Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
Fishing
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In Connecticut, the redbreast sunfish typically outnumbers other sunfish species only in river environments.
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Connecticut’s smallest pike species. They are typically mistaken for small chain pickerel by anglers.
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Rock bass have relatively large mouths, so are commonly caught by anglers seeking larger gamefish.
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Not yet found in Connecticut, the Rudd has established populations in neighboring states.
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The state's only parasitic fish to enter freshwater, the sea lamprey gets a bad reputation. Learn more about this fascinating fish.
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The sheepshead minnow is a standard for use in many laboratory toxicity and genetics studies.
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Learn about the shortnose sturgeon, a state and federally endangered species that call the CT River home.
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Two estuarine/marine species of silversides exist in Connecticut. Both are schooling fish that occasionally enter freshwater areas of coastal rivers and streams.
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Sculpins are sensitive to environmental degradation, requiring good-quality, coldwater streams to survive.
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Due to their hard-fighting abilities, smallmouths are considered by many to be superior gamefish to largemouths.
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Relatively small, silvery fishes with a very slender, cylindrical shape.
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Due to their small size, spotfin killifish are difficult to identify and often mistaken for young mummichog.
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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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Four native stickleback species are found predominantly in marine and sometimes fresh waters of Connecticut. The males build and guard nests made out of aquatic vegetation, and they become darker and/or more brightly colored during the spawning season.
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Striped bass grow large and are arguably the most important inshore predator and sport fish in the state.