Connecticut Lakes & Ponds

FISH KEY
A Alewives CHS Chinook Salmon LMB Largemouth Bass SKH Snakehead
AE American Eel COS Coho Salmon LT Lake Trout SMB Smallmouth Bass
BF Bowfin CP Chain Pickerel LW Lake Whitefish SPL Splake
BK Banded Killfish CRA Crappie M Muskellunge ST Steelhead
BLB Black Bullhead D Dace NP Northern Pike TM Tiger Musky
BNB Brown Bullhead FD Freshwater Drum/Sheepshead RB Rock Bass W Walleye
BNT Brown Trout FF Fallfish RP Redfin Pickerel WP White Perch
BRK Brook Trout GRP Grass Pickerel RS Rainbow Smelt WS White Sucker
CA Carp GZS Gizzard Shad RT Rainbow Trout YB Yellow Bullhead
CC Channel Catfish LG Longnose Gar S Sunfish YP Yellow Perch
CHB Chub LLS Landlocked Salmon SH Shiners
SEASON KEY
S1 2nd Saturday in April through October 31
S2 2nd Saturday in April through November 30
S3 2nd Saturday in April through December 31
S4 2nd Saturday in April through last day in February
S5 2nd Saturday in April through March 31
S6 No Closed Season
S7 2nd Saturday in April through September 30
S8 2nd Saturday in April through June 15
N1 Northern Pike closed March 1 through April 30. All other species open year-round.

Trout Parks indicated by *** next to the lake/pond name.

LAKE/POND LOCATION SPECIES SEASON
ALEXANDER LAKE Killingly LMB SMB CP S BB WP YP S6
AMOS LAKE Preston T CP LMB BB AE YP S S5
ANDERSON POND (Blue Lake) North Stonington LMB CP CRA S BB YP S6
ANGUS PARK POND (Eastbury Pond) Glastonbury T CP LMB S BB YP S1
ASHLAND POND Griswold LMB CP YP S S6
ASPINOOK POND Griswold/Canterbury/Lisbon LMB WP YP S CA CRA S6
AVERY POND Preston CP LMB YP BB S S6
BABCOCK POND Colchester LMB YP S CP BB S6
BACKWATER POND Thompson S6
BALDWINS POND Meriden T S4
BALL POND New Fairfield T LMB BB S YP S4
BANTAM LAKE Litchfield-Morris NP SMB LMB WP CRA YP S BB N1
BARBER POND Bloomfield S S4
BASHAN LAKE East Haddam T LMB SMB CP CRA YP S S4
BATTERSON PARK POND New Britain-Farmington CRA YP WP S LMB W S6
BAUMMER POND Naugatuck T BB S S4
BEACH POND Voluntown-Rhode Island T LMB SMB CP S YP W S4
BEACHDALE POND Voluntown LMB T YP BB S4
BEACHLAND POND West Hartford S6
BEAVER BROOK POND (Bibbins Ponds) Windham T S4
BEAVER PARK LAGOON New Haven AE LMB CA S BB T CC S1
BESECK LAKE Middlefield LMB YP CRA S S6
BESSE PARK POND Torrington S S6
BICENTENIAL POND (Mansfield Town Pond) Mansfield T S LMB BB S1
BIGELOW POND Union T YP LMB S S4
BILLINGS LAKE North Stonington T LMB YP CP S CRA BB S4
BIRGE POND Bristol S T CC LMB S4
BISHOP SWAMP (Jurovaty Pond) Andover LMB CRA S BB S6
BLACK POND Woodstock T LMB SMB CP YP BB S CRA S4
BLACK POND Middlefield-Meriden T LMB CP BB CRA S CC S4
BLACK ROCK LAKE (Branch Brook) Watertown T S4
BLACK ROCK POND*** Watertown T LMB S CP S4
BOLTON LAKES (Lower, Middle, Upper) Bolton-Coventry-Vernon YP BB CP LMB SMB S CC S6
BOLTON NOTCH POND Bolton LMB S YP S6
BRANFORD SUPPLY PONDS Branford T LMB S CP S4
BREAKNECK POND Union-Massachusetts S YP CRA CP LMB S6
BROAD BROOK MILLPOND East Windsor T LMB YP S S4
BULL POND Harwinton BB LMB S6
BUNNELLS POND (Beardsley Park Pond) Bridgeport S CC T S2
BURR POND Torrington BB LMB S CC S6
BUTTERNUT POND East Windsor S1
CANDLEWOOD LAKE Danbury-New Fairfield-Sherman-New Milford-Brookfield T LMB SMB YP WC WP CRA BB S S5
CEDAR LAKE Chester T YP LMB CP BB S W S4
CENTER SPRINGS PARK POND Manchester T S CC S4
CHRISTENSEN’S POND Granby T S S4
CITY HALL POND Milford S6
CLARKS POND (Mill River) Hamden T S4
COLEBROOK RIVER LAKE Colebrook-Massachusetts T RS LMB SMB WC S4
COLONY POND (Abe Stone Park Pond) Ansonia T LMB S S4
CONGAMOND LAKE (South Pond, Middle Pond, and North Pond) Suffield-Massachusetts T LMB BB YP CP AE S S6
COVENTRY LAKE (Wangumbaug Lake) Coventry T YP LMB SMB W S CRA S4
CRESCENT LAKE Southington LMB S YP S6
CRYSTAL LAKE Ellington-Stafford T YP CP SMB LMB S S5
CRYSTAL LAKE Middletown LMB YP BB S S6
DAY POND*** Colchester T S WC S4
DODGE POND East Lyme T LMB CRA YP S4
DOG POND Goshen LMB CP YP CRA BB S S6
DOOLEY POND Middletown LMB YP S S6
EAGLEVILLE LAKE Coventry-Mansfield LMB SMB CP S YP BB S6
EAST TWIN LAKE (Washining Lake) Salisbury T LMB CP YP S BB CRA K S5
EDGEWOOD PARK POND New Haven S6
FACTORY POND (Norwalk River) Redding-Wilton T S4
FACTORY POND (Town Grove Pond) Salisbury S2
FARMILL (ISINGLASS) RESERVOIR Shelton LMB S S3
FERNRIDGE PARK POND West Hartford S6
FISHER MEADOWS POND (Spring Lake) Avon LMB CA S S6
FITCHVILLE POND Bozrah T LMB CP S S4
FOUNTAIN LAKE RESERVOIR Ansonia-Seymour T LMB S S4
FRESHWATER POND (Freshwater Brook) Enfield T CA S4
GARDNER LAKE Bozrah-Salem-Montville T SMB LMB YP CP CRA S W BB WC S4
GAY CITY POND Hebron T CP BB YP S4
GLASGO POND Griswold LMB YP BB CRA S S6
GORTON POND East Lyme LMB CRA YP BB S S6
GOULD MANOR POND Fairfield S2
GREAT HILL POND Portland LMB CP YP CRA S BB WC S6
GREAT HOLLOW POND*** Monroe T S2
GREEN FALLS RESERVOIR (Green Falls Pond) Voluntown T LMB BB S S4
GRIGGS POND Woodstock LMB YP S BB S6
HALLS POND Ashford-Eastford LMB S YP CRA CP S6
HALLVILLE POND (Indiantown Brook) Preston T S4
HAMILTON RESERVOIR Union-Massachusetts T LMB SMB YP CRA S BB S6
HAMPTON RESERVOIR Eastford-Hampton LMB YP CP S BB S6
HANCOCK BROOK LAKE Plymouth T S4
HANOVER POND Meriden LMB S CA S6
HANOVER RESERVOIR Canterbury-Sprague T LMB S S4
HATCH POND Kent YP BB CP LMB CRA S S6
HELEN KELLER SCHOOL POND Easton S2
HEWITT FLYFISHING POND (Gallup Pond) North Stonington T LMB YP S BB S1
HEWITT POND (Lower Hewitt Pond) North Stonington T S BB S4
HIGGANUM RESERVOIR Haddam T S S4
HIGHLAND LAKE Winchester T LMB YP SMB CRA S S5
HODGE POND Voluntown LMB CP YP S BB S6
HOLBROOK POND Hebron LMB YP CRA S S6
HOP BROOK LAKE Middlebury T S4
HOPEVILLE POND Griswold LMB NP CP S WP YP CC S4
HORSE POND Salem T S BB CP LMB S4
HOWELLS POND Hartland T S4
HUNTINGTON POND (Starret Pond, Lake Hopewell, Huntington ParkPond) Redding T LMB S S4
HURLBURT POND Putnam S6
HYDE PARK POND Stafford S2
HYDE POND Ledyard T S6
INDIAN LAKE (Indian Pond) Sharon-New York LMB SMB YP S5
KAATZ POND Trumbull S2
KENEY PARK POND Hartford T S CC S4
KILLINGLY POND Killingly-Rhode Island LMB SMB S YP CP S6

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