Fishing

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A Fisheries Guide to Lakes and Ponds of Connecticut

Community fishing waters are lakes and ponds stocked with trout and channel catfish near urban communities.

This easily overlooked minnow, the bridle shiner, is apparently declining throughout much of its range.

Ninespine stickleback males build little tunnel-shaped nests out of bits of vegetation.

Mudminnows are a small family of the Northern Hemisphere that look similar to killifish and minnows, but are actually more closely related to pike.

Commonly sold as bait, the golden shiner is our most common lake and pond minnow species.

Read the Commissioner's Declarations that influence fisheries regulations.

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

With no obvious and distinctive characteristics, the common shiner is one of the most difficult fish to identify.

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

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

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

Striped bass grow large and are arguably the most important inshore predator and sport fish in the state.

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