Fishing near Waterbury in New Haven County, CT

3.62 Rating based on 147 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Winter Skate, Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Striped Bass
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 123
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 167
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Scovill Reservoir near Waterbury

Scovill Reservoir

Scovill Reservoir at sunset from the southern shores
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Near Entrance near Waterbury

Near Entrance

Off season parking area
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entrance area near Waterbury

entrance area

too early in the AM gate's not open yet.
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entrance  sign near Waterbury

entrance sign

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shoe view,  near Waterbury

shoe view,

parking area near beach
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shore view 2 near Waterbury

shore view 2

look across from shore
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Top Fishing Spots near Waterbury

Great Brook Reservoir
Great Brook Reservoir

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Tracy's Pond
Tracy's Pond

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Sylvan Lake(slade's Pond)
Sylvan Lake(slade's Pond)

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 2
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Rifle Range Pond
Rifle Range Pond

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Scovill Reservoir
Scovill Reservoir

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 10098

Baumers Pond
Baumers Pond

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Waterbury Area Fish Species

Recent Waterbury Fishing Reports

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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The Hike For Pike Fishing Report Feb 08, 2010

The Hike For Pike

cant tell ya have to kill ya.... not that the walk out wouldnt kill ya in it self. if you follow my trips you can prob. figure it out. -

sat 530 am started in set upby 630
no flags till 2 30
Chester comes through made the trip worth while...

Avg. Rating: 4
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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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Scoville Reservoir bowfin Fishing Report Feb 04, 2010

Scoville Reservoir bowfin

Scoville Reservoir -

at the end of march ill begin targeting bowfin at scoville reservoir again. by starting earlier, i may avoid the horrible weed problem i encounter in ...

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Fish On Fishing Report May 18, 2015

Fish On

Scovile Reservoir, CT -

went scoviles with hopes of catching trout :(...

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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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Baits and Tackle used near Waterbury

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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
  • Rap Minnow in yellow perch pattern.
  • Surface lure after sunset.
  • Drifting
  • slug go silver sware by them
  • i used a 10 inch black rubber worm
  • Fly Fishing - Black BH Wolly Bugger
  • worms and gulp minnows
  • Shad rap

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
  • Golden Pond Shiner live lined on a treble
  • eel
  • eels!

Creature Check Prices

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

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
  • used smalls up to mommalukes.
  • same old
  • Drifting with live minnows
  • Drifting with a live minnow
  • Minnows and Rapalas

Topwater Bait Check Prices

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

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • spiner .Rooster tail.
  • Blue/Green
  • Booyah spinnerbaits,Some crankbaits

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.
  • and corn

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • blue winged olive
  • Hendrickson Emerger, Hendrickson Comparadun,

Worm Check Prices

  • zoom pumpkinseed
  • Rattlin Ned by Googan Squad on a Texas Rig
  • oxblood senko
  • oxe blood roboworm
  • zoom green weenie trick worm
  • Zoom green Weenie
  • Gary Yams Baby Bass Color
  • casting into Lily pads
  • casting into weed bed
  • Wacky Senkos

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

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Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Dropshot, and Small Spinner Bait
  • Drop shot mostly
  • 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

Roundhead Jig Check Prices

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Lucky Craft, American shad pointer 4 inch
  • Power Worm, Phoebe
  • Kastmaster lure, heavy top water hits
  • Kastmaster
  • Scum Frogs
  • Buzz bait (black blade & black skirt)
  • Sandworms
  • Spinner baits, Yamoto(misspelled)Worms, rapala top water!
  • Spinner Baits, Worms, Top Water lures!

Craw Check Prices

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

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • Rebel Crawfish Lure
  • #11 minnow rapala

Crankbait Check Prices

  • rapala lipless baby bass
  • Baby Bass
  • 1/4 oz 2-5 ' running
  • Rapala blue crankbait
  • trolled outskirts of weed beds
  • Caught on a Rapala Crankbait from Cabelas.
  • Perch colored Shad Rap,it's a classic!
  • spook
  • spooks
  • rattletrap

Emerger Check Prices

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

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

Wet Fly Check Prices

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • used Euro crawlers,and trout worms.fished the bottom.got snagged a few times,lost tackel,,tipical....
  • good cove for pan fish.. a few time's last year
  • Euro Crawler so not as big fit on the hook nicely.the on i got was about 11" and 2/3 of a #
  • wiggler
  • swivel hook texas rigged
  • trout worms & nightcrawlers
  • 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
  • Just fished on a hook

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • baby bass color fast retrieve with sharp jerks
  • clacking rap

Herring Check Prices

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • 2 inch, color gold and white

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • Mepps Comet 1
  • purple rooster tail & live minnows

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
  • bucktail jig with a Gulp! trailer

Live Baits Check Prices

  • eel

Other Check Prices

  • i used yellow power bait
  • yellow power bait
  • Mealworm
  • Yellow Perch Chunks, Nightcrawlers, and Sandworms.
  • cut bait fresh bunker.
  • corn
  • hot dog dipped in Anise oil
  • eel

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