Fishing

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• Shore Fishing in Coastal State Parks

  Find shore fishing opportunities in Connecticut's beautiful state parks!

• Sturgeons

  Learn about these huge, prehistoric fishes that are threatened and endangered in Connecticut.

• Pumpkinseed

  One of our most colorful freshwater fishes.

• White Crappie

  White crappie are so similar in appearance to black crappie that most Connecticut anglers probably do not recognize them as a separate species.

• Inland Silverside

  Also known as “tidewater” silverside. They are less common than and very difficult to distinguish from the Atlantic silverside without magnification.

• Sunfishes and Freshwater Basses

  There are eleven sunfish species in Connecticut, only three of which are native.

• Temperate Basses

  All North American members of the family are important gamefish, and some support significant commercial fisheries.

• Common Carp

  Learn all about common carp, one of Connecticut's biggest and hardest fighting fish!

• Trophy Trout Areas

  Trophy Trout Areas give you a great chance at catching a larger than average trout, even a trophy

• Trout Stocking Maps for Rivers and Streams

  Interactive Trout Stocking Maps and Topographic Maps

• Alewife

  Anadromous alewives are important forage fish for large gamefish such as striped bass and bluefish as well as many other animals, including osprey and marine mammals.

• Redfin Pickerel

  Connecticut’s smallest pike species. They are typically mistaken for small chain pickerel by anglers.

• Catfishes and Bullheads

  Catfish and bullheads have eight barbels around the mouth: two off the snout, two off the corners of the mouth, and four under the chin. These long barbels give the impression of whiskers, hence the name “catfishes.”

• Channel Catfish

  The channel catfish is the state’s largest catfish species.

• Warmouth

  Warmouths can be distinguished from other sunfishes by feeling for the patch of small teeth on the tongue.