Fishing near Bethel in Fairfield, CT

3.71 Rating based on 43 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Striped Bass, Sunfish
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 76
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 164
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Bethel Fishing Photos

9/25/13-9/27/13 - Candlewood near Bethel

9/25/13-9/27/13 - Candlewood

2-1/2lb Prefishing Smallie
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9/25/13-9/27/13 - Candlewood near Bethel

9/25/13-9/27/13 - Candlewood

Prefishing Largemouth
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Top Fishing Spots near Bethel

Eureka Lake
Eureka Lake

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Saugatuck River
Saugatuck River

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 5326

Still River
Still River

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# Reviews:
Views: 4373

Mamanasco Lake
Mamanasco Lake

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# Reviews:
Views: 2902

Saugatuck Reservoir
Saugatuck Reservoir

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# Reviews:
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Lake Lillinonah
Lake Lillinonah

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Bethel Area Fish Species

Recent Bethel Fishing Reports

9/25/13-9/27/13 - Prefishing Candlewood Fishing Report Oct 03, 2013

9/25/13-9/27/13 - Prefishing Candlewood

Candlewood Lake - Danbury, CT -

Decided to do 3 days of practice before the MA BASS Nation Fish-Offs, because I had never been here, and my buddy Had not been here in many years. Con...

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9/28/13-9/29/13 - MA B.A.S.S. Nation Fish-Offs @ Candlewood Lake Fishing Report Oct 03, 2013

9/28/13-9/29/13 - MA B.A.S.S. Nation Fish-Offs @ Candlewood Lake

Candlewood Lake - Danbury, CT -

1st time competing in the fish-offs, and I was excited although the fishing would be a grind. Both days were different weather wise, no clouds, blue b...

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Ball pond, 6/7/11 Fishing Report Jun 09, 2011

Ball pond, 6/7/11

Ball pond -

Time: 5:00-8:30am
Weather: warm, sunny,

Today brought alot of fish, but the quality fish dropped. We sighted a few bass still on beds, but i...

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Seth Low Pierrpont Fishing Report Aug 28, 2018

Seth Low Pierrpont

Lake Naraneka -

First time fishing here. Parking has about 10 spots with an area clear to launch a canoe or kayak.

First cast landed me a small LMB under a pou...

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fun Fishing Report May 08, 2010

fun

saugatuck resevoir, ct -

very warm late day...

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Recreation Fishing Fishing Report May 08, 2010

Recreation Fishing

Lake Mamanasco, CT -

Awesome, hit so many fish from bass to panfish it was ridiculous...

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Baits and Tackle used near Bethel

Check Prices

  • worm on bottom reel in slowly
  • some on shiners some o lures spinner baits worms cranks
  • tubes, senkos,
  • Rubber Worms Texas Rig

    Mepps #3

    Rapala X-Rap
  • tube
  • TOPWATER RAPLA BLACK & SILVER !!
  • RUBBER CRAW FISH
  • SWIMJIG BLACK & GRAY
  • TOPWATER WORKS BEST FOR ME RAPLA BLACK & SILVER
  • LIPLESS CRANKBAIT

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Use bacon raw fish the bottom between tides.
  • Just Jigged a spoon with some live bait. out of 12 Crappies only 4 where keepers.
  • nightcrawlers, meal worms
  • night crawlers, meal worms

Creature Check Prices

  • strike king hellgramite
    strike rocket shad

Minnow Check Prices

  • Slow troll wife minnows,drifting on top
  • Drifting

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • poppers and walkers
  • RAPLA TOPWATER BLACK & SILVER
  • RAPALA TOPWATER POPPER
  • Chug Bug
  • TOPWATER BLACK & SILVER POPPER
  • TOPWATER POPPER SHAD
  • RAPALA TOPWATER POPPER SLIVER & BLACK !!
  • VERY NICE PICKERAL ON TOPWATER GREAT FIGHT
  • STILL WATER TOPWATER POPPER
  • topwater pencil

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • BLACK & WHITE

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Nothing special spinnerbait
  • WHITE WITH RED TRAILER SPINNERBAIT

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • frog topwater

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Longcast minnow, suspending jerkbait
  • 1/4 oz chartruse n white

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

Dry Fly Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • Senko
  • o-wacky rigged 4" yum watermelon dinger
  • zoom green weenie
  • 6" zoom Green weenie 2/0 matzuko sickle hook
  • Oxblood Purple stripe, Green hot tip
  • wacky yum watermelon dinger
  • watermelon seed yum dinger
  • O-Wacky style 4" yum watermelon dinger
  • 5" Watertmelon seed yum dinger wacky
  • wacky watermelon dingy

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • RAPALA...SHALLOW RUN

  • FOUND THIS SMALL SWINBAIT IN A TREE
  • STORM WILDEYE JIG

Hard Baits Check Prices

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Drop shot mostly
  • 2-1/2lber on c-rig
    1-1/2lber, couple 1-1/4ber, 1lbers, and shorts on spinner bait, and dropshot
  • 1-1/2lber, and a 1-1/4lber on a spinner bait. Couple 1lbers, and shorts on dropshot I think
  • Dropshot, and Small Spinner Bait
  • Dropshot

Craw Check Prices

  • Threw it close to the shore after spotting the bass and he immediately attacked it.
  • CRAWFISH GRAY YELLOW BUTTOM W/ PEPPER JERKING ON BUTTOM CRAZY HIT GREAT FIGHT !!!!!
  • CRAWFISH GRAY W PEPPER YELLOW BUTTOM

Saltwater Fly Check Prices

  • clouser minnows and half N half's do well.

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Caught it on a Rattle lure.Red
  • Lucky Craft, American shad pointer 4 inch
  • Sluggo but just to tell you get alot blue fish rip them up

Crankbait Check Prices

  • crankbait shallow runner shad
  • rapala lipless baby bass
  • Baby Bass

Emerger Check Prices

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • Powerbait minnows Drop shot
  • silver slug-go sware by them

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • CASTING SPOON WITH GREEN GRUB
  • GREEN SPOON ADDED GREEN GRUB

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • bobber
  • let it sink and reel slowly in
  • worm on bottom
  • Drag worms across the bottom and you will catch massive bass and multiple types of pan fish.
  • on bottom reel slowly
  • floating on bobber
  • float worm without leader down in river
  • used Euro crawlers,and trout worms.fished the bottom.got snagged a few times,lost tackel,,tipical....
  • trout worms & nightcrawlers
  • swivel hook texas rigged

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • CRAWFISH LIPLESS CRANKBAIT
  • PURPLE & WHITE
  • L TRAP CRAWFISH

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • BLACK & SILVER REBEL POPPER !! LM BASS 4 1/2 (1)LBS (4) LM BASS ALL UNDER SIZED 10,11,9,7
  • TOP WATER POPPER
  • STILLWATER LURE POPPER

Marabou / Bucktail Jig Check Prices

  • 1/16 white road runner in current with a reeling and jigging motion

Grub Check Prices

  • grubs,meal worms said fishing was hot last couple of days.
  • curly tail grub just slowly dragging

Other Check Prices

  • Married Larry!
    (Senko)
  • Married Larry
  • Just Jigging with a spoon..
  • Canned Corn
  • Just jigging with a spoon..

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