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Best white perch lakes in Connecticut

77 Connecticut waters hold white perch, 77 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. Aggressive schooling panfish that swarms big water — find one and you've found five hundred.

1. Lake Housatonic — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
2. Saugatuck Reservoir — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
3. Rainbow Reservoir — 35 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
4. Colebrook River Reservoir — 130 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
5. Lake Saltonstall — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
6. Aspinook Pond — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
7. Congamond Lakes — 40 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
8. McDonough Lake — 50 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
9. Mansfield Hollow Reservoir — 21 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
10. Hopeville Pond — 15 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
11. Moodus Reservoir, Upper — 9 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
12. Hamburg Cove — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
13. West Twin Lake — 21 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
14. Salmon Cove — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
15. West Thompson Reservoir — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
16. Williams Pond — 15 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
17. West Branch Reservoir — 90 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
18. Breakneck Pond — 12 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
19. Winchester Lake — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
20. Keeney Cove — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
21. Moodus Reservoir, Lower — 12 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
22. Lake Hayward — 33 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
23. Stillwater Pond — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
24. Alexander Lake — 48 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
25. Quaddick Reservoir, Middle — 18 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel

…plus 52 more Connecticut waters holding white perch.

When to fish white perch in Connecticut

• Spring 4–15 ft — Spring runs stack them at tributary mouths and shallow flats — small minnows and spinners.
• Summer 15–40 ft — Roaming open-basin schools — drift small spinner rigs or jigs until the rod loads up.
• Fall 15–45 ft — Fall schools gorge ahead of winter on deep flats — jigging spoons take the jumbos.
• Winter 20–50 ft — Deep wintering schools — a reliable ice target on basin edges with small spoons.

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