Fishing

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• Trout Management Areas

  Trout management areas are very popular with anglers and offer year-round fishing

• Common Carp

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

• Trout Stocking Maps for Rivers and Streams

  Interactive Trout Stocking Maps and Topographic Maps

• Warmouth

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

• Hogchoker

  Apparently during Colonial times, “hogchokers” fed to pigs proved difficult to swallow.

• Striped Mullet

  Striped mullet support important commercial fisheries in Southern states. Smaller fish are sold as bait.

• Sticklebacks

  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.

• Atlantic Tomcod

  Sometimes known as “frostfish.” For unclear reasons, Atlantic tomcod have recently experienced a precipitous decline in Connecticut and throughout much of their range.

• American Brook Lamprey

  Learn more about this endangered, maybe native, and definitely not parasitic fish!

• American Eel

  The American eel is commonly used for bait and food, but is declining throughout much of its range.

• Walleye Fisheries

  Learn the where, what, when, how, and why of walleye management in Connecticut!

• Fisheries Division Seasonal Job Opportunities

  Learn about seasonal job opportunities with the Fisheries Division!

• CT Fishin' Tips

  Subscribe to our monthly newsletter that has all the info you need to get out fishing!

• Trout Parks

  Check out CT's Trout Parks! Great trout fishing opportunities right in your backyard.

• Sunfishes and Freshwater Basses

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