Recreational Fishing

Recreational Fishing

Brook trout, which also means the use or possession of bait fish is prohibited. Unwanted introductions of minnows/bait fish are a primary factor in the decline of brook trout fisheries.

Water

Species

Open Season

Minimum Length

Daily Limit

Method

Lake Champlain and tributaries to the first barrier

See Lake George/Lake Champlain Regulations.

Boquet River from Wadhams Falls upstream to Route 9N in Elizabethtown

Trout

April 1 through Oct 15

9″

5

 
Indian River

Trout

All year

Any size

5

 
West Branch Ausable River except sections below:

Trout

April 1 through Oct 15

Any size

5

 
West Branch Ausable River from mouth of Holcomb Pond Outlet downstream to marked boundary 2.2 miles downstream of Monument Falls

Trout

All year

Catch and release only

Artificial lures only

West Branch Ausable River from the Whiteface Ski Center bridge downstream to the Rt 86 bridge at the flume

Trout

All year

Catch and release only

Artificial lures only

Bigsby Pond, Copperas Pond

Lake Trout

April 1 through Oct 15

15″

3

Maximum of 3 ice fishing lines allowed

Fishing prohibited Oct 16 through Mar 31

Eagle Lake, Connery Pond, Hudson River

Trout

All year

Any size

5

Ice fishing permitted

Upper and Lower Cascade lakes

Round Whitefish

Possession Prohibited

Use or possession of baitfish prohibited

First Lake of Essex Chain, Pharaoh Lake

Lake Trout

April 1 through Oct 15

15″

3

Use or possession of baitfish prohibited

Lake George and tributaries upstream to first barrier impassable by fish

See Lake George/Lake Champlain Regulations.

Paradox Lake

Trout

All year

Any size

5

Ice fishing permitted

Lake Trout

All year

21″

3

Mirror Lake, Lake Placid

Lake Trout

April 1 through Oct 15

15″

3

 
Moose Pond (Town of St. Armand)

Black Bass

April 1 through Nov 30

Any size

Any Number

Use or possession of baitfish prohibited

Lake Trout

April 1 through Oct 15

15″

3

Schroon Lake, Schroon River from Schroon Lake upstream to Alder Meadow Rd.

Trout

All year

Any size

5

Ice fishing permitted

Lake Trout

All year

18″

2

LL Salmon

All year

15″

3

LaChute River (Lake George Outlet) from lower falls upstream to Lake George

Lake George/Lake Champlain Regulations.

Harris Lake, Putnam Pond

Walleye

1st Sat in May through Mar 15

18″

3

Ice fishing permitted

Crane Pond

Lake Trout

All year

15″

3

Ice fishing permitted; Use or possession of baitfish prohibited