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Best brown bullhead lakes in Connecticut

86 Connecticut waters hold brown bullhead, 86 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. Night-feeding catfish of weedy, mud-bottomed lakes — the classic after-dark shoreline bite across the east and Canada.

1. Saugatuck Reservoir — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
2. Rainbow Reservoir — 35 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
3. Lake Saltonstall — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
4. Aspinook Pond — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
5. Congamond Lakes — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
6. McDonough Lake — 50 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
7. Mansfield Hollow Reservoir — 21 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
8. Hopeville Pond — 15 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie, Bluegill
9. Moodus Reservoir, Upper — 9 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
10. West Twin Lake — 21 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
11. West Thompson Reservoir — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie
12. Williams Pond — 15 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
13. West Branch Reservoir — 90 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
14. Breakneck Pond — 12 ft max · survey depth data · Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel, Brown Bullhead
15. Winchester Lake — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie, Bluegill
16. Keeney Cove — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
17. Moodus Reservoir, Lower — 12 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
18. Lake Hayward — 33 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
19. Stillwater Pond — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
20. Alexander Lake — 48 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
21. Quaddick Reservoir, Middle — 18 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
22. Wonoscoponuc Lake — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
23. Pine Acres Lake — 9 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed
24. Ashland Pond — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
25. Long Pond — 66 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Crappie

…plus 61 more Connecticut waters holding brown bullhead.

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When to fish brown bullhead in Connecticut

• Spring 2–8 ft — First warm rains pull bullheads into black-bottomed bays and creek mouths — the classic spring shore bite.
• Summer 3–12 ft — Day fish hold on deeper mud and weed edges; after dark they spread across the shallows to feed by smell.
• Fall 5–15 ft — Fish slide toward deeper soft bottoms as the shallows cool — the evening bite shortens with the days.
• Winter 10–25 ft — Bullheads pod up half-dormant in the deepest mud basins; a long soak with bait on bottom is the lone play.

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