In Connecticut, 2025 is looking like it will be a good year for carp fishing. Since May, the Connecticut state record for common carp was broken twice. On June 21, Norbert Samok landed a 58.05 pound 44.8 inch Common Carp … Continued
In October 2023, an array of Federal, state, and nonprofit partners convened at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Anadromous Fish Research Center at Turners Falls, Massachusetts to discuss cooperative fisheries management in the Connecticut River watershed. The meeting marked the launch … Continued
The Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) is nearing completion of its 2019 fall stockings of Atlantic salmon. DEEP’s Fisheries Division began stocking Atlantic salmon in early October, and nearly 800 salmon were released during early stages of … Continued
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) recently announced that channel catfish have been stocked into twenty-four water bodies across Connecticut. This marks the tenth consecutive year DEEP has been able to stock channel catfish purchased with Federal Sport … Continued
Connecticut’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) has designated Saturday, August 15, as the second of two “Free Fishing License” days scheduled for 2015. The designated “Free Fishing License” days are one of DEEP’s initiatives designed to connect people … Continued