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 Great Kills Bait & Tackle

    4044 Hylan Blvd., Staten Island, NY  10308 (718) 356-0055

 

Rules and Regulations 2011

DID YOU KNOW...striped bass migrate as far north as the St. Lawrence River as as far south as Florida and the Gulf of Mexico?
Species Size Limits
(Total Length in Inches)
Daily Possession Limits
(Number of Fish)
Open Seasons
Summer flounder (fluke) 20.5 3 May 1 - Sept 30
Winter flounder 12 2 April 1 - May 30
Tautog (blackfish) 14 4 Oct 1 - Dec 20 Jan 17 - Apr 30
Bluefish (including "snappers") No minimum size for first 10 fish
12 TL for the next 5
15
No more than 10 of which shall be less than 12" TL
All year
Weakfish 16
10 filleted
12 dressed
1 All year
Atlantic cod* 22 10* All year
Pollock 19 No limit All year
Haddock 18 No limit All year
Striped bass: marine waters**
Anglers aboard licensed party/charter boats
28 2*** Apr 15 - Dec 15
Striped bass: marine waters**
All other anglers
28 - 40
>40
1
1
Apr 15 - Dec 15
Striped bass: Hudson River north of George Washington Bridge 18 1 Mar 16 - Nov 30
Red drum No minimum size No limit for fish less than 27" TL.
Fish greater than 27" shall not be possessed.
All year
Spanish mackerel 14 15 All year
King mackerel 23 3 All year
Cobia 37 2 All year
Atlantic sturgeon Moratorium Moratorium Moratorium
Black Sea Bass 12.5 25 May 22 - Oct 11 Nov 1 - Dec 31
Scup (Porgy)
Anglers aboard licensed party/charter boats
11 10
40***
June 8 - Sept 6 Sept 7 - Oct 11***
Scup (Porgy)
All other anglers
10.5 10 May 24 - Sept 26
American eel 6 50 All year
Monkfish (goose fish) 17
11 tail length
Any number All year
American Shad Possession Prohibited Possession Prohibited Possession Prohibited
Hickory Shad No size limit 5 All year
Yellowtail flounder 13 No limit All year
Oyster toadfish 10 3 July 16 - May 14
Horseshoe crabs No size limit 5 All year
Blue Crab+
Hard Shell
Soft Shell
Peeler/Shedder++
4 1/2"
3 1/2"
3"
50 All year
All Other Crabs+ No size limit 50 All year
American lobster+ (Recreational permit required) 3 3/8" minimum carapace length 51/4" maximum carapace length 6 All year

*Anglers on board federally permitted party or charter vessels may possess any number of Atlantic cod, consistent with federal rules.

** Marine waters -- South of George Washington Bridge

*** The customer of any party/charter boat who takes more than 10 scup from Sept 7 - Oct 11 or takes two striped bass from Apr 15 - Dec 15 must possess an original dated receipt from the licensed vessel.

+ Lobsters and crabs in spawn (eggs visible thereon) may not be taken or possessed.

++ Peeler or shedder crabs are hard blue crabs which have a fully formed soft shell beneath the hard outer shell and the impending shedding process is evidenced by the white sign along the outer rim of the paddle-like appendages on the crab's fifth pair of legs.

 

 

 

 Click on the following Web Sites for more information: 

N Y State Saltwater Fishing Rules and Regulations:

 N Y State  Department of Environmental Conservation - Marine Resources

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission