Tioga 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 Tioga County
Water	Species	Open Season	Minimum Length	Daily Limit	Method
All waters except as listed below	Trout	April 1 through Oct 15	Any size	5- with no more than 2 longer than 12"
Catatonk Creek	Black Bass	All year	Any size	5
Cayuta Creek	Trout	All year	Any size	5- with no more than 2 longer than 12"
Owego Creek, East Branch Owego Creek, West Branch Owego Creek	Trout	April 1 through October 15	Any size	5- with no more than 2 longer than 12"
	Trout	October 16 through March 31	Catch and release only		Artificial lures only
Susquehanna River	Muskellunge and Tiger Muskellunge	First Saturday in May through March 15	40"	1 of either species
Susquehanna River	American Shad	All year	Catch and release fishing only. All American shad shall be returned to the water immediately.

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