Mohawk River
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Mohawk River, as the state words them
Montgomery County · River · NY
The rules for this water, 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.
- All fishReach: From Delta Dam downstream to first confluence with Barge Canal. Category: SE. STREAM cell reads 'Mohawk River / South Branch'.
- All SpeciesAll yearCatch and Release. All fish shall be returned to the water immediately, except bait fish may be collected and/or possessed for use as bait while fishing only. ● Bowfishing is prohibited
- All SpeciesAll yearCatch and Release. All fish shall be returned to the water immediately, except bait fish may be collected and/or possessed for use as bait while fishing only ● Bowfishing is prohibited
- All fishBait Use or possession of alewife or blueback herring is prohibited
- All fishFishing is prohibited from March 16 through April 30
Statewide base layerParsed
These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.
- 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 3 lines with or without a rodStatewide
Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
Brook Trout in lakes and ponds | 5 | min. None | Statewide |
Lake Trout | 3 | min. 21” | Statewide |
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. 18” | Statewide |
Pickerel | 5 | min. 15” | Statewide |
Tiger Muskellunge | 1 | min. 30” | Statewide |
Walleye | 5 | min. 15” | Statewide |
Crappie (Black and White) | 25 | min. 10” | Statewide |
Yellow Perch | 50 | min. None | Statewide |
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 |
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide river 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 stretch begins and ends
The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.
Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.
Season at a glanceDerived
Sampled mid-month from the dated rows; short windows can slip between samples. The rows above are authoritative.
At the water nowContext
Streamflow: 206 cfs at mohawk river below delta dam near rome ny (2026-07-30 04:30)
Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Mohawk River'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.
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Local services near Mohawk River
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