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Fish stocking. Fish stocking is the practice of releasing fish that are artificially raised in a hatchery into a natural body of water (river, lake, or ocean), to supplement existing wild populations or to create a new population where previously none exists. Stocking may be done for the benefit of commercial, recreational or tribal heritage ...
Wharton Brook State Park is a public recreation area located off U.S. Route 5 in the towns of North Haven and Wallingford, Connecticut. [3] Activities in the 96-acre (39 ha) state park center on Allen Brook Pond, a 5-acre (2.0 ha) pond that empties into Wharton Brook. [4] The park is managed by the Connecticut Department of Energy and ...
Cockaponset State Forest is the second largest forest in the Connecticut state forest system, encompassing over 17,000 acres (6,900 ha) of land. Most of the land is in Middlesex County though some parcels lie in New Haven County. The forest is disjointed, and comprises land in the towns of Haddam, Chester, Deep River, Killingworth, Durham ...
Website. Official website. Stillwater Pond State Park is a public recreation area covering 226 acres (91 ha) in the town of Torrington, Connecticut. The state park surrounds Stillwater Pond, a 100-acre (40 ha) impoundment on the West Branch Naugatuck River. [ 3] Fishing, boating, and a paved boat ramp are offered. [ 2][ 4]
Naugatuck River. The Naugatuck River is a 40.2-mile-long (64.7 km) [4] river in the U.S. state of Connecticut. Its waters carve out the Naugatuck River Valley in the western reaches of the state, flowing generally due south and eventually emptying into the Housatonic River at Derby, Connecticut and thence 11 miles (18 km) to Long Island Sound.
The Saugatuck Reservoir is a reservoir in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, that straddles the border between the towns of Redding, Weston, and Easton. [2] Its completion is marked by the creation of the Samuel P. Senior dam [3] of the Saugatuck River in January 1942, [4] and provides water to several of the nearby towns.
63 ft (19 m) Surface elevation. 886 ft (270 m) Highland Lake is a body of water located within the boundaries of Winchester, Connecticut. It has a surface area of 445 acres (180 ha) [2] and an average depth of 24 feet (7.3 m). [1] The lake is long but not wide, extending approximately three miles (4.8 km) from north to south but only one-half ...
Lakes and ponds produced by impounding the Mad River behind dams offer deeper, cooler, larger habitat areas in which fish of numerous species are able to thrive. Scovill Reservoir, which occupies roughly 120 acres (0.49 km 2 ) along the river in central Wolcott, is known to support trout , largemouth bass , sunfish , yellow perch , chain ...