Chemung County Special Fishing Regulations

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 Chemung County
Water	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"
Cayuta Creek (except section below)	Trout	All year	Any size	5- with no more than 2 longer than 12"
Cayuta Creek from the Wyncoop Creek Road Bridge upstream to the NY Route 223 bridge	Trout	All year	12"	2	Artificial lures only
Chemung River and tributaries	Muskellunge and Tiger muskellunge	1st Sat. in May-March 15	40"	1 combined
Chemung River and tributaries	American shad	All year	Catch and Release fishing only. All American shad shall be returned to the water immediately
Seneca Lake tributaries to first barrier	All species	See Finger Lakes regulations
Park Station Pond	Trout	All year	Any size	5	Ice fishing permitted