Steuben 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 Steuben 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"
Keuka Lake and tributaries to first barrier	All species	See Finger Lakes regulations
Chemung River and tributaries upstream of Route 17 west of Corning	Black bass	3rd Sat. in June-Nov 30	10"	5
	Black bass	December 1 - Friday preceding the 3rd Saturday in June	Catch and Release only		Artificial lures only
Chemung River, Tioga River	Muskellunge and Tiger muskellunge	1st Sat. in May-March 15	40"	1 combined
Cohocton River except sections below	Trout	All year	Any size	5- with no more than 2 longer than 12"
Cohocton River from North Boundary of U.S. Veterans Facility upstream to Route 415 bridge and from north boundary of Avoca Village upstream to mouth of Neil Creek	Trout	All year	12"	2	Artificial lures only
Mill Creek	Trout	All year	Any size	5- with no more than 2 longer than 12"