Connecticut is instituting a new minimum size limit on brook trout in an effort to protect the state's population of wild fish. Starting Jan. 1, 2026, anglers statewide only will be allowed to keep or ...

Connecticut is starting the year by rewriting how you fish for trout, and the changes are aimed squarely at keeping wild brook trout from slipping away. New size limits, special stream designations, ...

Connecticut is about to change how you fish for trout, and the shift is bigger than a tweak to the rule book. Starting in 2026, the state is tightening protections around wild brook trout and ...

Norwich ― To celebrate the start of “catch and keep” spring fishing season, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is inviting the public to help stock Spaulding Pond in Mohegan ...

Who is ready to cast your line and catch some trout? The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection has invited residents to celebrate Spring Fishing Day on Saturday, April 13, ...

Plainfield — The trout shimmered and squirmed, slapping and squishing past one another as they left their tanks, one sputtering 50-pound net-full at a time, as staff from the Quinebaug Valley State ...

Trout and trout fishing are most often associated with flowing water—be it big western rivers filled with large browns, rainbows, and cutthroat to tiny mountain streams in the East with native brook ...