Freshwater Fishing
Freshwater Fishing
Connecticut is fortunate to have over 180 public lakes and ponds and thousands of miles of rivers and streams teeming with a variety of gamefish and panfish. Anglers from all over the country come to Connecticut to fish for prized trout in the Farmington and Housatonic Rivers. Whether you're looking for trophy size bass or trout in one of our special management areas, large walleye or pike through the ice or just want to relax on a warm summer's day fishing for bluegills, Connecticut anglers are provided with great opportunities to a catch a wide variety of fish throughout the year.
- American Legion State Forest, Barkhamsted
- Bennett's Pond State Park, Ridgefield
- Bigelow Hollow State park, Union
- Black Rock State Park, Watertown
- Burr Pond State Park, Torrington
- Collis P. Huntington State Park, Redding/Bethel/Newtown
- Campbell Falls State Park, Norfolk
- Centennial State Forest, Easton/Newtown/Redding/Weston
- Chatfield Hollow State Park, Killingworth
- Cockaponset State Forest, Chester/Haddam
- Dart Island State Park, Middletown
- Day Pond State Park, Colchester
- Devil's Hopyard State Park, East Haddam
- Eagle Landing State Park, Haddam
- Farm River State Park, East Haven
- Gardner Lake State Park, Salem
- Gay City State Park, Hebron
- George Dudley Seymour State Park, Haddam
- George Waldo State Park, Southbury
- Haddam Island State Park, Haddam
- Haddam Meadows State Park, Haddam
- Higganum Reservoir State Park, Higganum
- Hopemead State Park, Montville, Bozrah
- Hopeville Pond State Park, Griswold
- Humaston Brook State Park, Litchfield
- Indian Well State Park, Derby
- John A. Minetto State Park, Torrington
- Kent Falls State Park, Kent
- Kettletown State Park, Southbury
- Killingly Pond State Park, Killingly
- Lake Waramaug State Park, Kent
- Macedonia Brook State Park, Kent
- Machimoodus State Park, East Haddam
- Mansfield Hollow State Park, Mansfield
- Mashamoquet State Park, Pomfret
- Meshomasic State Forest, East Hampton/Glastonbury/Portland
- Mianus River State Park, Stamford
- Millers pond State Park, Durham
- Minnie Island State Park, Bozrah/Montville
- Mohawk Mountain State Forest, Cornwall
- Mono Pond State Park, Columbia
- Mooween State Park, Lebanon
- Mount Tom State Park, Litchfield
- Natchaug State Forest, Eastford
- Naugatuck State Forest, Naugatuck/Oxford/Beacon Falls/Cheshire/Hamden
- Nepaug State Forest, New Hartford
- Nipmuck State Forest, Union
- Nye-Holman State Forest, Tolland
- Old Furnace State Park, Killingly
- Osbornedale State Park, Derby
- Paugussett State Forest, Newtown
- Peoples State Forest, Barkhamsted
- Putnam Memorial State Park, Redding
- Quaddick State Park & Forest, Thompson
- Quinebaug Lake State Park, Killingly
- Quinnipiac River State Park, North Haven
- Ross Pond State Park, Killingly
- Selden Neck State Park, Lyme
- Seth Low Pierrepont State Park, Ridgefield
- Salmon River State Park, Colchester
- Salt Rock State Campground, Sprague
- Scantic River State Park, Enfield/East Windsor/Somers
- Shenipsit State Forest, Stafford/Somer/Ellington
- Sleeping Giant State Park, Hamden
- Stillwater Pond State Park, Torrington
- Southford Falls State Park, Southbury
- Squantz Pond State Park, New Fairfield
- Stoddard Hill State Park, Ledyard
- Stratton Brook State Park, Simsbury
- Sunnybrook State Park, Torrington
- Tunxis State Forest, Granby/Barkhamsted/Hartland
- Wadsworth Falls State Park, Middlefield/Middletown
- West Rock Ridge State Park, Hamden/New Haven
- Wharton Brook State Park, Wallingford
- Windsor Locks Canal State Park, Windsor Locks
- Windsor Meadows State Park, Windsor