Fishing near Ansonia in New Haven County, CT

3.64 Rating based on 77 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Striped Bass, Rainbow Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 71
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 105
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Ansonia Fishing Photos

after work trout near Ansonia

after work trout

this is more normal for the naugy in beacon falls
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firt smallie of the year near Ansonia

firt smallie of the year

I got this in the naugy river in Beacon Falls. It was a suprise don't get many bass in this area.
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Naugy River near Ansonia

Naugy River

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first trout of the year near Ansonia

first trout of the year

little river
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little stuff--good for kids near Ansonia

little stuff--good for kids

close to parking lot
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Ansonia fishing photo 5

12", 14 oz largemouth
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Top Fishing Spots near Ansonia

Fountain Lake
Fountain Lake

Avg. Rating: 2.5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 5317

Naugatuck River
Naugatuck River

Avg. Rating: 3.667
# Reviews: 3
Views: 2600

Indian Wells State Park
Indian Wells State Park

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 3562

Hoadley Pond
Hoadley Pond

Avg. Rating: 3.667
# Reviews: 3
Views: 3198

Lake Wintergreen
Lake Wintergreen

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 279

Lake Wintergreen
Lake Wintergreen

Avg. Rating: 0
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Ansonia Area Fish Species

Recent Ansonia Fishing Reports

Naugy River Fishing Report Jan 25, 2010

Naugy River

Naugatuck River -

Went Out 4 A couple Hours On The Naugy 2 Try Out My New Poles. Didnt Catch Nothin But Got Some Practice Casts In....

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 1 Views:
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All summer long Fishing Report Apr 23, 2008

All summer long

Lake Wintergreen, Hamden -

Spent most of the summer 08 fishing from my 9.5 ft. kayak. I spent almost every Saturday late afternoon into evening out there just off the shore and ...

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big cats Fishing Report Jun 10, 2008

big cats

lake wintergreen, hamden -

fishing on the lake...

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 2 Views:
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finding fun Fishing Report Apr 19, 2008

finding fun

lake wintergreen, hamden -

just went out for a drive and the scenery rods in the car of course we decided to throw a pole in and boy oh boy what a show...

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Maltby, 9-23-09 Fishing Report Sep 23, 2009

Maltby, 9-23-09

Maltby Lakes, West Haven, CT -

West Cove of Lake #2...

Avg. Rating: 5
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Maltby Lakes Fishing Report Jul 07, 2009

Maltby Lakes

Maltby Lakes, West Haven, CT -

west cove of Lake #2...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Baits and Tackle used near Ansonia

Check Prices

  • slug go silver sware by them
  • Shad rap
  • jig worm
  • worms and gulp minnows
  • Bunker Chuncks
  • THIS WAS CAUGHT USING AN OLD SCHOOL SILVER JOHNSON SPRITE SPOON
  • Rap Minnow in yellow perch pattern.
  • Surface lure after sunset.
  • was fishing for trout
    Rig:
    barrel swivel
    leader
    red hook
    power bait marshmallows
    meal worm
  • i used a 10 inch black rubber worm

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • night crawlers, meal worms
  • nightcrawlers, meal worms
  • nightcrawlers
  • power bait, live bait, lures
  • I use meal worms here, power bait, trout worms and lures. The fish bite here off almost everything.
  • you should be able to use almost anything here. I perfer rooster tails and spinners. Meal worms and trout worms work just as well.

Creature Check Prices

  • strike king hellgramite
    strike rocket shad
  • D Bomb, greenish brown
  • misslebait D Bomb, greenish brown

Tube Check Prices

  • 1"inch pumpkin seed tube

Minnow Check Prices

  • Slow troll wife minnows,drifting on top

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • Surface popper
  • poppers and walkers
  • cut bait ,top water popers.
  • spook style bait

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • spiner .Rooster tail.
  • Nothing special spinnerbait

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Green and bright orange frog.
  • usually top water baits invoke strikes over here. senkos and fin-s type baits work well too but only before the big milfoil bloom. after that they get so bogged down with weeds the fish cant even get at them.
  • Black and Red Rubber Frog

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • 1/4 oz chartruse n white

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Caught using a rooster tail. Snagged it in the neck, so were not sure if it was actually interested in the lure.

Dry Fly Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • Gary Yams Baby Bass Color
  • Yamamoto 5" green worm
  • Powerbait 4" worm
  • Yamamoto 5" worm
  • Powerbait, 4"
  • i saw someone else catch afish
  • zoom pumpkinseed
  • Oxblood Purple stripe, Green hot tip
  • zoom green weenie
  • 6" zoom Green weenie 2/0 matzuko sickle hook

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

Hard Baits Check Prices

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Drop shot mostly
  • Dropshot, and Small Spinner Bait
  • 2-1/2lber on c-rig
    1-1/2lber, couple 1-1/4ber, 1lbers, and shorts on spinner bait, and dropshot
  • Dropshot
  • 1-1/2lber, and a 1-1/4lber on a spinner bait. Couple 1lbers, and shorts on dropshot I think

Craw Check Prices

  • Threw it close to the shore after spotting the bass and he immediately attacked it.

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Power Worm, Phoebe
  • Lucky Craft, American shad pointer 4 inch
  • Sluggo but just to tell you get alot blue fish rip them up
  • Buzz bait (black blade & black skirt)

Saltwater Fly Check Prices

  • clouser minnows and half N half's do well.

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • #11 minnow rapala

Crankbait Check Prices

  • trolled outskirts of weed beds
  • rapala lipless baby bass
  • Baby Bass
  • Rapala blue crankbait

Emerger Check Prices

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • silver slug-go sware by them
  • berkley gulp(minnows)
  • Powerbait minnows Drop shot

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • swivel hook texas rigged
  • trout worms & nightcrawlers
  • wiggler
  • used Euro crawlers,and trout worms.fished the bottom.got snagged a few times,lost tackel,,tipical....
  • bobber
  • float worm without leader down in river
  • Euro Crawler so not as big fit on the hook nicely.the on i got was about 11" and 2/3 of a #
  • good cove for pan fish.. a few time's last year
  • floating on bobber
  • let it sink and reel slowly in

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • Mepps Comet 1

Grub Check Prices

  • curly tail grub just slowly dragging
  • grubs,meal worms said fishing was hot last couple of days.

Marabou / Bucktail Jig Check Prices

  • 1/16 white road runner in current with a reeling and jigging motion

Other Check Prices

  • cut bait fresh bunker.
  • yellow power bait
  • Canned Corn
  • i used yellow power bait
  • Mealworm

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