Connecticut Post Fishing Report

• QUICK CASTS — Phil Grabowski of Stratford caught a 29-inch, 9.5-inch walleye fishing a Rapala swimmer in Lake Saltonstall last week. John Allen of Ansonia took a catfish of 20 inches on a lure, and Dolores Bonisch of Milford caught a 24-inch, 5.4-pound walleye using night crawlers.
• -The DEP reminds anglers that the thermal refuge areas on the Housatonic, Naugatuck and Shetucket Rivers are now closed to fishing and will reopen on Sept. 1. There is no fishing within 100 feet of the mouths of posted tributaries to these rivers.
• FRESHWATER REPORT Trout: Water temperatures are still low enough to provide good fishing in many areas, including the Housatonic and Farmington rivers. Largemouth bass fishing is variable. Some good reports came from Candlewood Lake, Ball Pond, Billings Lake, Wononscopomuc Lake, Cedar Lake, Babcock Pond, Mono Pond and Pattagansett Lake. Mixed reports from East Twin Lake, Lakes Housatonic (fair action, all small fish), Lillinonah and Zoar, Bantam Lake (although a 7.5-pound bass reported among the catches)
• Smallmouth bass action was reported good at Candlewood Lake, Gardner Lake (some action, mostly smaller fish), Mashapaug Lake, Squantz Pond (mixed reports, but smallie fishing is starting to pick up). Some good river smallmouth action reported from the Housatonic River, also some catches reported from the Farmington in the Tarrifville area.
• Northern pike fishing is reported to be good at Pachaug Pond. Other places to try for pike include Bantam Lake, Quaddick Reservoir, Mansfield Hollow and Winchester Lake. Catfish fishing should be good in the newly stocked catfish areas.
• Try Bunnell's Pond in Bridgeport, Black Pond in Middlefield/Meriden, Lake Wintergreen in Hamden, Quonnipaug Lake in Guilford, and Maltby Lakes 2 and 3 in Orange/West Haven.
• Walleye fishing in Squantz Pond reported to be slow (although an eight-pound walleye was caught there). (by Charles Walsh, Connecticut Post).