2024 Freshwater Fishing Regulations
(Effective April 1)
Statewide Seasons and Catch Limits
(Exceptions may apply in certain waters through special regulations - see below)
Special Regulations for Specific Waters
Great Lakes and Tributaries: Lake Erie | Lake Ontario | Niagara River | St. Lawrence River
Border Waters: Delaware River | Lake Champlain | Greenwood Lake | Indian Lake
Waters by Region/County:

- Region 1 (Long Island): Nassau | Suffolk
- Region 2 (New York City): Brooklyn | Bronx | Manhattan | Queens | Staten Island
- Region 3 (Lower Hudson Valley): Dutchess | Orange | Putnam | Rockland | Sullivan | Ulster | Westchester
- Region 4 (Capital Region/Northern Catskills): Albany | Columbia | Delaware | Greene | Montgomery | Otsego | Rensselaer | Schenectady | Schoharie
- Region 5 (Eastern Adirondacks/Lake Champlain): Clinton | Essex | Franklin | Fulton | Hamilton | Saratoga | Warren | Washington
- Region 6 (Western Adirondacks/Eastern Lake Ontario): Herkimer | Jefferson | Lewis | Oneida | St. Lawrence
- Region 7 (Central New York): Broome | Cayuga | Chenango | Cortland | Madison | Onondaga | Oswego | Tioga | Tompkins
- Region 8 (Western Finger Lakes): Chemung | Genesee | Livingston | Monroe | Ontario | Orleans | Schuyler | Seneca | Steuben | Wayne | Yates
- Region 9 (Western New York): Allegany | Chautauqua | Cattaraugus | Erie | Niagara | Wyoming