Special Fishing Regulations for Cayuga 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 Cayuga County
Waters	Species	Open Season	Minimum Length	Daily Limit	Method
All waters except those listed below	Trout	April 1-Oct 15	Any size	5- with no more than 2 longer than 12"; plus 5 brook trout under 8"
Cayuga Lake, Owasco Lake, Skaneateles Lake and their tributaries to first barrier	All species	See Finger Lakes regulations
Cross Lake, Seneca River	Northern pike	1st Sat. in May-March 15	22"	5	Ice fishing permitted
Cross Lake, Seneca River from Jordan Rd. to Plainville Rd. in Onondaga Co.	Walleye	1st Sat. in May-March 15	18"	3	Ice fishing permitted
Dutch Hollow Brook from Owasco Lake upstream to the Route 38A bridge	Angling and dipnetting prohibited from March 16 until the opening of the walleye season
Lake Ontario and tributaries to first barrier	All species	See Great Lakes regulations
Owasco Lake Outlet	All species	Regulations in effect for Owasco Lake apply. See Finger Lakes regulations
Salmon Creek	Trout	April 1 to Oct 15	any size	5 with no more than 2 longer than 12"; plus 5 brook trout under 8"
Salmon Creek	Trout	Oct 16 - March 31	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only