UTERJanuary
Ice fishing for pickerel and perch
Tip-ups on the ponds.
The Housatonic to the Connecticut River
Connecticut freshwater fishing
What's biting in Connecticut freshwater in October: white perch, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass at their peak, with bluegill, channel catfish and brown bullhead around too. Fish Scouter's season calendar follows 16 fish here month by month, from Connecticut River to Lake Lillinonah.
Fall bass and browns
The tidal and fresh Connecticut River, the Farmington and Housatonic trout rivers, and the bass and pike lakes of the western hills.
Connecticut RiverHousatonic RiverFarmington RiverCandlewood LakeLake Lillinonah
Updated
Now · October
Fall bass and browns
Pre-spawn browns.
Largemouth bassSmallmouth bassBrown troutRainbow troutNorthern pikeBlack crappie (speck)
This month here
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White perch
Largemouth bass
Smallmouth bass
Black crappie (speck)
Yellow perch
Walleye
Northern pike
Chain pickerel
Rainbow trout
Brown trout
Brook trout
Bluegill
Channel catfish
Brown bullhead
Common carp
The water
Structure that matters
LakeReservoirRiverCreek / streamPond / pitDock / pilingsBridgeBoat ramp
Month by month
What's happening, and what to throwFebruary
Ice and holdover trout
Farmington holdovers.
March
Trout stocking; pike spawn
Spring stocking begins.
April
Opening day trout
Stocked rivers statewide.
May
Shad run on the Connecticut
Enfield and Windsor Locks.
June
Bass on the beds
Candlewood smallmouth.
July
Summer bass
Topwater at dawn.
August
Night bass, cool trout water
Farmington's cold tailwater.
September
Fall trout stocking
Fall streamers.
October · now
Fall bass and browns
Pre-spawn browns.
November
Browns spawn
Late-season bass.
December
Ice comes
Pickerel through first ice.
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