Freshwater Fish of Connecticut
Walleye
Sander vitreus
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Also called: Walleye, Yellow Pike
Identification
Large, glassy eyes and an olive-gold body with a white lower tail tip.
Habitat
Cool, deep, often turbid lakes and large rivers.
Behavior
Nocturnal, schooling predator.
How to Catch
Jig and minnow or troll crankbaits at night along drop-offs.
Notes
Prized early and late-evening bite.
Where to find Walleye in CT
- Bantam Lake Morris / Litchfield
- Beseck Lake Middlefield
- Candlewood Lake New Fairfield / Danbury
- Cedar Pond Chester
- Connecticut River — Hartford/Middle Haddam Hartford / Haddam
- Coventry Lake Coventry
- Gardner Lake Salem
- Lake Lillinonah Bridgewater / Brookfield
- Lake Pocotopaug East Hampton
- Lake Zoar Monroe / Newtown / Oxford
- Quinebaug River Thompson
- Tyler Lake Goshen