Connecticut Rivers and Streams

FISH KEY
A Alewives CHS Chinook Salmon LMB Largemouth Bass SKH Snakehead
AE American Eel COS Coho Salmon LT Lake Trout SMB Smallmouth Bass
BF Bowfin CP Chain Pickerel LW Lake Whitefish SPL Splake
BK Banded Killfish CRA Crappie M Muskellunge ST Steelhead
BLB Black Bullhead D Dace NP Northern Pike TM Tiger Musky
BNB Brown Bullhead FD Freshwater Drum/Sheepshead RB Rock Bass W Walleye
BNT Brown Trout FF Fallfish RP Redfin Pickerel WP White Perch
BRK Brook Trout GRP Grass Pickerel RS Rainbow Smelt WS White Sucker
CA Carp GZS Gizzard Shad RT Rainbow Trout YB Yellow Bullhead
CC Channel Catfish LG Longnose Gar S Sunfish YP Yellow Perch
CHB Chub LLS Landlocked Salmon SH Shiners
SEASON KEY
S1 2nd Saturday in April through last day in February
S2 2nd Saturday in April through last day in February except as indicated in the TMA or WTMA (Special Regulations Apply)
S3 2nd Saturday in April through last day in February except for sea-run trout stream sections as indicated (Special Regulations Apply)
S4 No Closed Season (Special Regulations Apply)
L1 Lower River/Tidal Waters have no closed season as indicated (Special Regulations Apply)
B1 2nd Saturday in April through last day in February for all species except Broodstock Atlantic Salmon (Special Regulations Apply)
RIVER/STREAM LOCATION SPECIES SEASON
MACEDONIA BROOK Kent T BRK BNT S2
MAD RIVER Norfolk, Winchester T S1
MARSHEPAUG RIVER Litchfield T S1
MARY BROWN BROOK Putnam BRK S1
MASHAMOQUET BROOK Pomfret T S1
MATTABESSET RIVER Berlin, Middletown NP CA LMB T L-1
MEADOW BROOK Colchester S1
MENUNKETESUCK RIVER Killingworth T S1
MERRICK BROOK Scotland T BRK BNT S2
MIANUS RIVER Greenwich, Stamford T S2 S3
MIDDLE RIVER Stafford T S1
MILL BROOK Cornwall T BRK BNT S1
MILL RIVER Easton, Fairfield T BNT BRK S2
MILL RIVER (includes Axle Shop,Clark’s and Woodruff’s Ponds) Hamden S2
MINE BROOK Portland BRK S1
MOOSUP RIVER Plainfield, Sterling T S2
MORGAN BROOK Barkhamsted T BNT S1
MORRISSEY BROOK (NAROMIYOCKNOW-HUSUNKATANKSHUNKBROOK) New Milford, Sherman T BRK BNT S1
MOUNT HOPE RIVER Ashford, Mansfield T S1
MOUNT MISERY BROOK Voluntown T S1
MUDDY RIVER North Haven, Wallingford T S1
MYRON KINNEY BROOK Voluntown T BRK S1
MYSTIC RIVER Groton, Stonington L-1
NATCHAUG RIVER Chaplin, Mansfield, Windham, Eastford T S1
NAUGATUCK RIVER (East Branch) Torrington T BRK BNT S1
NAUGATUCK RIVER (Mainstem) Beacon Falls, Seymour, Derby, Torrington, Litchfield, Harwinton, Thomaston, Watertown, Waterbury, Naugatuck T AS S2 L-1
NAUGATUCK RIVER (West Branch) Torrington T S1
NECK RIVER Madison T S1
NEGRO HILL BROOK Burlington BRK BNT S1
NEPAUG RIVER New Hartford T BRK BNT S1
NIANTIC RIVER East Lyme, Waterford L-1
NONEWAUG RIVER Woodbury T BRK BNT S1
NORTHFIELD BROOK Litchfield, Thomaston T S1
NORWALK RIVER (includes Factory and Millers Ponds) Norwalk, Ridgefield, Redding, Wilton T BNT S1
OIL MILL BROOK East Lyme, Waterford BRK BNT S1
OXOBOXO BROOK Montville T S1
PACHAUG RIVER Griswold, Voluntown T S1
PARMALEE BROOK Durham T S1
PATTACONK BROOK Chester T S1
PEASE BROOK Franklin, Lebanon T BRK BNT S1
PENDLETON HILL BROOK North Stonington T S1
PEQUABUCK RIVER Bristol, Plainville, Plymouth T BNT S2
PEQUONNOCK RIVER (includes Tungsten Mine Park Pond) Bridgeport, Trumbull T S1
PINE BROOK East Hampton, Haddam T S1
PODUNK RIVER South Windsor T S1
POMPERAUG RIVER Southbury, Woodbury T S1
POND BROOK Newtown T S1
PONSET BROOK Haddam T S1
POOTATUCK RIVER Newtown T BRK BNT S2
POQUETANUCK BROOK Preston T S1
QUANDUCK BROOK Killingly, Sterling T BNT S1
QUINEBAUG RIVER Thompson to Norwich T SMB S CRA WP S1
QUINNIPIAC RIVER Cheshire, Meriden, Wallingford, Southington T BNT S2 L-1
RACE BROOK Orange, Woodbridge T S1
RAYMOND BROOK Hebron T S1
RESERVOIR BROOK Portland T S1
RIPPOWAM RIVER Stamford T S1
ROARING BROOK Glastonbury T BRK BNT S1
ROARING BROOK</a Haddam BRK S1
ROARING BROOK Lyme T S1
ROARING BROOK Stafford, Willington T BNT S1
SAFSTROM BROOK East Hampton T S1
SALMON BROOK Glastonbury BRK BNT S1
SALMON BROOK (East Branch) and SALMON BROOK (Mainstem) East Granby, Granby T BRK BNT S1
SALMON BROOK (West Branch) Granby, Hartland T BRK BNT S1
SALMON RIVER Colchester, East Haddam, East Hampton, Haddam T S2 L-1
SANDY BROOK Barkhamsted, Colebrook, Norfolk T S1
SAUGATUCK RIVER (includes Cobbs Mill Pond) Danbury, Redding, Weston, Westport T S1
SAUGATUCK RIVER (West Branch) Weston, Westport T S1
SAWMILL BROOK Sherman T BRK BNT S1
SCANTIC RIVER East Windsor, Enfield, Somers T S1
SETH WILLIAMS BROOK Ledyard BRK S1
SHEPAUG RIVER Roxbury T S1
SHETUCKET RIVER Windham to Norwich T SMB NP S AS B-1
SHEWVILLE BROOK Preston T S1
SHUNOCK RIVER North Stonington T BRK BNT S1
SILVERMINE RIVER (includes Blanchard and Silvermine Ponds) New Canaan, Norwalk T S1
SKUNGAMAUG RIVER Coventry, Tolland T S1
SNAKE MEADOW BROOK Plainfield, Sterling T S1
SPRAIN BROOK Woodbury T BNT S1
STILL RIVER Barkhamsted, Winsted, Colebrook T S1
STILL RIVER Eastford, Woodstock T S1
STILL RIVER Danbury T S1
STONY BROOK Montville T BRK BNT S1
STONY BROOK Suffield T S1
STRATTON BROOK Simsbury T S1
SUGAR BROOK Plainfield BRK S1
SUMNER BROOK Middletown T BRK S1
SUSQUETONSCUT BROOK Bozrah, Lebanon T S1
TANKERHOOSEN RIVER Vernon T BRK BNT S2
TAYLOR BROOK Woodstock T S1
TENMILE RIVER Cheshire T S1
TENMILE RIVER Columbia, Lebanon T S1
TENMILE RIVER Kent, Sherman T SMB S4
THAMES RIVER Norwich to New London WP YP L-1
WACHOCASTINOOK (RIGA) BROOK Salisbury BRK BNT S2
WAPPOQUIA BROOK (Quaker Meeting House Brook) Pomfret BRK S1
WEEKEEPEEMEE RIVER Woodbury T BRK BNT S1
WEPAWAUG RIVER (includes Clarktown Pond) Milford, Orange T S1
WEST RIVER Guilford T S1
WHETSTONE BROOK Killingly T S1
WHITFORD BROOK Groton, Ledyard, Stonington T S3
WHITING RIVER North Canaan T S1
WILLIMANTIC RIVER Stafford to Windham T S2
WILLOW BROOK Cheshire T BRK BNT S1
WOOD RIVER Voluntown T S1
WYASSUP BROOK North Stonington BRK S1
YANTIC RIVER Bozrah, Norwich T S2 L-1

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