Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 26 - Fisheries and Game › 112 - Sport Fishing in the Inland District › Section 26-112-46 - Special management areas

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Boundary
			 Waters.
Boundary waters are defined as those lakes and ponds forming a
			 common boundary between Connecticut and an adjoining state. Connecticut sport
			 fishing regulations shall apply, except as provided in this section.
(1) Beach Pond, Voluntown - Rhode Island.
			 Connecticut or Rhode Island fishing license legal on entire pond. Connecticut
			 and Rhode Island regulations apply as follows: Black bass (largemouth and
			 smallmouth): the daily creel limit shall be five and the minimum length shall
			 be twelve inches. Chain pickerel: the daily creel limit shall be five and the
			 minimum length shall be fourteen inches. Trout and kokanee: the daily creel
			 limits shall be five for trout and five for kokanee and there shall be no
			 minimum length. Not more than six tip-ups may be used when ice
			 fishing.
(2) Breakneck Pond,
			 Union-Massachusetts. Connecticut or Massachusetts license legal on entire
			 pond.
(3) Colebrook Flood Control
			 Impoundment.
Connecticut or Massachusetts fishing license legal on entire
				impoundment. Upstream demarcation line posted by
				Massachusetts.
(4) Congamond
			 Lakes (South Pond, Middle Pond and North Pond), Suffield - Massachusetts.
			 Connecticut or Massachusetts fishing license legal on all three lakes.
			 Massachusetts regulations apply as follows: Trout: the daily creel limit shall
			 be six, during the period from the Saturday next preceding the third Monday in
			 April, one hour before sunrise, through the Sunday following the third Saturday
			 in October. Trout: the daily creel limit shall be three, during the period from
			 the Monday following the third Saturday in October to the Saturday preceding
			 the third Monday in April. Black bass (largemouth and smallmouth): the daily
			 creel limit shall be five and the minimum length shall be ten inches. Chain
			 pickerel: the daily creel limit shall be five and the minimum length shall be
			 fourteen inches. Not more than two hooks may be used during periods of open
			 water fishing and not more than five hooks may be used when ice
			 fishing.
(5) Hamilton Reservoir,
			 Union - Massachusetts. Connecticut or Massachusetts fishing license legal on
			 entire pond. Massachusetts regulations apply as follows: Trout: the daily creel
			 limit shall be six, during the period from the Saturday next preceding the
			 third Monday in April, one hour before sunrise, through the Sunday following
			 the third Saturday in October. Trout: the daily creel limit shall be three,
			 during the period from the Monday following the third Saturday in October to
			 the Saturday preceding the third Monday in April. Black bass (largemouth and
			 smallmouth): the daily creel limit shall be five and the minimum length shall
			 be ten inches. Chain pickerel: the daily creel limit shall be five and the
			 minimum length shall be fourteen inches. Not more than two hooks may be used
			 during periods of open water fishing and not more than five hooks may be used
			 when ice fishing.
(6) Hazard Pond,
			 Voluntown - Rhode Island. Connecticut or Rhode Island fishing license legal on
			 entire pond. Connecticut and Rhode Island regulations apply as follows: Black
			 bass (largemouth and smallmouth): the daily creel limit shall be five and the
			 minimum length shall be twelve inches. Chain pickerel: the daily creel limit
			 shall be five and the minimum length shall be fourteen inches. Not more than
			 six tip-ups may be used when ice fishing.
(7) Indian Pond (Indian Lake), Sharon -New
			 York. Connecticut or New York license legal on entire pond. New York
			 regulations apply as follows: Black bass (largemouth and smallmouth): the
			 closed season for the taking of black bass shall be from midnight on November
			 thirtieth through 6:00 a.m. on the second Saturday in April, the daily creel
			 limit shall be six and the minimum length shall be twelve inches. Not more than
			 five tip-ups and two hand held jigs may be used for ice fishing.
(8) Keach Pond, Thompson - Putnam - Rhode
			 Island. Connecticut or Rhode Island license legal on entire pond. Rhode Island
			 regulations apply.
(9) Killingly
			 Pond, Killingly - Rhode Island. Connecticut or Rhode Island fishing license
			 legal on entire pond. Connecticut and Rhode Island regulations apply as
			 follows: Black bass (largemouth and smallmouth): the daily creel limit shall be
			 five and the minimum length shall be twelve inches. Chain pickerel: the daily
			 creel limit shall be five and the minimum length shall be fourteen inches. Not
			 more than six tip-ups may be used when ice fishing.
(10) Muddy Pond, Woodstock-Massachusetts.
			 Connecticut or Massachusetts fishing license legal on entire pond.
(11) Perry Pond, Thompson - Massachusetts.
			 Connecticut or Massachusetts fishing license legal on entire
			 pond.