Lake Champlain and Tributaries to the First Impassible Barrier
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Lake Champlain and Tributaries to the First Impassible Barrier, as the state words them
Essex County · Lake · NY
Today's rule hereParsed
- Season
- All other species (except those listed in special regulations) | All yearStatewide
- Gear
- Angling means taking fish by hook and lineStatewide
- Bait
- the only species that can be purchased and used in any waterbody in New York where it is legal to use fish as baitStatewide
- Poles
- No more than 2 lines per person. Each fishing line may have no more than 2 baited hooks or 2 artificial lures, with or without added natural bait. No more than 15 ice-fishing lines may be used for ice fishing from Nov 15–April 30.This water
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
Brook Trout in lakes and ponds | 5 | min. None | Statewide |
Lake Trout | 3 | min. 15” | This water |
Atlantic Salmon (Landlocked) | 3 | min. 15” | Statewide |
Black Bass (Largemouth and Smallmouth) | 5 | min. 12” | Statewide |
Muskellunge | 1 | min. 40” | Statewide |
Northern Pike | 5 | min. 20” | This water |
Pickerel | 10 | min. Any size | This water |
Tiger Muskellunge | 1 | min. 30” | Statewide |
Walleye | 5 | min. 15” | Statewide |
Crappie (Black and White) | 25 | min. 10” | Statewide |
Yellow perch | Any number | min. Any size | This water |
Sunfish (Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, and Redbreast Sunfish) | 25 | min. None | Statewide |
Lake Whitefish | 5 | min. None | Statewide |
American Shad | 2 | min. None | Statewide |
Hickory Shad | 5 | min. None | Statewide |
American Eel | 25 | min. 9” | Statewide |
Trout | 3 | min. 12” | This water |
Landlocked Salmon | 2 | min. 15” | This water |
Crappie | 25 | min. 8” | This water |
Sunfish | Any number | min. Any size | This water |
The official text, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from NY's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- TroutAll yearDaily limit 3Size 12”
- Lake TroutAll yearDaily limit 3Size 15”
- Landlocked SalmonAll yearDaily limit 2Size 15”
- Black BassSecond Saturday in June through November 30Daily limit 5Size 12”December 1 through the Friday preceding the second Saturday in June: Catch and release only; artificial lures only
- WalleyeFirst Saturday in May through March 15Daily limit 3Size 18”
- MuskellungeLast Saturday in May through November 30thDaily limit 1Size 40”
- Northern PikeAll yearDaily limit 5Size 20”
- CrappieAll yearDaily limit 25Size 8”
- PickerelAll yearDaily limit 10Size Any size
- Yellow perchAll yearDaily limit Any numberSize Any size
- SunfishAll yearDaily limit Any numberSize Any size
- SaugerMay not be taken or possessed at any time.
- All fishPoles No more than 2 lines per person. Each fishing line may have no more than 2 baited hooks or 2 artificial lures, with or without added natural bait. No more than 15 ice-fishing lines may be used for ice fishing from Nov 15–April 30.Ice fishing permitted
- All fishCross-reference: See Lake Champlain and Tributary Regulations
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide lake rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this rule applies
This water is not yet drawn on the map. Its rules are captured and receipted; the geometry ledger records exactly why it is not drawn (an ambiguous name match or a gap in the source data), and it will never ship as a guess. Each rule above describes in the state's own words where it applies, and those written descriptions are the authoritative boundaries.
Season at a glanceDerived
Sampled mid-month from the dated rows; short windows can slip between samples. The rows above are authoritative.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Lake Champlain and Tributaries to the First Impassible Barrier's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
Receipts
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