Silver Sands State Park
A barrier beach and boardwalk park with a historic island (Charles Island) tombolo, a known striper and bluefish surfcasting spot.
Western
Seaside Park
An urban Long Island Sound park with open beach, jetties, and a fishing pier, popular for surfcasting and family-friendly saltwater […]
Penfield Reef
A productive shallow reef off Fairfield Beach with wade-able access at low tide for striped bass and bluefish during the […]
Naugatuck River
Once heavily polluted, the Naugatuck is now a recovering trout stream with seasonal stockings and growing holdover fisheries.
Wononscopomuc Lake
Connecticut’s deepest natural lake — clear, cold, and famous for lake trout and cisco in the NW corner.
West Hill Lake
Oligotrophic Litchfield Hills reservoir — cold, deep, and one of the few CT lakes with lake trout.
Penfield Reef
Rocky reef and jetty off Fairfield — strong current, use caution on the rocks at high tide.
Compo Beach
Long Sound beach in Westport — spring and fall striped bass along the sandbars and rocks.