Fishing

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  • Ice Fishing

    Learn all about ice fishing in Connecticut!

  • Fishing Guide

    Learn everything you need to get out fishing with the Connecticut Fishing Guide! Available online and in print.

  • Sculpins

    Sculpins have a flattened head, large frog-like mouth and eyes, a scaleless body, and large fan-shaped pectoral fins.

  • American Soles

    A small family limited to marine waters of the Western Hemisphere.

  • Brown Bullhead

    The brown bullhead is Connecticut’s most widely distributed and only native catfish species. They are good to eat, but are typically underutilized by anglers.

  • Bluegill

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

  • Rock Bass

    Rock bass have relatively large mouths, so are commonly caught by anglers seeking larger gamefish.

  • Rainbow Trout

    Rainbow trout seldom survive the summer in Connecticut and natural reproduction is rare.

  • Codfishes

    Codfishes are characterized by having a single barbel on the middle of the chin.

  • Atlantic Sturgeon

    Damn building, overfishing and pollution all likely contributed to the demise of Atlantic sturgeon in Connecticut.

  • Fishing Regulations

    Official regulations for inland and marine recreational fishing in the State of Connecticut.

  • EZ File Permit Applications

    Find access to on-line permit applications for fishing and boating through our ezFile system.

  • Fishing Challenge

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

  • How to Observe and Appreciate Fishes

    Learn about all the ways you can watch Connecticut's many freshwater fishes!

  • Pupfishes

    The pupfishes and killifishes are very similar and were once included in the same family.