Region 7 Regulations

Waterbodies found in a different section of the guide

Cayuga Lake - See Finger Lakes & Tributary Regulations

Inland Trout Streams

See Inland Trout Stream Regulations

Lake Ontario

See Great Lakes & Tributaries Regulations

Otisco Lake

See Finger Lakes & Tributary Regulations

Owasco Lake

See Finger Lakes & Tributary Regulations

Skaneateles Lake

See Finger Lakes & Tributary Regulations

All lakes and ponds, except as listed below

Brook Trout, April 1–October 15, Daily Limit-5 with no more than 2 longer than 12”

Little Choconut Creek from mouth to Goudey Station Building

Fishing is prohibited from March 16 through April 30

Otselic River from mouth upstream to Whitney Point Reservoir Dam

Fishing is prohibited from March 16 through April 30

Otselic River from Whitney Point Reservoir upstream to the Cortland County Rte. 169 bridge at Landers Corners

Walleye, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-18”, Daily Limit-3

Susquehanna River between Rock Bottom Dam and the Exchange St. Bridge in Binghamton

Fishing is prohibited from March 16 through April 30

Susquehanna River from the railroad bridge 0.65 miles downstream of the Rte. 201 bridge in Johnson City to Murphy’s Island (0.5 miles upstream of Harold Moore Park)

Fishing is prohibited from March 16 through April 30

Tioughnioga River from the

New York Rte. 26 bridge to the

U.S. Rte. 11 bridge

Fishing is prohibited from March 16 through April 30

Whitney Point Reservoir

Walleye, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-18”,

Daily Limit-3

Cayuga County

Cross Lake

Northern Pike, May 1 through March 15, Minimum

Length-22”, Daily Limit-5 ● Walleye, May 1 through

March 15, Minimum Length-18”, Daily Limit-3

Seneca River from Plainville

Walleye, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-18”, Road (Hamlet of Jacks Reef) upstream to Seneca Lake Daily Limit-3 ● Northern Pike, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-22”, Daily Limit-5

Otselic River from Whitney Walleye, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-18”, Point Reservoir upstream to the Daily Limit-3 Cortland County Rte. 169 bridge at Landers Corners

Canaseraga Creek from the Rte. 31 bridge upstream to the Thruway

Fishing is prohibited from March 16 through April 30

Cazenovia Lake

Walleye, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-18”,Daily Limit-3 ● Sunfish, All year, Minimum Length-8”, Daily Limit-15

Chittenango Creek from the mouth upstream to Conrail railroad line

Fishing is prohibited from March 16 through April 30

Cowaselon Creek from mouth upstream to Rte. 13

Fishing is prohibited from March 16 through April 30

Eaton Brook Reservoir

Walleye, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-18”, Daily Limit-3

Chittenango Creek from the mouth upstream to the Conrail railroad line

Fishing is prohibited from March 16 through April 30

Cross Lake

Northern Pike, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-22”, Daily Limit-5 ● Walleye, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-18”, Daily Limit-3

Jamesville Reservoir

Walleye, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-18”, Daily Limit-3

Seneca River from Plainville Road (Hamlet of Jacks Reef) upstream to Seneca Lake

Walleye, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-18”, Daily Limit-3 ● Northern Pike, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-22”, Daily Limit-5

Seneca River from the confluence with Oneida River upstream to Plainville Road (Hamlet of Jacks Reef)

Oswego CountyRedfield Reservoir

Northern Pike, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-22”, Daily Limit-5 Walleye, May 1 through March 15, Minimum Length-18”, Daily Limit-3

Sandy Pond

Yellow Perch, All year, Minimum Length-none, Daily Limit-50

Scriba Creek from its mouth upstream to Fish Hatchery Dam

Fishing is prohibited from March 16 through April 30