New York Consolidated Laws, Environmental Conservation Law - ENV § 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:

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.