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basswacka19 · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 217

I just got off the 2010 CT anglers guid/ DEP site and found out you can fish for bass in any lakes,ponds,resivoirs,even rivers year round. YEA, no opening day.
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rjskeeter · Joined: 28 Jun 2008 Posts: 80 Location: uncasville

u can only fish in the places they dont stock. i beleive the places they stock you have to stop fishing like 3 weeks before opening day
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dave_376 · Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 171

lakes that are stocked with trout have a closed season. it not really the species that has a season but the lake/rivers that have a closed season. double check before you hit the water

basswacka19 · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 217

Yeah, i looked into it more and most lakes are closed until the third week in April.

Luckily i live close to the mass line and can fish there year round but its another $40 for a mass license.

RyanfromTrumbull · Joined: 17 Feb 2009 Posts: 78 Location: Trumbull, CT

you can fish Colebrook res. on the east side with a CT licence I found out that CT and Mass have resperosity for that res. Lots of big fish too, so I hear
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RUSSELL J. HALL · Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 27

GO to lake section and check for exceptions for each lake. example...if you fish for anything in covetry lk from march 1st to the third sat. in april you will go to jail donot pass go,loose fishing lic.,get ticket to policemans ball!!!!!!

basswacka19 · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 217

Yeah, i realize that now. They just make things kinda confusing on the site. For an example,at the top of the page they say you can fish for bass in any lake or pond year round. Next page has a list of fresh water fish,Bass,trout, pike etc. and again they say you can fish for bass year round, trout after the 3rd Saturday in april. Then you scroll down the page to LAKES AND PONDS and it says, All lakes and ponds open year round, unless otherwise stated. And almost every freakin lake is closed until the third Saturday in April. Way to get every ones hopes up and then shoot them down.

fishinschmoe · Joined: 01 Jan 2010 Posts: 300

Yep. stay away from the trout waters, or anything connected to em and fish! Not for nothin I do most of my bass fishin in non-trout stocked waters.

ALSO... CT RIVER is always open... so dont forget that spot...

And as far as fishin on Coventry, and all that will be taken away... Ive had a few run-ins with the Po-Po's in my day... Ive had my fair share of a few Policeman's Balls before... You aint missin anything by not goin there. Laughing

basswacka19 · Joined: 05 Jul 2009 Posts: 217

Fishinschmoe,i have a small lake close by with both smallies and largies that is open year round and it's only about a ten min drive for me. I live close to the MA border so ill be going to a few places up there once the ice is off the lakes. Im going tomorrow for another wack at them bass,but the lake ive been hitting was still half locked up with ice this past Saturday but maybe with the last couple days being so warm,i'll be able to coax a bass or two into biting.

fishinschmoe · Joined: 01 Jan 2010 Posts: 300

confusing on the DEP site????

That is an understatement !!
Look up the legal size of a Salmon, !! 22 pages and links later, you will find your answer.