🐟Fish species
📜Fishing rules here
- Tidal Waters and Tributaries
- Trout:
- Daily creel limit -- 2
- 15 inch minimum length
- Harvest allowed year-round
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CT Inland (or All Waters) fishing license required, 16+. Trout & Salmon Stamp needed (16+) if you keep trout or salmon.
Always confirm current rules with CT DEEP.
Mystic River flows through Groton, Stonington downstream of confluence of Haleys Brook and Whitford Brook.. Check the regulations box for this water’s special rules.
Bite Chart
Fair Today · Oct 30 · Best windows: 3:00am–5:00am, 5:00pm–6:00pm · Waning gibbous
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Bite scores combine tide movement, sunrise & sunset, moon periods, barometric pressure and wind. They’re a guide, not a guarantee.
Fishing Tips — Right Now
Live fishing tips for Mystic River
Depth, technique, lures, colors and bait for every species here — updated hourly from water temperature, weather, pressure, moon and tides.
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- 🏆 Atlantic Needlefish — Catch & Release record: 34", Zacery Martindale (2016)
- 🏆 Clearnose Skate — Catch & Release record: 36.5", Stephen Stella (2022)
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Anglers’ Catches at Mystic River
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