Fishing

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  • Lake and Large River Electrofishing Survey

    Learn about how we use electrofishing to monitor our warmwater fish populations!

  • COVID-19 Updates CARE Program

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

  • 1999 Lobster Mortality Information Report

    Information on the 1999 Lobster Mortalities in Long Island Sound.

  • CT CARES Act Assistance to Fisheries Participants

    Information about CT CARES Act Assistance to Fisheries Participants.

  • Knobfin Sculpin

    A newly discovered invasive species, the knobfin sculpin has had a devastating impact on the Pomperaug River ecosystem.

  • Largemouth Bass

    The most popular gamefish in the country, the largemouth bass is also the principal predator in most of our state’s lakes and ponds and thus plays a key role in the health of aquatic ecosystems.

  • Kokanee

    Kokanee prefer relatively clear lakes with cold, well-oxygenated water.

  • Longnose Dace

    The longnose dace has a hydrodynamic body similar to a miniature sturgeon that helps it hold near the bottom in fast water.

  • Hogchoker

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

  • Killifishes

    Both marine and freshwater killifishes are distributed throughout Central and Eastern North America from southern Canada to the Yucatan, including Cuba and Bermuda.

  • Hybrid Sunfish

    Hybrids are more common in unfished or lightly fished waters, most likely because they are easier to catch than the parent species and are thus removed more quickly from heavily fished waters.

  • Lampreys

    Learn more about this primitive family of fishes that have a sucking disc in place of a jaw.

  • Inland Silverside

    Also known as “tidewater” silverside. They are less common than and very difficult to distinguish from the Atlantic silverside without magnification.

  • Sea Lamprey

    The state's only parasitic fish to enter freshwater, the sea lamprey gets a bad reputation. Learn more about this fascinating fish.

  • Smallmouth Bass

    Due to their hard-fighting abilities, smallmouths are considered by many to be superior gamefish to largemouths.