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Best brook trout lakes in Connecticut

19 Connecticut waters hold brook trout, 18 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The native char of cold ponds and streams. Needs the coldest, cleanest water in the lake.

1. Lake Saltonstall — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
2. McDonough Lake — 50 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
3. Mansfield Hollow Reservoir — 21 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
4. West Branch Reservoir — 90 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
5. Wonoscoponuc Lake — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
6. Tyler Lake — 21 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
7. Uncas Lake — 36 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
8. Chamberlain Lake — 65 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
9. Billings Lake — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
10. Quinebaug Lake — 28 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
11. Ball Pond — 48 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
12. Beachdale Pond — 9 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
13. Green Falls Reservoir — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
14. Mount Tom Pond — 45 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
15. Cedar Lake — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
16. Lake Wintergreen — 28 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Channel Catfish
17. Bigelow Pond — 15 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie, Bluegill
18. Norwich Pond — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
19. Farmington River — 6 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout

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When to fish brook trout in Connecticut

• Spring 2–15 ft — Ice-out scatters brookies along shorelines and inflow mouths, feeding on the first insect activity.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Brookies hold where the coldest water is — spring holes, deep basin edges and inflow plumes.
• Fall 2–15 ft — Fall is the show: brilliant spawning colors on gravel shoals and inflow gravel.
• Winter 3–20 ft — A classic ice-fishing target — active all winter in shallow to mid-depth water.

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