Chautauqua Lake and its tributaries and the Chadakoin River to Warner Dam	Muskellunge and Tiger Muskellunge	3rd Sat in June through Nov 30	40″	1	Ice fishing permitted
	Walleye	1st Sat in May – Mar 15	18″	3	Ice fishing permitted
Goose Creek	Trout	All year	Any Size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″
Lake Erie and tributaries to first barrier impassable by fish	See Great Lakes Regulations.

Erie County

Water	Species	Open Season	Minimum Length	Daily Limit	Method
All waters except as listed below	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″	Ice fishing permitted
Lake Erie, Niagara River, and their tributaries to the first barrier, Cattaraugus Creek downstream of Springville Dam, Buffalo River and tributaries to first barrier impassable by fish, that portion of Ellicott Creek within Amherst State Park	All Species	See Great Lakes Regulations.
Hosmer (Sardinia) Brook	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	9″	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″
Hosmer (Sardinia) Brook	Trout	Oct 16 through March 31	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only
Cattaraugus Creek upstream of Springville Dam	Trout	April 1 through October 15	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″
Cattaraugus Creek upstream of Springville Dam	Trout	Oct 16 through March 31	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only

Niagara County

Water	Species	Open Season	Minimum Length	Daily Limit	Method
All waters except Lake Ontario, Niagara River and their tributaries to first barrier	Trout	April 1 through October 15	Any size	5 with no more than 2 longer than 12”	Ice fishing permitted
Lake Ontario, Niagara River, and their tributaries to first barrier	All Species	See Great Lakes Regulations.

Wyoming County

Water	Species	Open Season	Minimum Length	Daily Limit	Method
All waters except as listed below	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″	Ice fishing permitted
Wiscoy Creek except section below	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	10″	3
Wiscoy Creek except section below	Trout	Oct 16 through March 31	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only
Wiscoy Creek from 0.5 mile upstream to 0.5 mile downstream of East Hillside Road Bridge	Trout	All year	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only
Clear Creek from mouth to Wyoming-Cattaraugus County line	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	9″	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″
Clear Creek from mouth to Wyoming-Cattaraugus County line	Trout	Oct 16 through March 31	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only
East Koy Creek, Cattaraugus Creek upstream of Springville Dam	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	Any size	5 – with no more than 2 longer than 12″
	Trout	Oct 16 through March 31	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only

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