Is it legal?

[huskyjerk]

Is it legal to vertical jig inside the breaker walls at Oswego and Salmon rivers?

[Lund SSS]

Why wouldn't it be, your on a tributary of Lake Ontario , just don't think the boat coming out of the Harbor are going to cut you any slack.

[A-TOM-MIK]

as long as your not jigging a hunk of lead with pointed barbed thingys sticking out of it then you'll be fine

[bluegillslayer]

yes you can jig the oswego river up to th utica street bridge 24 hours a day. after sept 1st from the utica st bridge to the varick st dam you can not jig. special regs apply from utica st bridge to the varick st dam.

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[huskyjerk]

yes you can jig the oswego river up to th utica street bridge 24 hours a day. after sept 1st from the utica st bridge to the varick st dam you can not jig. special regs apply from utica st bridge to the varick st dam.

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so there you have it. Thanks Bluegillslayer. I figured there was a restriction on jigging someplace when the salmon are in. I'm surprised it's allowed in the tribs at all. It makes a perfect cover for the guy whose out to snag a fish one way or another and given all the sensitivity to foul hooking fish the "LAW" has.

Appreciate the info BGS

[jonboat]

Most of the tribs are open to use jigs and treble hooks from the lake to the first bridge. Oswego is open for jigs and treble hooks from the lake to Utica Street bridge (2nd bridge), and Salmon River is a no-go "from the upstream most navigation buoy located between the breakwalls at the mouth upstream to the County Route 52 bridge in Altmar" (pretty much the whole river)

Here's a link to the special regs page on the DEC website:

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/31420.html