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• Seth Low Pierrepont State Park Reserve

• Southern End of the Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail Will Be Closed through June 2017

  Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) today announced that the southern end of the popular Windsor Locks Canal State Park Trail will be closed through June 2017 to protect a pair of nesting bald eagles.

• Opening Day is this Saturday, April 8th Connecticut ready for trout season, 306,000 trout stocked for Opening Day

  Opening Day of the trout fishing season is this Saturday -- April 8th -- and Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has the state’s rivers, streams, lakes and ponds stocked and ready.

• Rudd

  Not yet found in Connecticut, the Rudd has established populations in neighboring states.

• Sculpins

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

• Rock Bass

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

• Redfin Pickerel

  Connecticut’s smallest pike species. They are typically mistaken for small chain pickerel by anglers.

• Redbreast Sunfish

  In Connecticut, the redbreast sunfish typically outnumbers other sunfish species only in river environments.

• Sea Lamprey

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

• Public and Permit-Required Hunting Areas

  Information on public and permit-required hunting areas for 2025.

• Smallmouth Bass

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

• Shortnose Sturgeon

  Learn about the shortnose sturgeon, a state and federally endangered species that call the CT River home.

• Sheepshead Minnow

  The sheepshead minnow is a standard for use in many laboratory toxicity and genetics studies.

• Slimy Sculpin

  Sculpins are sensitive to environmental degradation, requiring good-quality, coldwater streams to survive.

• Spotfin Killifish

  Due to their small size, spotfin killifish are difficult to identify and often mistaken for young mummichog.