N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 9, § 398.3
(a) Trout.
No person shall take more than five trout on any one day.
(b) Minnows or bait-fish angling.
No person shall take minnows or bait-fish of any kind by means of a seine, scap net, wire or glass trap or by any other means, except angling.