Fishing

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• Bluegill

  Bluegills often inhabit shallow areas and are very easy to catch on a variety of small lures or baits (especially worms).

• Blueback Herring

  Blueback herring and alewives are so similar that the color of the gut lining (peritoneum) is the only sure way to tell them apart.

• Bluntnose Minnow

  It is unclear how or when bluntnose minnows arrived in Connecticut.

• Bowfin

  Often confused with the snakehead, the bowfin is an introduced fish that has grown rapidly in abundance since 2003.

• Bowfins

  This primitive family has a diverse fossil record, but only one species still exists.

• Lake and Pond Book

  A Fisheries Guide to Lakes and Ponds of Connecticut

• Learn to Fish - Student Materials

  Everything you need to get out fishing in the great state of Connecticut!

• Table of Contents

  This pictorial guide contains interesting and useful information about all of Connecticut's fascinating freshwater fishes.

• COVID-19 Updates CARE Program

  CARE classes have been temporarily cancelled to help prevent community spread of COVID-19.

• Fishing Announcements

  Announcements from the Fisheries Division.

• Creek Chub

  Closely related to fallfish, creek chubs build long ridges of gravel for nests.

• 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.

• Pumpkinseed

  One of our most colorful freshwater fishes.

• Fishing Challenge

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

• Sturgeons

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