Marine/Inland Demarcation

Demarcation Between Marine and Inland District

• Alewife Cove: New London-Waterford. Entirely in Marine District.
• Beebe Cove: Groton. Entirely in Marine District.
• Blackhall River: Old Lyme. Rte. 156.
• Branford River: Branford. Montowese Street.
• Bride Brook: East Lyme. First railroad crossing.
• Byram River: Greenwich. First railroad crossing.
• Clinton River: (Indian River) Clinton. Rte. 1.
• Connecticut River: I-95 bridge. Old Lyme-Old Saybrook.
• Duck River: Old Lyme. Entirely in Marine District.
• East Creek: Guilford. The tide gates at Guilford dock.
• Housatonic River: Milford-Stratford. Merritt Parkway.
• Indian Harbor: Greenwich. First railroad crossing.
• Indian River: Milford.Rte. 122.
• Jordan Cove: Waterford. First railroad crossing.
• Lieutenant River: Old Lyme. Rte. 156.
• Menunketesuck River: Westbrook. Rte. 1.
• Mianus River: Greenwich. Dam north of Boston Post Road.
• Mill River: Fairfield. Dam at Harbor Road.
• Mill River: New Haven. Tide gates at State Street.
• Mumford Cove: Groton. Entirely in Marine District.
• Mystic River: Stonington-Groton. 500 ft. north of Rte. 1.
• Niantic River: East Lyme-Waterford. Golden Spur Bridge, Rte. 1.
• Norwalk River: Norwalk. Wall Street.
• Oyster River: Milford. Rte. 122.
• Palmer’s Cove: Groton. Entirely in Marine District.
• Patchogue River: Westbrook. Rte. 1.
• Pawcatuck River: Stonington. 500 ft. north of Rte. 1.
• Pequonnock River: Bridgeport. North Avenue (Rte. 1).
• Poquonnock River: Groton. 500 ft. north of Rte. 1.
• Pequot-Sepos Cove: Stonington. 500 ft. north of Rte. 1.
• Quiambaug Cove: Stonington. 500 ft. north of Rte. 1.
• Quinnipiac River: New Haven. Rte. 17.
• Sasco Brook: Westport. Buckley’s Mill Dam, above Rte. 1.
• Saugatuck River: Westport. Kings Highway.
• Shaws Cove: New London. Entirely in Marine District.
• Stonington Harbor, Lambert Cove and Quanaduck Cove: Stonington. 500 ft. north of Rte. 1.
• Thames River: Groton-New London. 500 ft. North of Rte. 1, I-95 bridge.
• Tokeneke Brook: Darien. Old Farm Road.
• Wequetequock River: Stonington. 500 ft. north of Rte. 1.
• West River: Guilford. Rte. 146.
• West River: West Haven. Tide gates at Orange Ave. (Rte. 1).

How To Catch Fish

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Striped Bass

Habitat

• Large rivers in spring and fall
• Estuaries and bays in summer

Fishing Method

• Drifting with live bait
• Jigging and trolling
• Bottom fishing with bait
• Casting to fish

Baits & Lures

• Live bait, menhaden, eels, shad and sand worms
• All types of swimming lures, plastic and rubber baits

Black Sea Bass

Habitat

• Estuaries and Sound
• Rock piles/reefs
• Oyster and mussel beds
• Pilings and jetties

Fishing Method

• Anchored over structure, reefs
• Bottom fishing
• Fishing with bait

Baits & Lures

• Sand worms, conch, shrimp, mummichogs, silversides, mussels/clams and baited jigs or jigs with plastic/rubber bodies or trailer

Fluke

Habitat

• Estuaries and bays
• Lower sections of rivers
• Hard bottom and channels preferred

Fishing Method

• Drifting with bait
• Jigging up and down
• Casting and slowly moving jig with bait

Baits & Lures

• Live/dead bait (bunker, mummichogs, shiners & silversides), cut squid strips, baited jigs and plastic baits

Scup

Habitat

• Estuaries and bays
• Rock piles/reefs
• Oyster and mussel beds
• Pilings and jetties

Fishing Method

• Anchored over structure/reefs
• Bottom fishing
• Live or dead bait

Baits & Lures

• Squid or conch strips, sand worms, shrimp, and mussels/clams