Closed March 1 through 6am 2nd Saturday in April.
For Housatonic River Flows at Falls Village: 1-888-417-4837.
Thermal refuges: Areas within one hundred feet of signs indicating such closure posted by DEEP at or near the mouths of Kent Falls Brook and Macedonia Brook are closed to all fishing from June 15 to September 15.
HOUSATONIC RIVER TROUT MANAGEMENT AREA
- From bridge crossing at Routes 112 and 7 (Salisbury/Canaan) to bridge at Routes 4 and 7 (Cornwall/Sharon)
- Season: Open year-round except in areas within 100 feet of signs indicating such closure posted by DEEP at or near the mouths of tributaries that are closed to all fishing from June 15 to September 15.
- Trout: Catch and Release Only.
- Methods: Fly fishing only in the 3 mile section upstream from Route 4 bridge, as posted.
BASS MANAGEMENT AREA (STANLEY TRACT AREA)
- From Dawn Hill Road (Sharon) to Skiff Mountain Road in Kent (approximately 6 miles)
- Area managed for smallmouth, statewide regulations apply.
BULL’S BRIDGE TROUT MANAGEMENT AREA / BASS MANAGEMENT AREA
- From Bull’s Bridge Impoundment Dam (Kent) to Gaylordsville Bridge (Route 7) in New Milford, includes Ten Mile River from NY border to confluence with Housatonic River
- Season: Open year-round except in areas within 100 feet of tributaries that are closed to all fishing from June 15 to September 15, as posted.
- Trout: Catch and Release Only.
- Large & Smallmouth bass: Catch and Release Only.
LOWER RIVER/TIDAL WATERS
- no closed season
- Derby, Orange, Shelton, Milford, Stratford Downstream from dam on Lake Housatonic (Derby).
- Walk-in access at Derby Dam off Route 34 (Derby) and Canal Street (Shelton).
- Trout: Daily creel limit—2, 15″ minimum length.