Fishing near Naugatuck in New Haven County, CT

3.63 Rating based on 111 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Striped Bass, White Perch, Brown Bullhead
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 102
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 133
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Naugatuck Fishing Photos

first LMB of the season near Naugatuck

first LMB of the season

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bass near Naugatuck

bass

bass
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Catfish near Naugatuck

Catfish

12 inch cat
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largey near Naugatuck

largey

nice 10 inch largemouth
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pumpkinseed sunfish near Naugatuck

pumpkinseed sunfish

8 inch sunny
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bluegill near Naugatuck

bluegill

8 inch bluegill
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Top Fishing Spots near Naugatuck

Naugatuck River (naugatuck)
Naugatuck River (naugatuck)

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Baumers Pond
Baumers Pond

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Naugatuck River (beacon Falls)
Naugatuck River (beacon Falls)

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Seymour Reservoir
Seymour Reservoir

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Long Meadow Pond
Long Meadow Pond

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# Reviews: 1
Views: 6609

Tracy's Pond
Tracy's Pond

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Naugatuck Area Fish Species

Recent Naugatuck Fishing Reports

a day at baummer pond Fishing Report Jun 28, 2012

a day at baummer pond

Baummer Pond -

went fishing at baummer pond and caught 5 or 6 fish mainly sunnies until a nice largemouth bass took my bait immediately as I dropped it in the water....

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Hop Brook Fishing Report Apr 26, 2008

Hop Brook

Hop Brook naugatuck-middllebury -

Hop Brook flood control dam. Stocked with trout very open and easy access for casting....

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Hop Brook Fishing Report May 03, 2008

Hop Brook

Hop Brook Lake,CT -

Hop Brook Recreation Area, Middlebury .Army Core Dry dam.fishing hiking, etc ......

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Almost went Home Fishing Report Dec 04, 2010

Almost went Home

Naugatuck River -

Went fishing and the river was way to high. Decided to try one more spot before heading home. Good choice going to the next spot got a trout. Looked...

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Prospect Park Pond Fishing Report Apr 27, 2007

Prospect Park Pond

Alot of trout stocked, fish jumping everywhere and alot of bites. caught 1 trout and 5 sunfish tho......

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Fishing on the Good Old Lake Fishing Report Jul 03, 2013

Fishing on the Good Old Lake

my backyard -

Went fishing on my backyard pond and caught two fish which I have some pics of. Brought my neighbor along he caught two fish as well. Had a good time....

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Baits and Tackle used near Naugatuck

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

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • nightcrawlers, meal worms
  • night crawlers, meal worms
  • 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.
  • nightcrawlers
  • Sandworm

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
  • Drifting
  • medium size minnow on waited bobber.
  • small size minnow

Topwater Bait Check Prices

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

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • spiner .Rooster tail.
  • Blue/Green
  • Booyah spinnerbaits,Some crankbaits
  • Nothing special spinnerbait

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • 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
  • Green and bright orange frog.

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • 1/4 oz chartruse n white

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • rainbow phoebe
  • Rubber worms, Mepps,Blue Fox Vibrax,Spinnerbait
  • 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

  • zoom pumpkinseed
  • Gary Yams Baby Bass Color
  • Rattlin Ned by Googan Squad on a Texas Rig
  • Powerbait, 4"
  • Powerbait 4" worm
  • Yamamoto 5" green worm
  • Yamamoto 5" worm
  • oxblood senko
  • oxe blood roboworm
  • zoom green weenie trick worm

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

Hard Baits Check Prices

Soft Baits Check Prices

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

Shrimp Bait Check Prices

Craw Check Prices

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

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Lucky Craft, American shad pointer 4 inch
  • Power Worm, Phoebe
  • Kastmaster lure, heavy top water hits
  • Kastmaster
  • Buzz bait (black blade & black skirt)
  • Scum Frogs
  • Sandworms

Saltwater Fly Check Prices

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

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • #11 minnow rapala
  • Rebel Crawfish Lure

Crankbait Check Prices

  • rapala lipless baby bass
  • Baby Bass
  • trolled outskirts of weed beds
  • 1/4 oz 2-5 ' running
  • 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

  • used Euro crawlers,and trout worms.fished the bottom.got snagged a few times,lost tackel,,tipical....
  • wiggler
  • swivel hook texas rigged
  • 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
  • trout worms & nightcrawlers
  • bobber
  • Nothing on plastic but they where all takin the worms!
  • caught sun fish after about 10 am. 1 small perch about 6in. fishing has been slow so far this season.
  • Red Eye bass will hit alot of the time in most of the coves and downed trees

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • baby bass color fast retrieve with sharp jerks

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • Mepps Comet 1

Grub Check Prices

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

Marabou / Bucktail Jig Check Prices

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

Other Check Prices

  • yellow power bait
  • i used yellow power bait
  • Mealworm
  • cut bait fresh bunker.
  • Yellow Perch Chunks, Nightcrawlers, and Sandworms.
  • Canned Corn

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