Special Fishing Regulations for Suffolk 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 Suffolk County
Waters	Species	Open Season	Minimum Length	Daily Limit	Method
All waters	Crappie Sunfish (bluegill and pumpkinseed) Yellow perch	All year All year All year	9" Any size Any size	15 15 15
All waters except Lake Ronkonkoma, Belmont Lake, Artist Lake, Blydenburgh Lake, and Fort Pond	Black Bass	1st Sat. in June-Nov 30 Dec 1- Apr 30	12"	5 Catch and Release only	Note: It is illegal to fish for bass during the period March 16 thru Friday preceding the 1st Sat. in June
Fort Pond and Lake Ronkonkoma	Black Bass	1st Sat. in June-Nov 30 Dec 1- March 15	15"	5 Catch and Release only	Note: It is illegal to fish for bass during the period March 16 thru Friday preceding the 1st Sat. in June
Fort Pond and Lake Ronkonkoma	Walleye	1st Sat. in May-Mar 15	18"	3
Blydenburgh Lake	Black Bass	1st Sat. in June-Nov 30 Dec 1- Fri before 1st Sat in June	12"	5 Catch and Release only
Artist Lake, Belmont Lake	Black Bass	All Year	catch and release only
All tidal streams	Trout	All year	12"	3
All freshwater (non-tidal) lakes and ponds except as listed below	Trout	All year	Any size	3	Ice fishing permitted
East (Swan) Lake	Trout	April 1- Nov 30	10"	3
Laurel Lake, Deep Pond	Trout	All year	12"	3	Ice fishing permitted
All freshwater (non-tidal) streams except Carmans River in Southhaven County Park, Connetquot River in Connetquot River State Park and Nissequoque River in Caleb Smith State Park	Brown &Rainbow Trout Brook Trout	All year April 1 - Sept 30	Any size Catch and Release only	3 Catch and Release only
Carmans River (Southaven County Park)	Special Regulations by River Sections. Additional park regulations may apply. Call (631) 854-1414.
Carmans River (Southaven County Park)	Brook trout	April 1 - Sept 30	Catch and Release only	Catch and Release only
From LIPA transmission lines at Gate G upstream to Yaphank Avenue	Trout	April 1-Sept 30		Catch and Release only	Fly fishing only
From Cement Dam upstream to LIPA transmission lines at Gate G	Brown &Rainbow Trout	April 1- Sept 30	9"	3	Fly fishing only
From Cement Dam downstream to Hards Lake Dam	Brown &Rainbow Trout	April 1- Sept 30	9"	3
Connetquot and Caleb Smith State Parks	Trout	Park Regulations apply, permit required. Call (631) 581-1005 Connetquot, (631) 265-1054 Nissequogue.