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.