Fishing
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Closely related to fallfish, creek chubs build long ridges of gravel for nests.
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Check out CT's Trout Parks! Great trout fishing opportunities right in your backyard.
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Typically the most abundant fish species in larger rivers, the spottail shiner is a very important forage fish.
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The burbot is the only completely freshwater member of the cod family. Little is known of its life history in Connecticut.
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The chain pickerel is Connecticut’s largest native freshwater predatory fish. Before the introduction of bass, it was the top predator in the state’s lakes and ponds.
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Rock bass have relatively large mouths, so are commonly caught by anglers seeking larger gamefish.
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Learn about Connecticut's unique Kokanee salmon program and fishery!
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A Fisheries Guide to Lakes and Ponds of Connecticut
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This easily overlooked minnow, the bridle shiner, is apparently declining throughout much of its range.
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Ninespine stickleback males build little tunnel-shaped nests out of bits of vegetation.
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Mudminnows are a small family of the Northern Hemisphere that look similar to killifish and minnows, but are actually more closely related to pike.
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Commonly sold as bait, the golden shiner is our most common lake and pond minnow species.
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Often confused with the snakehead, the bowfin is an introduced fish that has grown rapidly in abundance since 2003.
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With no obvious and distinctive characteristics, the common shiner is one of the most difficult fish to identify.
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Learn the where, what, when, how, and why of walleye management in Connecticut!