City of Middletown, NY Article II Summit Pond

[Adopted 5-9-1938 (Ch. 83, Art. III of the 1971 Code)]

§ 348-2 Age limit for fishing during certain hours.

[Amended 7-9-1956]

No person other than a child under 16 years of age, who is a resident of the City of Middletown, New York, may fish in the Summit Pond of the City of Middletown between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. daily, including Sundays.

§ 348-3 Limits on fish taken.

No person shall be permitted to take any game fish or panfish from said pond in excess of the limit prescribed by the Conservation Law of the State of New York, and such taking shall be further limited as follows:

A. Pickerel: none less than 12 inches in length nor more than five in any one day.

B. Bass: none less than 10 inches in length nor more than five in any one day.

C. Crappies: none less than five inches in length nor more than 10 in any one day.

D. Perch: none less than six inches in length nor more than 10 in any one day.

E. Catfish (bullheads): none less than six inches in length nor more than 12 in any one day.

§ 348-4 Fish to be taken only by angling.

No fish shall be taken from said pond by any means other than angling, that is, the use of rod and line.

§ 348-5 Cutting holes in, or fishing through, ice.

[Added 1-23-1939]

It shall be unlawful for any person to cut any hole or holes in the ice or to fish through the ice on Summit Pond.

§ 348-6 Throwing refuse in pond or adjacent property.

No person shall throw any refuse of any kind in said pond, nor leave or throw any such refuse on any of the property of the City of Middletown adjoining such pond.

§ 348-7 Penalties for offenses.

Any person violating any of the provisions of this article shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine not exceeding $25 or imprisonment not exceeding five days, or both.