Closed seasons

(a) Streams. The closed season for fishing in streams shall be from midnight on the last day in February through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April, except as provided below: (1) Streams open to fishing throughout the year. There shall be no closed season for fishing in the following streams, or portions thereof, as specified: (A) Coginchaug River, Middletown – downstream from Route 3 bridge to its junction with the Mattabesset River (Sebethe River). (B) Connecticut River and its coves. (C) Farmington River – downstream from the outlet of the Rainbow Dam Tailrace Canal to its confluence with the Connecticut River (all fishing is prohibited in the Rainbow Dam Tailrace Canal and in the Farmington River from the Tailrace Canal upstream to Rainbow Dam). (D) Housatonic River – downstream from the dam on Lake Housatonic (the Derby Dam). (E) Mattabesset River (Sebethe River), Middletown – downstream from the Route 372 bridge to its junction with the Connecticut River. (F) Mystic River, Groton and Stonington – downstream from the confluence of Whitfords Brook and Haleys Brook. (G) Naugatuck River – downstream from the Kinneytown Dam (Seymour) to its confluence with the Housatonic River. (H) Niantic River, East Lyme and Waterford. (I) Quinnipiac River – downstream from the highway bridge on Route 5 in North Haven to its junction with New Haven Harbor. (J) Salmon River, Haddam and East Haddam – downstream from the bridge on Route 151 to its junction with the Connecticut River. (K) Thames River and its coves, including the Shetucket River downstream from Greenville Dam and the Yantic River downstream of the falls at Indian Leap in Norwich. (2) Trout Management Areas. There shall be no closed season for fishing in Trout Management Areas listed in section 26-112-46(c) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies except as provided therein. (3) In areas where fishing for Atlantic salmon is allowed, as indicated by signs posted by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the closed season for Atlantic salmon fishing shall be as provided in section 26-112-45(c)(1) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. (4) Wild Trout Management Areas. Except as provided in section 26-112-46(g), the closed season for fishing in Wild Trout Management Areas shall be from midnight on the last day in February through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. (5) Sea-run Trout Streams. Except as provided in section 26-112-46(j) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the closed season for fishing in Sea-run Trout Streams shall be from midnight on the last day in February through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. (b) Lakes and Ponds. There shall be no closed season for fishing lakes and ponds, except as provided below. (1) The closed season for fishing in the following lakes and ponds shall be from midnight on October thirty-first through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. Angus Parks Pond (Eastbury Park Pond), Glastonbury Beaver Park Lagoon, New Haven Bicentennial Pond (Mansfield Town Pond), Mansfield Godfrey Pond, Stonington Hewitt Flyfishing Pond (Gallup Pond), North Stonington Mohegan Lake, Fairfield Pistol Shop Pond, Middlefield Prospect Park Pond, Prospect Shenipsit Reservoir, Ellington, Tolland, Vernon Tollgate Ponds, Greenwich Wononscopomuc Lake, Salisbury. Fishing hours shall be from 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. prevailing time. (2) The closed season for fishing in the following lakes and ponds shall be from midnight on the last day of February through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. Allen Brook Pond (Wharton Pond), Wallingford Baldwins Pond, Meriden Ball Pond, New Fairfield Barber Pond, Bloomfield, Windsor Bashan Lake, East Haddam Baummer Pond, Naugatuck Beach Pond, Voluntown and Rhode Island Beachdale Pond, Voluntown Beaver Brook Ponds (Upper and Lower), Windham Bigelow Pond, Union Billings Lake, North Stonington Black Pond, Meriden, Middlefield Black Rock Flood Control Impoundment, Watertown Black Rock Pond, Watertown Blanchard Pond, New Canaan, Wilton Branford Supply Ponds, Branford Broad Brook Mill Pond, East Windsor Brookfield Pond, South Windsor Cedar Lake, Chester Clarks Pond, Hamden Clarktown Pond, Orange Cobbs Mill Pond, Weston Colebrook Flood Control Impoundment, Colebrook, and Massachusetts Day Pond, Colchester Dayton Pond, Wallingford Disbrow Pond, New Fairfield Dodge Pond, East Lyme Enders Pond, Granby Factory Pond, Redding, Wilton Fitchville Pond, Bozrah Fort Shantok Pond, Montville Fountain Lake, Seymour, Ansonia Freshwater Pond, Enfield Gardner Lake, Salem, Montville, Bozrah Gay City Park Pond, Hebron Gills Pond, Berlin Green Falls Reservoir, Voluntown Hallville Pond, Preston Hancock Brook Flood Control Pool, Plymouth Hanover Reservoir, Canterbury, Sprague Hewitt Pond (Lower Hewitt Pond), North Stonington Higganum Reservoir, Haddam Hop Brook Flood Control Pool, Middlebury Hopeville Pond, Griswold Horse Pond, Salem Howells Pond, Hartland Johnson’s Pond, Bolton Keney Park Pond, Hartford Lafayette Pond, Somers Lake Stibbs, Southbury Lake Wintergreen, Hamden Lantern Hill Pond, Ledyard, North Stonington Little Pond, Thompson Long Pond, Ledyard, North Stonington Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond, Mansfield Mad River Flood Control Impoundment, Winchester Mansfield Training School Ponds, Mansfield Mashapaug Lake, Union McGovern Pond, West Hartford Millers Pond, Durham Millers Pond, Ridgefield Moosup Pond, Plainfield Mt. Tom Pond, Morris, Litchfield, Washington Nells Rock Reservoir, Shelton Northfield Brook Flood Control Pool, Litchfield Norwich Pond, Lyme Pages Millpond, North Branford Paine Pond, Ashford Pataconk Lake (Russell Jennings Pond), Chester Picketts Pond (Osborndale State Park), Derby Roseland Lake, Woodstock Saint Martha’s Pond, Enfield Salmon Brook Pond, Glastonbury Sawmill Park Pond, Ledyard Schreeder Pond (Chatfield Hollow Pond), Killingworth Scoville Reservoir, Wolcott Shaw Lake (Hayward Lake), East Haddam Silvermine Pond, New Canaan Somersville Mill Pond, Somers Southford Falls Pond, Oxford, Southbury Starret Pond (Huntington Park Pond), Redding Stillwater Pond, Torrington Stratton Brook Park Pond, Simsbury Taftville Reservoir, Norwich Tankerhoosen Lakes, Vernon Tungsten Mine Park Pond, Trumbull Twin Brooks Park Pond, Trumbull Tyler Pond, Goshen Uncas Lake (Hog Pond), Lyme Upper Fulton Park Pond, Waterbury Valley Falls Pond, Vernon Walker Reservoir (East), Vernon Wangumbaug Lake (Coventry Lake), Coventry Wards Millpond, Branford Wauregan Reservoir (Quinebaug Lake), Killingly West Branch Reservoir (Hogback), Hartland, Colebrook West Side Pond, Goshen Woodruffs Pond, Hamden Wyassup Lake, North Stonington (3) The closed season for fishing in the following lakes and ponds shall be as specified. Bunnells Pond (Beardsley Park Pond), Bridgeport. From midnight on November thirtieth through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. Great Hollow Pond, Monroe. From midnight on November thirtieth through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. Isinglass Reservoir (Far Mill Reservoir), Shelton. From midnight on December thirty-first through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. Lake Chamberlain, Bethany. From midnight on November thirtieth through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. Lake McDonough (Compensating Reservoir), New Hartford, Barkhamsted. From midnight on November thirtieth through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. Fishing hours shall be from 5:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. prevailing time, except opening day when fishing shall start at 6:00 a.m. Lake Saltonstall, Branford, East Haven. From midnight on November thirtieth through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. Maltby Lakes (#1, #2, #3), Orange West Haven. From midnight on November thirtieth through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. Mohegan Park Pond (Spaulding Pond), Norwich. From midnight on November thirtieth through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. Pasture Pond (Quinebaug Valley Trout Hatchery), Plainfield. From midnight on September thirtieth through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. Saugatuck Reservoir, Easton, Redding, Weston. From midnight on December thirty-first through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. Shelton Reservoir #2, Shelton. From midnight on December thirty-first through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. Simsbury Town Park Ponds, Simsbury. From midnight on June fifteenth through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. West Pequonnock Reservoir, Monroe. From midnight on December thirty-first through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April. (4) Children’s Ponds. The closed season for fishing in the following posted children’s ponds shall be from midnight on November thirtieth through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April, except as specified. Butternut Pond, East Windsor. Open season 6:00 a.m. second Saturday in April through October thirty-first. Factory Pond, Salisbury Gould Manor Pond, Fairfield Helen Keller School Pond, Easton Katz Pond, Trumbull Mill Pond, Newington Sochrin Pond, Seymour (5) Trout Management Lakes. The closed season for fishing in Trout Management Lakes listed in section 26-112-46 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be as specified therein. (6) Boundary Waters. The closed season for fishing in boundary water listed in section 26-112-46 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall be as specified therein.