Region 5 Regulations

Rob Fiorentino, Regional Fisheries Manager
1115 State Rte. 86
P.O. Box 296
Ray Brook, NY 12977-0296
(518) 897-1200
COUNTIES: CLINTON, ESSEX, FRANKLIN, FULTON, HAMILTON, SARATOGA, WARREN, WASHINGTON
Waterbodies found in a different section of the guide
Water | Regulation |
Inland Trout Streams | See Inland Trout Stream Regulations |
Lake Champlain and tributaries upstream to the 1st impassible barrier to fish | See Lake Champlain and Tributary Regulations |
Clinton County
Water | Special Regulations |
All waters, except as prohibited below | Ice fishing permitted |
Chazy Lake | Lake Trout, All year, Minimum Length-21", Daily Limit-3 |
Cranberry Pond (Town of Black Brook) | Ice fishing prohibited |
Great Chazy River (from Rte. 9B at Coopersville upstream to Perrys Mills Dam) | Fishing prohibited from March 16 through April 30 |
Mud Pond (Town of Black Brook) | Ice fishing prohibited |
Mud Pond (Town of Black Brook - 2 miles south of Riverview) | |
Mud Pond (Town of Dannemora) | |
Upper Chateaugay Lake | Lake Trout, All year, Minimum Length-21", Daily Limit-3 |
Essex County
Water | Special Regulations |
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All waters inhabited by trout, except as permitted below | Ice fishing prohibited |
Bigsby Pond |
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Connery Pond (Town of North Elba) | Ice fishing permitted |
Copperas Pond |
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Crane Pond |
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Eagle Lake | Ice fishing permitted |
First Lake of Essex Chain |
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Harris Lake |
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Lake George |
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Lake George Tributaries from Lake George upstream to first barrier impassable by fish |
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Lake Placid | Lake Trout, April 1 through October 15, Minimum Length-15", Daily Limit-3 |
Lower Cascade Lake | Round Whitefish, Possession prohibited |
Mirror Lake | Lake Trout, April 1 through October 15, Minimum Length-15", Daily Limit-3 |
Moose Pond (Town of St. Armand) |
Lake Trout, April 1 through October 15, Minimum Length-15", Daily Limit-3 |
Paradox Lake |
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Pharaoh Lake |
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Putnam Pond |
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Schroon Lake |
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Schroon River from Schroon Lake upstream to Alder Meadow Road |
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Upper Cascade Lake | Round Whitefish, Possession prohibited |
Franklin County
Water | Special Regulations |
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All waters inhabited by trout, except as permitted below | Ice fishing prohibited |
All waters |
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Big Fish Pond | Lake Trout, April 1 through October 15, Minimum Length-15", Daily Limit-3 |
Kiwassa Lake |
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Lake Clear | Ice fishing permitted |
Lake Colby | Ice fishing permitted |
Lake Kushaqua |
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Little Clear Pond and Tributaries | Fishing prohibited |
Little Fish Pond | Lake Trout, April 1 through October 15, Minimum Length-15", Daily Limit-3 |
Little Green Pond and Tributaries | Fishing prohibited |
Little Wolf Pond |
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Meacham Lake | Ice fishing permitted |
Mountain Pond (Town of Brighton) |
Trout, April 1-Nov 30, Catch and Release only, Artificial lures only |
Rollins Pond |
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Saranac River from Hough Brook at Union Falls Flow upstream to Franklin Falls Flow Dam |
Fishing prohibited from March 16 through April 30 |
St. Lawrence River | See Great Lakes & Tributaries Regulations |
St. Regis Falls Impoundment |
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St. Regis Pond | Lake Trout, April 1 through October 15, Minimum Length-15", Daily Limit-3 |
Tupper Lake |
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Upper Saranac Lake |
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Fulton County
Water | Special Regulations |
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All waters inhabited by trout except as permitted below | Ice fishing prohibited |
Canada Lake |
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East Caroga Lake | Ice fishing permitted |
Great Sacandaga Lake | |
Great Sacandaga Lake Tributaries (Except Sacandaga River) from the stream mouth upstream to 1st road bridge |
Fishing is prohibited from March 16 through April 30 |
Green Lake |
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Kyser Lake | Ice fishing permitted |
Lily Lake | |
Northville Pond | |
Sacandaga River from Bridge St. in Northville upstream to the first crossing of Rte. 30 |
Fishing is prohibited from March 16 through April 30 |
West Caroga Lake | Ice fishing permitted |
West Lake |
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Hamilton County
Water | Special Regulations |
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All waters inhabited by except as permitted below | Ice fishing prohibited |
All waters except Fourth Lake of Fulton Chain |
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Blue Mountain Lake |
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Eagle Lake |
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Fawn Lake (Town of Lake Pleasant) |
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First Lake of Essex Chain |
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Forked Lake |
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Fourth Lake of Fulton Chain |
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Gilman Lake |
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Indian Lake (Town of Indian Lake) |
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Lake Abanakee (Town of Indian Lake) |
Ice fishing permitted |
Lake Eaton |
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Lake Lila |
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Lake Pleasant |
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Lake Pleasant Outlet from Lake Pleasant downstream to mouth of the Kunjamuk River |
Fishing prohibited from March 16 through April 30 |
Lake Pleasant Tributaries |
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Lewey Lake |
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Limekiln Lake |
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Little Tupper Lake | Trout, April 1 through October 15, Catch and Release only, Artificial lures only |
Piseco Lake |
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Raquette Lake |
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Rock Pond | Trout, April 1 through October 15, Catch and Release only, Artificial lures only |
Round Lake to the boundary with Little Tupper Lake |
Brook Trout, April 1-Oct 15, Minimum Length-12", Daily Limit-3, Artificial lures only |
Sacandaga Lake |
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Sacandaga Lake Outlet |
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Sacandaga Lake Tributaries | |
Sacandaga River from Bridge St. in Northville upstream to the first crossing of Rte. 30 |
Fishing prohibited from March 16 through April 30 |
Sagamore Lake | Lake Trout, April 1 through October 15, Minimum Length-18", Daily Limit-3 |
Seventh Lake of Fulton Chain |
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Sixth Lake of Fulton Chain | |
South Pond |
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Utowana Lake |
Saratoga County
Water | Special Regulations |
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All waters except as prohibited below | Ice fishing permitted |
Fish Creek from Saratoga Lake downstream to the old railroad crossing between Staffords and Bryants bridges |
Sunfish, All year, Minimum Length-8", Daily Limit-15 |
Great Sacandaga Lake | Ice fishing permitted |
Great Sacandaga Lake Tributaries (Except Sacandaga River) from the stream mouth upstream to 1st road bridge |
Fishing prohibited from March 16 through April 30 |
Hudson River from Troy Dam upstream to Bakers Falls in the Village of Hudson Falls and tributaries in this section to 1st barrier impassable by fish |
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Kayaderosseras Creek from Saratoga Lake upstream to 1st railroad bridge |
Fishing prohibited from March 16 through April 30 |
Mohawk River from confluence with Hudson River upstream to Rte. 32 bridge |
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Mohawk River from Lock 2 to Guard Gate 2 (Waterford Flight) |
Use or possession of alewife or blueback herring prohibited |
Saratoga Lake | Sunfish, All year, Minimum Length-8", Daily Limit-15 |
Warren County
Water | Special Regulations |
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All waters inhabited by trout except as permitted below | Ice fishing prohibited |
Brant Lake | Ice fishing permitted |
Brant Lake Mill Pond | |
Brant Lake Outlet |
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Glen Lake | Ice fishing permitted |
Hour Pond | Trout, April 1-October 15, Minimum Length-12", Daily Limit-3, Artificial lures only |
Jabe Pond | |
Lake George |
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Lake George Tributaries from Lake George upstream to 1st barrier impassable by fish |
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Lake Luzerne | Ice fishing permitted |
Little Jabe Pond | Trout, April 1-October 15, Minimum Length-12", Daily Limit-3, Artificial lures only |
Palmer Pond | Trout, April 1-November 30, Minimum Length-None, Daily Limit-5 |
Peaked Mountain Pond | Trout, April 1-October 15, Minimum Length-12", Daily Limit-3, Artificial lures only |
Schroon Lake |
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Schroon River (from Starbuckville Dam upstream to Schroon Lake) |
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Thirteenth Lake | Use or possession of baitfish prohibited |
Thirteenth Lake Outlet from dam at the 13th Lake Road upstream to Thirteenth Lake |
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Trout Lake | Ice fishing permitted |
Washington County
Water | Special Regulations |
All waters inhabited by trout, except as permitted below | Ice fishing prohibited |
Dead Lake | Ice fishing permitted |
Hudson River from Troy Dam upstream to Bakers Falls in the Village of Hudson Falls and tributaries in this section to 1st barrier impassable by fish |
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Lake George |
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Lake George Tributaries from Lake George upstream to 1st barrier impassable by fish |
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BAITFISH PROHIBITED WATERS
Use of baitfish is prohibited in the following waters and units:
CLINTON COUNTY
TOWN OF BLACK BROOK
- Cranberry Pond
- Mud Pond (2 miles southwest of Riverview)
TOWN OF DANNEMORA
- Mud Pond
ESSEX COUNTY
- Essex Chain Lakes Primitive Area
- Giant Mountain Wilderness
- High Peaks Wilderness
- Hofman Notch Wilderness
- Hudson Gorge Wilderness Area (except Hudson River)
- McKenzie Mountain Wilderness (except West Branch of Ausable River)
- Pharaoh Lake Wilderness
- Pine Lake Primitive Area
- Sentinel Range Wilderness (except East Branch of Ausable River)
- Tahawus Primitive
TOWN OF CROWN POINT
- Bloody Pond
TOWN OF JAY
- Clements Pond
TOWN OF MINERVA
- Barnes Pond
- Big Sherman Pond
- Black Pond
- Center Pond
- Clear Pond
- Deer Pond
- Hewitt Pond
- Huntley Pond
- Little Rankin Pond
- Little Sherman Pond
- Nate Pond
- Rankin Pond
- Stony Pond
- Twentyninth Pond
TOWN OF NEWCOMB
- Beaver Pond (south of Lake Andrew)
- Chub Pond
- Mud Pond (north of Clear Pond)
- Newcomb Lake (including Upper and Lower Duck Hole)
- Unnamed Pond (north of LeClaire Brook)
TOWN OF NORTH ELBA
- Big Cherrypatch Pond
- Cameras Pond
- McKenzie Pond
- Tom Peck Pond
TOWN OF NORTH HUDSON
- Bass Lake
- Bloody Pond
- Boreas Ponds
- Challis Pond
- Courtney Pond
- Deer Pond
- Howard Pond
- Moose Mountain Pond
- Triangle Pond
- Labier Flow
- Lower Twin Pond
- Upper Twin Pond
TOWN OF ST. ARMAND
- Moose Pond
TOWN OF SCHROON
- Cotters Pond
TOWN OF WILLMINGTON
- Morgan Pond (Copper Kill)
TOWN OF MORIAH
- Goose Puddle
- Trout Pond
- St. Regis Canoe Area
- High Peaks Wilderness (except Raquette River and Saranac River)
- Madawaska Flow- Quebec Brook Primitive Area
FRANKLIN COUNTY
TOWN OF BELLMONT
- Drain Pond
TOWN OF BRIGHTON
- Barnum Pond
- Black Pond (on Visitors Interpretive Center Property)
- Long Pond (north of Black Pond)
- Loon Pond
- Lost Pond (0.4 mile southwest of Mountain Pond)
- Mountain Pond
- Slush Pond
- Star Mountain Ponds (2)
- Upper Spectacle Pond
TOWN OF DUANE
- Buck Pond
- Clear Pond
- Debar Pond
- Skif Pond
- Winnebago Pond
TOWN OF FRANKLIN
- Chub Pond
- Fishhole Pond
- Hope Pond
- Little Hope Pond
- No Hope Pond (300 feet north of Hope Pond)
- Mountain Pond (1.6 miles west of Lake Kushaqua)
TOWN OF HARRIETSTOWN
- Bear Pond
- Meadow Pond (0.5 miles northwest of Lake Clear)
- Panther Pond
- Porkchop Pond (0.6 miles east of Upper Saranac Lake)
- St. Germain Pond (0.5 miles north of Lake Clear)
TOWN OF MALONE
- Malone Village Ice Pond
TOWN OF TUPPER LAKE
- Rag Pond (200 feet north of West Pine Pond)
- West Pine Pond
TOWN OF SANTA CLARA
- Bad News Pond (1,000 feet northwest of Polliwog Pond)
- Black Pond (between Square Pond and Whey Pond)
- Duck or Echo Pond
- Duell Pond (0.25 mile south of Little Green Pond)
- East Copperas Pond
- Federation Pond (0.25 mile southeast of East Pine Pond)
- Frog Pond (650 feet north of Polliwog Pond)
- Little Black Pond (between Black and Square ponds)
- Green Pond (north of Follensby Clear Pond)
- Horseshoe Pond
- Little Polliwog Pond
- Polliwog Pond
- Rat Pond
- Sunday Pond (southeast of Rat Pond)
- Sunrise Pond (east of Follensby Clear Pond)
- Track Pond (0.75 miles northeast of Floodwood Pond)
- Twelfth Tee or Gordon Pond (400 feet north of Green Pond)
- Whey Pond
TOWN OF WAVERLY
- Balsam Pond (2 miles west of Duck Pond)
- Little Clear Pond
- Long Pond and unnamed pond connected to Long Pond
FULTON COUNTY
TOWN OF BLEECKER
- Holmes Lake
- County Line Lake
- Little Homes Lake
- Duck Lake
- Mud Lake
TOWN OF CAROGA
- Broomstick Lake
- Fish Hatchery Pond
- Indian Lake
- Otter Lake
- Prairie Lake
- Stewart Lake
TOWN OF STRATFORD
- Conglin Lakes
- Fourth Lake
- Goose Egg Lake
- House Pond
- Knapps Long Lake
- Long Pond
- Third Lake
- Blue Ridge Wilderness
- Buell Brook Primitive Area
- Essex Chain Lakes Primitive Area
- Five Ponds Wilderness
- High Peaks Wilderness (except Raquette River)
- Hudson Gorge Wilderness Area (except Hudson River)
- Little Moose Wilderness
- Pigeon Lake Wilderness
- Pine Lake Primitive Area
- Round Lake Wilderness Area
- Siamese Ponds Wilderness
- Silver Lake Wilderness (except Sacandaga River)
- West Canada Lakes Wilderness
- West Canada Mountain Primitive Area
- William C. Whitney Wilderness
TOWN OF ARIETTA
- Christian Lake
- G Lake
- Iron Lake
- Jockeybush Lake
- Lower Sargent Pond
- Middle Sargent Pond
- Morley Lake
- Redlouse Lake
TOWN OF HOPE
- Bennett Lake
- Middle Lake
- Murphy Lake
TOWN OF INDIAN LAKE
- Barker Pond
- Bullhead Pond
- Little Grassy Pond
- Lower Helms Pond
- Middle Helms Pond
- OK Slip Pond
- Pine Pond (west of Blue Mt. Lake)
- Tirrell Pond
- Unknown Pond
- Unnamed pond (0.75 miles east of Barker Pond)
- Upper Helms Pond
TOWN OF INLET
- Bug Lake
- Eagles Nest Lake
- Unnamed pond (a.k.a.: High Rock Pond) (1 mile east of Eighth Lake)
- Icehouse Pond
- Lost Ponds (3)
- Mitchell Ponds (2)
- Trout Pond
- Unnamed Pond (Broken Thwart)
TOWN OF LAKE PLEASANT
- Panther Pond
TOWN OF LONG LAKE
- Bog Pond
- High Pond
- Loon Pond
- Mays Pond
- Mosquito Pond
- Owls Head Pond
- Raquette Lake Reservoir
- Sagamore Lake
TOWN OF MOREHOUSE
- Black Creek Lake
- Bochen Lake
- DeBraine Lake
- Feullard Lake
- Indian Lake
- Long Lake
- Trout Lake
- Squaw Lake
- Unnamed Pond (0.25 miles southwest of Squaw Lake)
- West Creek Lake
WARREN COUNTY
- Pharaoh Lake Wilderness
- Siamese Ponds Wilderness
TOWN OF BOLTON
- Brown Pond
TOWN OF CHESTER
- Clear Pond
- Palmer Pond
TOWN OF HAGUE
- Buttermilk Pond
- Jabe Pond
- Little Jabe Pond
- Racket Ponds
TOWN OF HORICON
- Duck Pond
- Long Pond
- Round Pond
TOWN OF JOHNSBURG
- Crane Mountain Pond
- Eagle Pond
- Kibby Pond
- Thirteenth Lake
- Unnamed Pond (2 miles east of Kibby Pond)
TOWN OF STONY CREEK
- New Lake
- Wilcox Lake
TOWN OF THURMAN
- Little Joe Pond
- Lixard Pond
- Shiras Pond
- Unnamed Pond (1 mile northwest of Lixard Pond)
TOWN OF WARRENSBURG
- Gay Pond
- Viele Pond
WASHINGTON COUNTY
TOWN OF DRESDEN
- Black Mountain Ponds (2)
- Bumps Pond
- Fishbrook Pond
- Greenland Pond
- Lapland Pond
TOWN OF FORT ANN
- Inman Pond
TOWN OF WHITEHALL
- Clear Pond
- Sawmill Pond
- Spruce Pond