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KNOW YOUR LIMITS Inland streams/rivers: The daily limit for brown and rainbow trout is a combination of five fish, with only two over 12 inches. Regulations on catching and releasing and the use of only artificial lures apply to the section of Skaneateles Creek from Old Seneca Turnpike Bridge north of the village of Skaneateles downstream 10.2 miles to the...

KNOW YOUR LIMITS

Inland streams/rivers: The daily limit for brown and rainbow trout is a combination of five fish, with only two over 12 inches.

Regulations on catching and releasing and the use of only artificial lures apply to the section of Skaneateles Creek from Old Seneca Turnpike Bridge north of the village of Skaneateles downstream 10.2 miles to the Jordan Road Bridge in the village of Jordan. There is also a catch-and-release section of Chittenango Creek, which stretches from the town of Fenner/town of Sullivan line to just south of the village of Chittenango.

Finger lake tributaries: There is a three-fish limit, with A minimum size of nine inches in Owasco and Skaneateles tributaries for rainbows and browns. Cayuga and Seneca lake tributaries also have a three-fish limit, with a 15-inch minimum. Spafford Creek, a tributary of Otisco Lake, has the same rules as any inland stream or river because there is no spawning of lake-run rainbows.

Note: These regulations do not cover all bodies of water. Read about your particular area in the DEC fishing guide or check out the DEC website at dec.ny.gov/outdoor/fishing.

If you can’t wait: The state allows year-round fishing in stretches of three streams in Region 7. If you want to wet your line today, you can legally fish with live bait, lures or artificial flies and keep the fish from:

- Limestone Creek (from the mouth to Route 20)

- Butternut Creek (from the mouth to Route 20)

- Chittenango Creek (from Route 20 north to the Conrail railroad line)

(The daily limit on all three of these streams is five trout (brown or rainbow), with only two longer than 12 inches.)

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