Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection
Fishing
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Commonly sold as bait, the golden shiner is our most common lake and pond minnow species.
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Not yet found in Connecticut, the Rudd has established populations in neighboring states.
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Sculpins have a flattened head, large frog-like mouth and eyes, a scaleless body, and large fan-shaped pectoral fins.
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Rock bass have relatively large mouths, so are commonly caught by anglers seeking larger gamefish.
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Connecticut’s smallest pike species. They are typically mistaken for small chain pickerel by anglers.
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In Connecticut, the redbreast sunfish typically outnumbers other sunfish species only in river environments.
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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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Due to their hard-fighting abilities, smallmouths are considered by many to be superior gamefish to largemouths.
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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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The sheepshead minnow is a standard for use in many laboratory toxicity and genetics studies.
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Sculpins are sensitive to environmental degradation, requiring good-quality, coldwater streams to survive.
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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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This is the largest killifish species in Connecticut and the least tolerant of fresh water.