The Fishing Line - Attention Crappie & Sunfish Anglers!

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The Fishing Line - Attention Crappie & Sunfish Anglers

Angler with large bluegill sunfishIf you’ve had a plate-sized bluegill at the end of your line, you know how incredibly fun it is to reel one in.

DEC is proposing new regulations that intend to provide even more quality fishing opportunities for sunfish and crappie throughout the state.

The proposals include:

  • Reducing the sunfish statewide daily harvest limit from 50 to 25.

  • Increasing the crappie statewide minimum size limit from nine to 10 inches.

  • Implementing an 8-inch minimum size limit and a daily harvest limit of 15 for sunfish in the following waters: Blydenburgh Lake (DEC Region 1), Lake Welch (Region 3), Canadarago Lake and Goodyear Lake (Region 4), Saratoga Lake (Region 5), Sixtown Pond and Red Lake (Region 6), Cazenovia Lake and Otisco Lake (Region 7), Honeoye Lake (Region 8), and Silver Lake (Region 9).

Visit DEC's website for more information on the direction the Bureau of Fisheries would like to take with sunfish and crappie management in New York State.

These proposals are available for review and comment (sunfish and crappie regulation proposals). Comments on the proposals should be submitted via e-mail to regulations.fish@dec.ny.gov or via mail to the Inland Fisheries Section, NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-4753; subject line "Sunfish and Crappie Regulations." Comments will be accepted through December 26, 2021.