Fishing

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• Fishing Challenge

  Catch one of every fish in this fishing challenge just for Youth Fishing Passport holders!

• How to Observe and Appreciate Fishes

  Learn about all the ways you can watch Connecticut's many freshwater fishes!

• Pupfishes

  The pupfishes and killifishes are very similar and were once included in the same family.

• Volunteer Opportunities with the Fisheries Programs

  Volunteer opportunities for fisheries programs

• Banded Killifish

  Prefer shallow, still areas of lakes and ponds and slow-flow areas of larger rivers and streams.

• Longnose Sucker

  Recent attempts to find longnose suckers in Connecticut have failed.

• Silversides

  Two estuarine/marine species of silversides exist in Connecticut. Both are schooling fish that occasionally enter freshwater areas of coastal rivers and streams.

• Fathead Minnow

  A popular baitfish, fathead minnows can be found at low abundance almost anywhere in Connecticut.

• Fallfish

  Our largest minnow species, the fallfish, is misidentified by many as trout or "dace".

• Central Mudminnow

  Although central mudminnows look superficially like minnows or killifish, they are actually more closely related to pickerel and pike.

• Families of Connecticut Freshwater Fishes

  Learn the defining characteristics of Connecticut's freshwater fish families!

• Rainbow Smelt

  Smelt are important forage fish for large pelagic predators such as striped bass in estuaries and brown trout in lakes.

• Inland Silverside

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

• Volunteer CARE Coach Resources

  Find everything you need to host successful fishing classes in your community as a State Certified Volunteer Fishing Coach!

• Slimy Sculpin

  Sculpins are sensitive to environmental degradation, requiring good-quality, coldwater streams to survive.