New Connecticut Inland Fishing Rules Take Effect to Expand Opportunities
HARTFORD, CT – The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announces new inland fishing regulations effective immediately that are intended to enhance existing and provide new fishing opportunities.
The new regulations were initiated by DEEP in 2019 with a Notice of Intent issued November 12, 2020, followed by a public hearing and comment period concluding December 15, 2020. Revisions to the proposed regulations were made following consideration of the public comments and the proposed regulations were approved by the Legislative Regulation Review Committee June 22, 2021, and formally posted to the state’s eRegulations system yesterday.
The following are highlights of some of the new regulations:
New Inland Fishing Rules Take Effect to Expand Connecticut Opportunities
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Northeastern Hot Spots for Hardwater Trout
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The weather may be frightful, but the ice fishing is so delightful on these lakes in the depths of winter.
Shutterstock image January 21, 2021 By Matt Crawford
As deer seasons end and the holiday season passes, outdoorsy folks around the region have two choices: Get a 90-day supply of good whiskey and hunker down for the winter or take up ice fishing.
In broad, general terms, ice fishing has two distinct camps, each loosely assimilated with the type of species being targeted. There are panfish aficionados (and, yes, we’ll put walleyes, northern pike and pickerel in that camp) and there are trout hunters. While Canada, a few places in the Rockies and a number of Great Lakes states rightfully boast of exceptional ice fishing spots for trout, the Northeast is home to hundreds if not thousands of water bodies that