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NEW REGULATIONS ROUTMANAGEMENT-page II-&'•••<• tf&v^t lJj J£ -FJ =3f Hf i\ ^^iKl^hi^MB-ffili SDMS DocID 000211840 INLAND DISTRICT STATEWIDE SPECIES REGULATIONS A summary of Statewide Species Open Seasons, Legal Methods, and Length & Daily Creel Limits is listed below. Regulations differ on many waterbodies. Determining fishing regulations is a two-step process: 1. Check this table for the general statewide regulations. 2. Refer to the specific waterbody in the alphabetical listings of LAKES & PONDS (pages 11-21) or RIVERS & STREAMS (pages 26-35) for special site-specific regulations. If no site-specific regulations are listed for a waterbody, statewide regulations apply for seasons, methods, and/or limits. Unless otherwise indicated in the the Lakes & Ponds and Rivers & Streams listings: • Lakes and ponds are open year-round. • Rivers & streams are open from 6:00 am on the 3rd Saturday in April through the last day of February. (Closed to all fishing from March 1* to 6:00 am on the 3* Saturday in April) The open seasons listed in this table do not apply in areas closed to all fishing during a period of the year. Lower River/Tidal Waters: Designated rivers & streams with no closed season. These include the entire Connecticut and Thames Rivers, and downstream portions of the Coginchaug, Eight Mile, Farmington, Housatonic, Mattabasset, Naugatuck, Quinnipiac, and Salmon Rivers, and Latimer and Whitfords Brooks. Check individual waterbody listing for boundaries. Kind of Fish Legal Minimum Daily Area Open Season* Creel (notes) Methods Length Limit TAKING OFANADROMOUS ALEWIFE & BLUEBACK HERRING FROM ALL CONNECTICUT WATERS IS PROHIBITED Emergency closure is in effect. See page 6 for more information. Alewives/Blueback EXCEPTION: Landlocked alewife only may be taken from specific Herring lakes. See page 6 for list of lakes. Methods, seasons & creel (Daily creel limit is for both species in limits are as follows: aggregate) Angling Lakes & Ponds Open Year-round none 25 Scoop Net Lakes & Ponds April 1-June 15. none 25 _^^jf^_ Lakes & Ponds, rd 3 Saturday in April- none 6 Rivers & Streams June 30 ^^L Anqlina ^^^r* Lower River/ April 1-June30 none 6 American Shad Tidal Waters TAKING OF ATLANTIC SALMON IS PROHIBITED Exception: Atlantic Salmon Broodstock Fisheries Atlantic Salmon (see page 6) Lakes & Ponds Open Year-round 12" 6 Largemouth Bass & ^ 9 Rivers & Streams Open Year-round none 6 Smallmouth Bass Icefishing ~ ~" ~~ (Daily creel limit is for both species in Connecticu<~"""°~»'-"»t Open Year-round 12" 6 aggregate) River Angling, Icefishing, All Areas Open Year-round none none Bobbing, Bow and Carp, Suckers, arrow Wofe: Spearing and bow and arrow use prohibited in all waters Eels, Lampreys Spearing stocked with trout. Spearing prohibited in all lakes & ponds A Except in areas closed to all fishing during a period of the year. INLAND DISTRICT STATEWIDESPECIES REGULATIONS Legal Kind of Fish AreaA oOpen Seasono ~AA Minimum. Creel (notes) Methods Length u n Angling Lakes & Ponds Open Year-round 15" 6 O _ Chain Pickere Icefishing Rivers & Streams Open Year-round none none Icefishina All Areas Open Year-round none 6 Hickory Shad Scoop Net Note: Daily creel limit is in aggregate with American shad Angling 3rd Saturday in April­ & All Areas last day inFebruary. none 8 Kokanee Icefishing Angling & All Areas Open Year-round 26" Northern Pike Icefishing 0 Angling AllAreas Open Year-round none none Panfish Icefishing Bobbing Angling & Icefishing Lakes & Ponds Open Year-round none 50 Smelt Angling, Icefishing, Rivers & Streams Open Year-round none 2 gal Scoop Net 24"-32" Angling AllAreas Open Year-round - — • 41 "and Striped Bass greater Sturgeon TAKING OF STURGEON IS PROHIBITED Lakes & Ponds 3rd Saturday in April- none 5 Angling Rivers & Streams last day in February. Trout & Icefishing (Brook, Brown, Lake, Lower Rivers/ Open Year-round 15" 2 Rainbow) Tidal Waters Angling & All Areas Open Year-round 15" Walleye Icefishing A Except in areas closed to all fishing during a period of the year. Lakes and Ponds open year-round (no closed season) unless otherwise stated. LAKES AND PONDS Trout Daily creel limit-3 HOPEVILLE POND, Gnswold Species (LMB YP) Large & smallmouth bass Daily creel limit 5 total, 12" Launch open from Opening Day to early October minimum length Season Open 6 00 am 3rd Saturday April-last day February Chain pickerel Daily creel hmit-5, 15" minimum length Other Motor driven boats must not exceed 8 mph Northern pike Daily creel limit-1, 28" minimum length HOPEWELL POND (see Starret Pond) Other Not more than two hooks may be used during periods of open water fishing and not more than five hooks may be HORSE POND, Salem |£t 6. used when ice fishing TROUT PARK SPECIES (TSBBCPLMB) HAMPTON RESERVOIR, Hampton-Eastford 2£t Season Open 6 00 am 3rd Saturday April-last day February Species (1MB YP CP S BB) Trout Daily creel hmit-2 Other Motors, except electric, prohibited Other Motors, except electric, prohibited HANCOCK BROOK FLOOD CONTROL POOL, Waterbury Species (T) Season Open 6 00 am 3'd Saturday April last day February HATCH POND, Kent S£i. Species (YP BB CP LMB CB) Other Motor boat speed limit 8 mph HAYWARD LAKE (see Lake Hayward) © Joseph Tomellen HELEN KELLER SCHOOL POND, Easton Children's Pond: Fishing restricted to children under age 16 Rainbow Trout Season Open 6 00 am 3rd Saturday April-November 30 HOUSATONIC LAKE, Shelton-Derby-Monroe-Oxford- HEWITT FLYFISHING POND (Gallup Pond), North Seymour jgfli Stonington Boat launch at Indian Well State Park open from May 15 Species (TLMBYPSBB) through November 1 Methods Fly fishing only BASS MANAGEMENT LAKE / WALLEYE LAKE Season Open 6 00 am 3rd Saturday April-October 31 Walleye expected to reach legal size (15') in 2004 (initially Other Boats and canoes prohibited stocked in 2001} Species (SMB LMB WC WP YP AE S CA) HEWITT POND (Lower Hewitt Pond), North Stonington Large & smallmouth bass Daily creel hmit-2 16" minimum Species (T S BB) length Season Open 6 00 am 3rd Saturday April-last day February Other Minimum steerage speed within 25 ft of shore or dock HIGGANUM RESERVOIR, Haddam 45 mph limit daytime, 25 mph from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 Public r/ght-of-way, passable for cars hour before sunrise Species (S) HOWELLS POND, Hartland Season Open 6 00 am 3rd Saturday April-last day February Public right-of-way, passable for cars Other Motor driven boats must not exceed 8 mph Species (T) Note: Currently drained for repairs Season Open 6 00 am 3rd Saturday April-last day February HIGHLAND LAKE, Winchester Other Motors, except electric, prohibited TROPHY TROUT LAKE / BASS MANAGEMENT LAKE HURLBURT POND, Putnam Species (T LMB YP SMB CB S) rd Children's Pond: Fishing restricted to children under age 16 Season Open 6 00 am 3 Saturday April-March 31 rd Season Open 6 00 am 3 Saturday April-November 30 Large & smallmouth bass Daily creel hmit-2, 16" minimum length HYDE PARK POND, Stafford Trout: 12" to 16" protected slot limit Daily creel limit-5, only 1 Children's Pond: Fishing restricted to children under age 16 may be 16" or greater Season Open 6 00 am 3rd Saturday April-November 30 Other Boat speed limit 6 mph from 1/2 hour after sunset to 1/2 INDIAN POND, Sharon-New York hour before sunnse Note: Connecticut or New York fishing license legal on entire HODGE POND, Voluntown pond New York regulations apply for some species Public right-of-way, carry-in access Species (LMB YP) d Species (LMB CP YP S BB) Large & smallmouth bass Season-Open 6 00 am 3' Saturday April-November 30 HOGBACK RESERVOIR (see West Branch Reservoir) All Other Species: Season-Open 6 00 am 3rd Saturday April- HOLBROOK POND, Hebron (LMB YP CB) March 31 Handicapped access at dam Other Not more than five tip-ups and two hand held jigs Other Motor driven boats must not exceed 8 mph allowed for ice fishing HOP BROOK FLOOD CONTROL POOL, Middlebury ^ ISINGLASS (FARMILL) RESERVOIR, Shelton rd Species (T) Season Open 6 00 am 3 Saturday April-December 31 Season Open 6 00 am 3rd Saturday April-last day February Note: Permit required to fish-Bridgeport Hydraulic 203-336-7788 Statewide regulations for seasons, legal methods, and limits (pages 4-5) apply unless RIVERS & STREAMS a site-specific regulation is listed for a water body. HOUSATONIC RIVER, Sahsbury-Canaan-Sharon-Cornwall­ JUDD BROOK, Colchester-Hebron Kent-Sherman-New Milford (T 8MB NP) Trout 9" minimum length downstream of Old Colchester Road For Housatomc River Flows at Falls Village 1-888-417-4837 to Jeremy River HOUSATONIC RIVER TROUT MANAGEMENT AREA KENT FALLS BROOK, Kent (T) From bridge crossing at Routes 112 and 7 (Salisbury/ Below base of falls Canaan) to bridge at Routes 4 and 7 (Cornwall/Sharon) TROUT PARK Season: Open year-round except in areas within 100 feet of Within Kent Falls State Park tributaries that are closed to all fishing from June 15 to Trout: Daily creel limit-2 August 31, as posted Trout: Catch and Release Only. KETTLETOWN BROOK, Southbury (T) Methods Fly fishing only in the 3 mile section upstream From Kettletown Road to Georges Hill Road and through from Route 4 bridge, as posted Kettletown State Park to Lake Zoar BASS MANAGEMENT AREA (Stanley Tract Area) KITT BROOK, Canterbury (T) From Dawn Hill Road (Sharon) to Skiff Mountain Road in Intermittent sections from Route 14 to the Quinebaug River Kent (approximately 6 miles) Area managed for smallmouth-statewide regulations apply KNOWLTON BROOK, Ashford (T) BULL'S BRIDGE TROUT MANAGEMENT AREA Route 44 within Natchaug State Forest From Bull's Bridge Impoundment Dam (Kent) to LATHROP BROOK, Plamfield (T) Gaylordsville Bridge (Route 7) in New Milford, includes Ten Intermittent sections from Dow Road downstream to Mill Mile River from NY border to confluence with Housatomc Brook River LAKE WARAMAUG BROOK, Warren (T) Season: Open year-round except in areas within 100 feet of Along Route 45 from Curtiss Road downstream to North Shore tributaries that are closed to all fishing from June 15 to Road August 31, as posted Trout: Catch and Release Only.
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    Preserving Connecticut's Bridges Report Appendix - September 2018 Year Open/Posted/Cl Rank Town Facility Carried Features Intersected Location Lanes ADT Deck Superstructure Substructure Built osed Hartford County Ranked by Lowest Score 1 Bloomfield ROUTE 189 WASH BROOK 0.4 MILE NORTH OF RTE 178 1916 2 9,800 Open 6 2 7 2 South Windsor MAIN STREET PODUNK RIVER 0.5 MILES SOUTH OF I-291 1907 2 1,510 Posted 5 3 6 3 Bloomfield ROUTE 178 BEAMAN BROOK 1.2 MI EAST OF ROUTE 189 1915 2 12,000 Open 6 3 7 4 Bristol MELLEN STREET PEQUABUCK RIVER 300 FT SOUTH OF ROUTE 72 1956 2 2,920 Open 3 6 7 5 Southington SPRING STREET QUINNIPIAC RIVER 0.6 MI W. OF ROUTE 10 1960 2 3,866 Open 3 7 6 6 Hartford INTERSTATE-84 MARKET STREET & I-91 NB EAST END I-91 & I-84 INT 1961 4 125,700 Open 5 4 4 7 Hartford INTERSTATE-84 EB AMTRAK;LOCAL RDS;PARKING EASTBOUND 1965 3 66,450 Open 6 4 4 8 Hartford INTERSTATE-91 NB PARK RIVER & CSO RR AT EXIT 29A 1964 2 48,200 Open 5 4 4 9 New Britain SR 555 (WEST MAIN PAN AM SOUTHERN RAILROAD 0.4 MILE EAST OF RTE 372 1930 3 10,600 Open 4 5 4 10 West Hartford NORTH MAIN STREET WEST BRANCH TROUT BROOK 0.3 MILE NORTH OF FERN ST 1901 4 10,280 Open N 4 4 11 Manchester HARTFORD ROAD SOUTH FORK HOCKANUM RIV 2000 FT EAST OF SR 502 1875 2 5,610 Open N 4 4 12 Avon OLD FARMS ROAD FARMINGTON RIVER 500 FEET WEST OF ROUTE 10 1950 2 4,999 Open 4 4 6 13 Marlborough JONES HOLLOW ROAD BLACKLEDGE RIVER 3.6 MILES NORTH OF RTE 66 1929 2 1,255 Open 5 4 4 14 Enfield SOUTH RIVER STREET FRESHWATER BROOK 50 FT N OF ASNUNTUCK ST 1920 2 1,016 Open 5 4 4 15 Hartford INTERSTATE-84 EB BROAD ST, I-84 RAMP 191 1.17 MI S OF JCT US 44 WB 1966 3 71,450 Open 6 4 5 16 Hartford INTERSTATE-84 EAST NEW PARK AV,AMTRAK,SR504 NEW PARK AV,AMTRAK,SR504 1967 3 69,000 Open 6 4 5 17 Hartford INTERSTATE-84 WB AMTRAK;LOCAL RDS;PARKING .82 MI N OF JCT SR 504 SB 1965 4 66,150 Open 6 4 5 18 Hartford I-91 SB & TR 835 CONNECTICUT SOUTHERN RR AT EXIT 29A 1958 5 46,450 Open 6 5 4 19 Hartford SR 530 -AIRPORT RD ROUTE 15 422 FT E OF I-91 1964 5 27,200 Open 5 6 4 20 Bristol MEMORIAL BLVD.
  • Waterbody Regulations and Boat Launches

    Waterbody Regulations and Boat Launches

    to boating in Connecticut! TheWelcome map with local ordinances, state boat launches, pumpout facilities, and Boating Infrastructure Grant funded transient facilities is back again. New this year is an alphabetical list of state boat launches located on Connecticut lakes, ponds, and rivers listed by the waterbody name. If you’re exploring a familiar waterbody or starting a new adventure, be sure to have the proper safety equipment by checking the list on page 32 or requesting a Vessel Safety Check by boating staff (see page 14 for additional information). Reference Reference Reference Name Town Number Name Town Number Name Town Number Amos Lake Preston P12 Dog Pond Goshen G2 Lake Zoar Southbury S9 Anderson Pond North Stonington N23 Dooley Pond Middletown M11 Lantern Hill Ledyard L2 Avery Pond Preston P13 Eagleville Lake Coventry C23 Leonard Pond Kent K3 Babcock Pond Colchester C13 East River Guilford G26 Lieutenant River Old Lyme O3 Baldwin Bridge Old Saybrook O6 Four Mile River Old Lyme O1 Lighthouse Point New Haven N7 Ball Pond New Fairfield N4 Gardner Lake Salem S1 Little Pond Thompson T1 Bantam Lake Morris M19 Glasgo Pond Griswold G11 Long Pond North Stonington N27 Barn Island Stonington S17 Gorton Pond East Lyme E9 Mamanasco Lake Ridgefield R2 Bashan Lake East Haddam E1 Grand Street East Lyme E13 Mansfield Hollow Lake Mansfield M3 Batterson Park Pond New Britain N2 Great Island Old Lyme O2 Mashapaug Lake Union U3 Bayberry Lane Groton G14 Green Falls Reservoir Voluntown V5 Messerschmidt Pond Westbrook W10 Beach Pond Voluntown V3 Guilford