Connecticut is instituting a new minimum size limit on brook trout in an effort to protect the state's population of wild fish. Starting Jan. 1, 2026, anglers statewide only will be allowed to keep or ...

Starting Jan. 1, anglers in Connecticut can keep brook trout only 9 inches or longer, while the number of locations where absolutely no brook trout harvest will be allowed is increasing from 20 to 22.

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s Fisheries Division sent teams out and about across the state this week because it is prime season to stock trout. Matt Devine, a ...

Recent time in the high country led me along a small trickle of a stream. Brook trout preparing for spawning season burst through the shallow water, spooked by my surprise presence. I returned later ...