Special Fishing Regulations for Chenango 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 Chenango 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", plus 5 brook trout under 8"
Genegantslet Creek from first Route 220 bridge north of Smithville Flats upstream to mouth of Five Streams	Trout	All year	Catch and Release only		Artificial lures only
Guilford Lake, Mill Brook Reservoir	Trout	All year	Any size	5- with no more than 2 longer than 12"	Ice fishing permitted
Chenango River, Susquehanna River	Muskellunge and Tiger muskellunge	1st Sat. in May-March 15	30"	1 combined
Chenango River, Susquehanna River	American shad	All year	Catch and Release fishing only. All American shad shall be returned to the water immediately.
Otselic River	Trout	April 1 - October 15	any size	5 with no more than 2 longer than 12"; plus 5 brook trout under 8"
Otselic River	Trout	October 16- March 31	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only