Hartford Courant

• NOTICE: The thermal refuge areas on the Housatonic, Naugatuck and Shetucket rivers are closed to fishing and will reopen Sept. 1. No fishing is permitted within 100 feet of the mouths of posted tributaries to these rivers.
• TROUT: WHERE TO GO: Rivers and streams - Farmington River: West Branch, Housatonic River, Naugatuck River, Natchaug River, Coginchaug River. Lakes and ponds - Crystal Lake, Alexander Lake, East Twin Lake, Highland Lake, Wononscopomuc Lake, West Hill Lake, Beach Pond, Long Pond.
• WHAT TO USE: River and stream anglers have had their best success using worms and corn/meal worm combinations. Farmington River hatches include: Needhami (#22-26, early morning), Isonychia (#10-12, evening), Blue Wing Olive (#16-20, #24-26, cloudy days, mid-late afternoon), Ephemerella dorothea (Sulphurs duns #16-20, Riverton mainly, morning; afternoon to early evening for spinners), Caddis (Tan #14-18, all day; green #22-26, evening), Midges (#22-28), Nymphs. Hatches and patterns on the Housatonic River include: Alder/Zebra Caddis (#10-12, afternoon-evening, near overhangs), Ephemerella dorothea (#14-16, evening), Blue Wing Olive (#18-26, early morning, spinner fall evening), Isonychia (#10-12, evening), Light Cahill (#12-14, evening), Tan and Green Caddis (#14-16, early morning, evening), Midges (#20-26), stoneflies, Golden stonefly, Streamers, White Zonkers, Wooly Buggers, Muddlers, Micky Finn, Grey or Black Ghosts (#4-10).
• LARGEMOUTH BASS: WHERE TO GO: Upper Moodus Reservoir, Quaddick Reservoir, Wononscopomuc Lake, East Twin Lake, Bashan Lake, Gardner Lake, Candlewood Lake, Lake Waramaug, Beseck Lake, Middle Bolton Lake, Wyassup Lake, Mashapaug Lake, Pickerel Lake, Crystal Lake, Kenosia Lake, Messerschmidt Pond, Ball Pond, Mudge Pond, Ross Pond, Long Pond, Batterson Park Pond, Black Pond, Hatch Pond.
• SMALLMOUTH BASS: WHERE TO GO: Lake McDonough, Candlewood Lake, Highland Lake, Coventry Lake, Mashapaug Lake, Bashan Lake, Housatonic River, Farmington River, Connecticut River (Enfield).
• CATFISH: Connecticut River.
• KOKANEE: West Hill Lake.
• NORTHERN PIKE: Lake Lilinonah, Bantam Lake, Quaddick Reservoir, Hopeville Pond, Pachaug Pond, upper Housatonic River, Connecticut River (Hartford, Salmon River Cove, Haddam Meadows).
• PICKEREL: Mashapaug Lake, Highland Lake, Wononscopomuc Lake, Winchester Lake, Wood Creek Pond.
• WALLEYE: Lake Saltonstall, Coventry Lake, Squantz Pond.
• SALT WATER:
• BLACKFISH: Latimer Reef, Bartlett Reef, Black Point, Hatchet Reef, the Brothers, Southwest Reef, Branford reefs.
• BLUEFISH: Watch Hill light, Bartlett Reef, Black Point, Niantic River, The Race, Plum Gut, Hatchett Reef, lower Connecticut River, Long Sand Shoal, Six Mile Reef, Branford reefs, Stratford Shoal, Penfield Reef, Norwalk Islands.
• PORGY: Bartlett Reef, Black Point, Hatchet Reef, The Brothers, Southwest Reef, Branford reefs.
• STRIPED BASS: Pawcatuck River, Watch Hill reefs, Ram Island Reef, Mystic River, Thames River, The Race, The Sluiceway, Plum Gut, Bartlett Reef, Niantic River, Black Point, Hatchett Reef, lower Connecticut River, Long Sand Shoal, Cornfield Point, Southwest Reef, Duck Island rips, Branford reefs, New Haven Harbor, Charles Island, Milford Harbor, Bridgeport Harbor, Penfield Reef, Stratford Shoal, Norwalk Islands.
• SUMMER FLOUNDER: Napatree Point, Sandy Point, lower Mystic River, Fishers Island south shore, Twotree Island Channel, Niantic River, Black Point, lower Connecticut River, Long Sand Shoal, Hammonasset Beach, New Haven Harbor, Charles Island, Bridgeport Harbor.