🎣 Fishing on public land in Connecticut

329 public places in Connecticut are listed for fishing (305 state & public land, 24 state forests). 0 have no entry fee. Open any place for its map, directions, fees and the land around it.

A Connecticut hunting or fishing license is required, seasons and bag limits apply, and individual units add their own rules. Check the managing agency before you go.

The places

🗺️ Amos Avery PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Avery Hill Farms Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ball Pond Town ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beaver Brook Linear ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blish Memorial ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bobby's Court (2 Parcels)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Bozrah Street Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bradley–Buchanan WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bulkley ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Camp Oakdale Recreation CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chimneysweep Hill Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chriswood Trace Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Church Farm PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Colchester Spur TrailUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Connecticut College ArboretumUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Coppermine Village Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dennis Farm PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dividend Pond Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dowell Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dunhamtown ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eastbury Hill III Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Easter Seals CampUnknown — check official site
🗺️ France Street Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great HollowUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Greenman PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Guilford Salt Meadow SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Guilford Sportsman AssociationUnknown — check official site
🗺️ GungywampUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Haley's Brook PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hazen ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hemlock HillsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Highland Lake ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hubbard ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ I-291 CorridorUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Joshua Farms Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kingwood & Meadow ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Knowlton Hill PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lancaster Woods Open Space (3 Parcels And Walkway)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Lantern Lane Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ledyard Glacial ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lewis Farm Bird SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little Laurel Lime ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Minson TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mountainview Estates Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Old Breakneck Hill Road Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Old Bridge ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pike Marshall PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pine Manor SubdivisionUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Poquetanuck Cove PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Poquetanuck School Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Prospect Mountain PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Racy Forest and PropertyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Richard Strong Memorial Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Sawmill Brook PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Schoolhouse Brook ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Shelter Falls ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Stenger Farm ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Stonehenge Subdivision Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Stony Brook Estates (Diane Lane) 3 ParcelsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tanglewood Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Tarrywile ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ The Sheffield Scientific School-Yale UniversityUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Town ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Of Bridgewater-Lake Lillinonah TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (162 Roosevelt)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (Commodore Avenue)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (High Ridge Road)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (Natural Areas)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (Obtuse Rocks Road)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (Sanford Drive)Unknown — check official site
🗺️ Town Open Space (Walnut Farms Subdiv.)3ParcelsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Weldon Picnic AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ West Hill Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ White Memorial FoundationUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Whitehall PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Woodfield Crossing Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Wyndwood Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Yale-Myers ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Yannatos PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Algonquin State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Applegate AcresUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Appleton Nature Preserve TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Atkinson Family PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Avery Farm Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bafflin SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Balf Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Baxter Road Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bayberry Farms TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Beaver BrookUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Benedict Benson PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bent of the River Audubon CenterUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bernard Church WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Berwick PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Big MapleUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bigelow Howard Valley Game ClubUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Birdcraft Museum & SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bishop EstateUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blue Hills Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Blue Hills Trails Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Booth PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Boulder Knoll PropertyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Brooksvale ParkUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Buckingham Reservoir WatershedUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Bull Hill PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Camp SequassenUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Campert PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Candlewood MountainUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carocari TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Carriage HillsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Case Mountain Recreational AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Casertano PropertyUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cedar Meadow PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cedar Woods PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cedars Road Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chase Reservoir Conservation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cheney Rail TrailUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chesterfield Hills Estate Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Chidley Way Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ City of Groton Watershed LandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ City of Meriden Watershed Reserve LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ City of New Britain Public Watershed LandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ City of New London Public Watershed LandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Cobble Brook Vista PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Cockaponset State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Colt ManorUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Curtiss HillUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Deep River Reservoir WatershedUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Deer Run SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Don Henne Memorial TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Dudley Barrows WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Eagleville Pond LaunchUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East Creek Saltmarsh MeadowsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ East River WoodlandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ EastwoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Edward Waldo TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ellise Road Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🌲 Enders State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fairchild Wildflower SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fairview Watershed Reserve LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Farm Ponds TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fawn Drive Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fieldcrest Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fin, Fur, and Feather ClubUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Finguera PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Folly Brook Natural AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fountain LakeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Fox Hill Drive Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Frederick White FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gavel Family Farm PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gladys Foster PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Good Hill Farm PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Granby Land Trust PreservesUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great MeadowUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great Mountain ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Great Pond Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Greystone Court Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Griffin's FlatsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Griswold PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Gurleyville Grist MillUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hammonasset Fishing Association LandsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hanover Fields Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hayden PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hemphill PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hewitt FarmUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Historic Indian Trails Park Lane AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hoadley CreekUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hollowell Brook PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Homestead Drive Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hop Brook Lake Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Hyde Park Drive Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Indian Rock Nature PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Ives FarmUnknown — check official site
🌲 James L. Goodwin State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jared Eliot PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jean and Hobart Mitchell PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Jonathan Lane Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Judd Brook PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kampmeyer PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Kennerly TractUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Drive East Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Hammonasset Public Watershed LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lake Saltonstall Watershed Reserve LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Laurel Crest TractsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Laurel Leaf Drive Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lilly PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Linda J. Rapoport Memorial PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Little West PondUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Long Cove Saltmarsh MeadowsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lord Cove PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lower Pond PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lydall Watershed LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Lydall WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Macricostas PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Madison Town LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Manchester Field and WoodsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mansfield Hollow Lake Recreation AreaUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mary's IslandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Marzahl RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mashapaug PondUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mattatuck State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mattatuck State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McCulloch Family Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ McLean Game RefugeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Meadow LandUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Meadowbrook Drive Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🌲 Meshomasic State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Miller Lapin SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mine Hill PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mohawk State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Mohegan ParkUnknown — check official site
🌲 Mohegan State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Munger Brook PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Natalie White PreserveUnknown — check official site
🌲 Natchaug State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Naugatuck State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Naugatuck State Forest - Mount Sanford BlockUnknown — check official site
🌲 Naugatuck State Forest - Quillinan Reservoir BlockUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Neck River UplandsUnknown — check official site
🌲 Nehantic State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ New Britain Hunting and Fishing ClubUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Newington GreenwayUnknown — check official site
🌲 Nipmuck State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Nipmuck State Forest Laurel SanctuaryUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Oak Hills Trail Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ OakwoodUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Okumsett PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Old Farms PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Orzech Family PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Owl RidgeUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Owned by Polish FalconsUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pachaug Outdoor ClubUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Palmer Taylor PreserveUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Park Drive Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Park Road Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Partridge Hollow Road Open SpaceUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Pattagansett MarshesUnknown — check official site
🌲 Paugnut State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Paugussett State ForestUnknown — check official site
🌲 Peoples State ForestUnknown — check official site
🗺️ Peter's Rock ParkUnknown — check official site

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