PHOTO BY JAKOB OWENS
Anglers in New York have a set of changes to their fishing season. The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has adopted new regulations, effective immediately, that include moving the opening of the Lake Ontario/Lower Niagara River lake trout season a month earlier to December 1 (formerly January 1) and moving the closing date to October 1.
Other regulations include: Limiting the daily creel rainbow trout/steelhead catch to two fish per day in Lake Ontario; increasing the minimum size limit for rainbow trout/steelhead to 25 inches during the winter; and opening fishing year-round on Spooner Creek and tributaries in Erie County, as well as the North Branch Clear Creek and tributaries.
“DEC received comments from more than 550 anglers on our proposed regulations, and most were highly favorable, which reflects the importance of working with the fishing community to develop regulations that are protective of the resource and continue to offer quality fishing opportunities,” says Commissioner Basil Seggos. “We greatly appreciate the public’s support for our efforts to make New York’s world-class Great Lakes fishing even better.”
To learn more about the new regulations, visit DEC.NY.GOV.
