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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 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 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 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 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 to 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 Kent (approximately 6 miles) Area managed for smallmouth-statewide regulations apply KNOWLTON BROOK, Ashford (T) BULL'S BRIDGE TROUT MANAGEMENT AREA Route 44 within 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. LATIMERS BROOK, East Lyme-Waterford (T) LOWER RIVER/TIDAL WATERS-no closed season Intermittent sections along Route 161 from Silver Falls to Derby, Orange, Shelton, New Milford, Stratford Downstream from dam on Lake Housatomc (Derby) SEA RUN TROUT STREAM Walk-in access at Derby Dam off Route 34 (Derby) and Downstream of I-95 bridge Canal Street (Shelton) Trout Daily creel limit-2, 15" Minimum length LOWER RIVER/TIDAL WATERS-no closed season HOWELL'S POND BROOK, Hartland (T) Downstream from the Old Mill abutments at the head of tide From Howell's Pond in to Mill Street, approximately 1-1/2 miles above West Branch Reservoir LAUREL BROOK, Middletown (T) In Wadsworth Falls State Park HUNTS BROOK, Montville-Waterford (T) Intermittent sections from Miller's Pond to Smith Cove LEAD MINE BROOK Harwinton-Thomaston (T) Intermittent sections from Route 118 in Harwinton through INDIAN RIVER, Kilhngworth-Clinton (T) Roraback Wildlife Management Area to confluence with Intermittent sections from Stevens Road downstream to Upper (Thomaston Flood Control Area) Millpond LITTLE RIVER, Canterbury-Hampton (T) INDIAN HOLE BROOK, Shelton (T) Intermittent sections from Route 97 to Paper Mill Pond Children's Area: From falls in Indian Well State Park LITTLE RIVER, Putnam (T) downstream to railroad bridge Intermittent sections from Rose/and Lake downstream to the Fishing restricted to children under 16 years of age Quinebaug River Season: Open 3rd Saturday in April-November 30 LITTLE RIVER, Oxford (T BK BN) INDIANTOWN BROOK, Ledyard-Preston (T) Intermittent sections from Hogback Road along Route 67 to Intermittent sections from Route 2 to Poquetanuck Cove Great Hill Road Includes Shewville Brook, Gates and Hallville Ponds, and WILD TROUT MANAGEMENT AREA (Class 3) Poquetanuck Brook From Towner Lane downstream to Park Road IRON STREAM, Guilford-Madison (T) Trout 9" Minimum length At Twin Bndge Road LONG HILL BROOK, Middletown (T) | JEREMY RIVER, Hebron-Colchester (T) Intermittent sections from Doo/ey Pond downstream to Route Intermittent Sections from Route 66 to the 155 Trout 9" minimum length-Portion Downstream of Grayville LONG MEADOW BROOK, Middlebury-Naugatuck (T) Road to the Salmon River Intermittent sections from Long Meadow Pond through JOE CLARKS BROOK, Ledyard (BK) Guntown Road, along Rubber Avenue to 1/2 mile above the Naugatuck River Intermittent sections from Church Hi/I Road downstream to Poquetanuck Cove LONG SWAMP BROOK, Middlebury (T) Within the DOT picnic area along Route 64 through Stemmann JORDAN BROOK, Waterford (BK) Park to Route 188 Intermittent sections along entire length