Fishing near Brookfield in Fairfield, CT

3.73 Rating based on 68 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Northern Pike
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 89
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 158
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Top Fishing Spots near Brookfield

Lake Lillinonah
Lake Lillinonah

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Lake Lillinonah
Lake Lillinonah

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Candlewood Lake
Candlewood Lake

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# Reviews: 6
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Still River
Still River

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Lake Zoar
Lake Zoar

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Squantz Pond
Squantz Pond

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# Reviews: 2
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Brookfield Area Fish Species

Recent Brookfield Fishing Reports

lake lillinonah   Fishing Report Jul 26, 2009

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Lake Lillinonah (Pond Brook) Boat Launch -

First 3 hrs on kayak nothing,threw spinners and ruber worms at them w/o any luck.I then threw on a inline spinner minnow and got a 14" largemouth...

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LAKE FISHING Fishing Report Apr 07, 2010

LAKE FISHING

Lake Lillinonah,CT -

Fly fishing for large and smallmouth bass using poppers,terrestrials and sub surface flies is a real challenge on Lake Lillinonah.This lake has 35 mil...

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Candlewood Bass Fishing Report Jun 16, 2011

Candlewood Bass

Candlewood lake Ct. -

Went out to vaughns neck on "the lake" today for an afternoon trip. It was a little busy with boat traffic and other folks fishing. Got in t...

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Candlewood II Fishing Report Sep 02, 2009

Candlewood II

Candlewood Lake -

Okay, well this is the second trip to this lake I've ever made. The first trip was great. With some experience the getting in the water was much...

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first time at candlewood Fishing Report Aug 08, 2009

first time at candlewood

Candlewood Lake -

Captain Sean and I were going out here this was my first time and he had not fished here in many years. We stopped at the local bait shop. I think i...

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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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Baits and Tackle used near Brookfield

Check Prices

  • some on shiners some o lures spinner baits worms cranks
  • Rubber Worms Texas Rig

    Mepps #3

    Rapala X-Rap
  • tubes, senkos,
  • THIS WAS CAUGHT USING AN OLD SCHOOL SILVER JOHNSON SPRITE SPOON
  • worm on bottom reel in slowly
  • tube
  • RUBBER CRAW FISH
  • TOPWATER RAPLA BLACK & SILVER !!
  • SWIMJIG BLACK & GRAY
  • TOPWATER WORKS BEST FOR ME RAPLA BLACK & SILVER

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • power bait, live bait, lures
  • I use meal worms here, power bait, trout worms and lures. The fish bite here off almost everything.
  • 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

  • Blue/Green
  • Booyah spinnerbaits,Some crankbaits
  • Nothing special spinnerbait

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • frog topwater
  • usually top water baits invoke strikes over here. senkos and fin-s type baits work well too but only before the big milfoil bloom. after that they get so bogged down with weeds the fish cant even get at them.

Stick Bait Check Prices

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

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Rubber worms, Mepps,Blue Fox Vibrax,Spinnerbait
  • rainbow phoebe

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • Hendrickson Emerger, Hendrickson Comparadun,

Worm Check Prices

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

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

  • Dropshot, and Small Spinner Bait
  • Dropshot
  • 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

Craw Check Prices

  • Threw it close to the shore after spotting the bass and he immediately attacked it.

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Lucky Craft, American shad pointer 4 inch
  • Power Worm, Phoebe

Saltwater Fly Check Prices

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • Rebel Crawfish Lure

Crankbait Check Prices

  • rapala lipless baby bass
  • Baby Bass
  • 1/4 oz 2-5 ' running
  • crankbait shallow runner shad

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

  • let it sink and reel slowly in
  • on bottom reel slowly
  • worm on bottom
  • Drag worms across the bottom and you will catch massive bass and multiple types of pan fish.
  • bobber
  • used Euro crawlers,and trout worms.fished the bottom.got snagged a few times,lost tackel,,tipical....
  • floating on bobber
  • Euro Crawler so not as big fit on the hook nicely.the on i got was about 11" and 2/3 of a #
  • good cove for pan fish.. a few time's last year
  • float worm without leader down in river

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

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