Connecticut Hunting & Fishing

Connecticut may be small, but it offers a surprising amount of accessible hunting and fishing within a short drive of major cities. Hunting guides in Connecticut focus on a healthy whitetail deer herd, spring and fall turkey, and waterfowl along the Long Island Sound coast and the lower Connecticut River. The state's extensive system of state forests and wildlife management areas gives public-land hunters real opportunity despite the region's density.

Fishing charters in Connecticut work the productive waters of Long Island Sound for striped bass, bluefish, and fluke, with the river mouths and reefs concentrating fish through the warmer months. Inland, the Housatonic River holds a wild trout management area prized by fly anglers, while reservoirs and lakes offer largemouth and smallmouth bass. For anglers and hunters in the Northeast, Connecticut packs diverse opportunity into a compact state.