Mashapaug Lake
Spring-fed border lake straddling the CT–MA line in the Quiet Corner.
Eastern
Bashan Lake
Trophy bass lake in East Haddam managed for quality largemouth with spring trout stocking.
Pine Island Causeway
Groton Long Island Sound causeway and jetties — tautog around the rocks, stripers in the rips.
Griswold Point
Connecticut River mouth sandbar — world-class late-summer striper fishing on shifting bars.
Harkness Memorial State Park
Accessible Long Island Sound shoreline park — spring scup and summer stripers off the lawns.
Savin Rock
Classic West Haven waterfront jetty and shore — stripers, blues, and fluke along the rocks.
Natchaug River
Heavily stocked trout river in the Natchaug State Forest — Atlantic salmon broodstock in fall.