Sec.26-112-48. Miscellaneous restrictions


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  • (a) In the following waters the indicated miscellaneous restrictions shall apply:

    (1) Bog Meadow Pond, Norwich. The use of vessels is prohibited.

    (2) Hewitt Pond (Lower Hewitt Pond), North Stonington. The operation of vessels with motors, except for electric motors, is prohibited.

    (3) Housatonic River, Kent. No person shall fish in those portions of the Housatonic River within one hundred feet of signs indicating such prohibition posted by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection at or near the mouths of Kent Falls Brook and Macedonia Brook during the period June fifteenth through September fifteenth, inclusive.

    (4) Isinglass Reservoir (Far Mill Reservoir), Shelton. Ice fishing is prohibited.

    (5) Messerchmidt's Pond, Deep River, Westbrook. The operation of vessels with motors, except for electric motors, is prohibited.

    (6) Quassapaug Lake, Middlebury, Woodbury. Ice fishing is prohibited. The daily creel limit for trout shall be one and the minimum length shall be eighteen inches. The daily creel limit for black bass shall be one and the minimum length shall be eighteen inches.

    (7) Salmon River, East Haddam. No person shall fish in those portions of the Salmon River in East Haddam within one hundred feet of signs indicating such prohibition posted by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection at or near the spring entering the Salmon River, approximately 220 feet south of the paved boat ramp in Sunrise Resort State Park, during the period June fifteenth through September fifteenth, inclusive.

    (8) Saugatuck Reservoir, Easton, Redding, Weston. Ice fishing is prohibited.

    (9) Shelton Reservoir #2, Shelton. Ice fishing is prohibited.

    (10) West Pequonnock Reservoir, Monroe. Ice fishing is prohibited.

    (11) Factory Pond, Salisbury. Ice fishing is prohibited.

    (12) Lake Chamberlain, Bethany. Ice fishing is prohibited.

    (13) Lake Saltonstall, Branford, East Haven. Ice fishing is prohibited.

    (14) Maltby Lakes (#1, #2, #3), Orange West Haven. Ice fishing is prohibited.

    (15) Lake McDonough (Compensating Reservoir), New Hartford, Barkhamsted. Ice fishing is prohibited.

    (16) Shenipsit Lake, Ellington, Tolland, Vernon. Ice fishing is prohibited.

    (b) (1) In reclaimed waters the use of fish, alive or dead, as bait, is prohibited when so posted. The possession on such waters or the shores of such waters of any species of fish, alive or dead, except trout or salmon, is prohibited when so posted.

    (2) In the following waters the use of alewives, blueback (glut or river) herring, gizzard, hickory or threadfin shad as bait is prohibited. The possession on such waters or the shores of such waters of any live individuals of said species, is prohibited.

    Alexander Lake, Killingly.

    Colebrook Flood Control Impoundment, Colebrook and Massachusetts.

    East Twin Lake, Salisbury.

    Lake Pocotopaug, East Hampton.

    Saugatuck Reservoir, Easton, Redding, Weston.

    Shenipsit Lake, Ellington, Tolland, Vernon.

    Waumgumbaug Lake (Coventry Lake), Coventry.

    West Branch Reservoir (Hogback), Hartland, Colebrook.

    West Hill Pond, New Hartford, Barkhamsted.

    West Twin Lake, Salisbury.

    Wononscopomuc Lake, Salisbury.

(Effective January 1, 1997; Amended March 9, 2004; Amended April 4, 2005; Amended March 6, 2015; Amended March 9, 2018; Amended December 27, 2022)