Special Fishing Regulations for Allegany County

This is a list of exceptions to the General Angling Regulations of New York's Freshwater Fishing Regulations.
Trout waters where ice fishing is permitted are identified here.
Where regulations appear in the Method column, they pertain to all fishing in the listed water.
In some cases, you will be referred to the regulations tables for major resource blocks (Great Lakes, Finger Lakes, Lake champlain, Border Waters, New York City Reservoirs).

Special Fishing Regulations for Waters in Allegany County
Water	Species	Open Season	Minimum Length	Daily Limit	Method
All waters except as listed below	Trout	April 1 - Oct 15	Any size	5 with no more than 2 longer than 12"
Rushford Lake	Trout	April 1 - 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
Allen Lake	Black Bass	3rd Sat in June - Nov 30	15"	3
Allen Lake	Black Bass	December 1 - Friday preceding the 3rd Saturday in June	Catch and Release only		Artificial lures only
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 - 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