Orange County Special Fishing Regulations

This is a list of exceptions to the Statewide 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 Orange County
Waters	Species	Open Season	Minimum Length	Daily Limit	Method
All rivers and streams except Hudson River and all tributaries to the first barrier impassable by fish & Delaware River	Black Bass	Third Saturday in June through Nov 30	10"	5
	Black Bass	Dec 1 through Friday preceding the third Saturday in June	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only
Hudson River and all tributaries in this section to the first barrier impassable by fish	Black Bass	See Tidal Hudson River Regulations
Askoti, Hessian, Round, Blue, Skannatati, Walton Lakes	Trout	All Year	Any size	5	Ice fishing permitted
Bashakill Marsh	Pickerel	All year	15"	5
Bashakill Marsh	Black Bass	All year	12"	5
Sterling Lake	Lake Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	21"	1	Use and possession of baitfish prohibited
Delaware River, Greenwood Lake	See Border Waters Regulations
Mongaup River from Rio Dam downstream to Route 97 bridge	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	12"	3	Artificial lures only
Ramapo River	Trout	All year	Any size	5
Rio Reservoir	Walleye	First Saturday in May through March 15	18"	3
Rio Reservoir	Fishing prohibited from Dec 1 through Mar 31

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