New York Laws
Title 13 - Fishing
11-1316 - Use of Fish as Bait.

1. The department may, by regulation designating the waters in which
such use is not permitted, prohibit the use of minnows or other species
of fish as bait in the lakes or ponds and tributaries thereto in which:

a. trout are the predominant protected species of fish and which
lakes, ponds or tributaries are not infested with yellow perch; or

b. fish have been eradicated by chemical treatment and in which trout
or other game fish have been restocked. The list of the water to which
this section shall be applicable shall be published in the fishing
guide.

2. No person shall possess any species of fish either dead or alive,
in or on waters where the use of fish as bait is prohibited, except
species actually present in such waters naturally or by stocking or as
permitted by the department by order.

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