Fishing near Derby in New Haven County, CT

3.59 Rating based on 73 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Striped Bass, Rainbow Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 65
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 99
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Derby Fishing Photos

after work trout near Derby

after work trout

this is more normal for the naugy in beacon falls
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firt smallie of the year near Derby

firt smallie of the year

I got this in the naugy river in Beacon Falls. It was a suprise don't get many bass in this area.
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Naugy River near Derby

Naugy River

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first trout of the year near Derby

first trout of the year

little river
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 BIG BRONZEBACKS near Derby

BIG BRONZEBACKS

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little stuff--good for kids near Derby

little stuff--good for kids

close to parking lot
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Top Fishing Spots near Derby

Naugatuck River
Naugatuck River

Avg. Rating: 3.667
# Reviews: 3
Views: 2600

Fountain Lake
Fountain Lake

Avg. Rating: 2.5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 5317

Indian Wells State Park
Indian Wells State Park

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
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Hoadley Pond
Hoadley Pond

Avg. Rating: 3.667
# Reviews: 3
Views: 3198

Isinglass Reservoir
Isinglass Reservoir

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 1212

Maltby Lake #3
Maltby Lake #3

Avg. Rating: 0
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Derby Area Fish Species

Recent Derby Fishing Reports

Naugy River Fishing Report Jan 25, 2010

Naugy River

Naugatuck River -

Went Out 4 A couple Hours On The Naugy 2 Try Out My New Poles. Didnt Catch Nothin But Got Some Practice Casts In....

Avg. Rating: 5
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Opening day Fishing Report Apr 16, 2011

Opening day

Isinglass Reservoir -

Going fishing with wife and son...

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opening day` Fishing Report Apr 16, 2011

opening day`

Isinglass Reservoir -

going fishing with wife and son...

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 HOUSY SMALLIES Fishing Report Jul 29, 2010

HOUSY SMALLIES

stevenson dam,ct -

7/29/10 HOUSATONIC LAKE SMALLIES
6:00 AM THE BASS WERE HITTING TOP WATER PLUGS. I CAUGHT A 5+ AND A 3+LB SMALLIE, MISSED ANOTHER THAT SKY ROCKETED...

Avg. Rating: 5
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bull bluegills and small smallies Fishing Report Aug 08, 2010

bull bluegills and small smallies

stevenson dam,ct -

headed to my favorite smallie spot for an afternoon of fishing. i had 2 rods rigged. my 7'6"pro qualifier,cardinal 502,stren microfuse3/8 and...

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the dam Fishing Report Aug 05, 2011

the dam

stevenson dam,ct -

went with my buddy to show him some good smallie fishing. he caught 1 about 5lbs and i caught 1 about 4lbs...

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Baits and Tackle used near Derby

Check Prices

  • Shad rap
  • jig worm
  • slug go silver sware by them
  • worms and gulp minnows
  • Bunker Chuncks
  • THIS WAS CAUGHT USING AN OLD SCHOOL SILVER JOHNSON SPRITE SPOON
  • Rap Minnow in yellow perch pattern.
  • Surface lure after sunset.
  • was fishing for trout
    Rig:
    barrel swivel
    leader
    red hook
    power bait marshmallows
    meal worm
  • some on shiners some o lures spinner baits worms cranks

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • night crawlers, meal worms
  • nightcrawlers, meal worms
  • nightcrawlers
  • power bait, live bait, lures
  • I use meal worms here, power bait, trout worms and lures. The fish bite here off almost everything.
  • you should be able to use almost anything here. I perfer rooster tails and spinners. Meal worms and trout worms work just as well.

Creature Check Prices

  • strike king hellgramite
    strike rocket shad
  • D Bomb, greenish brown
  • misslebait D Bomb, greenish brown

Tube Check Prices

  • 1"inch pumpkin seed tube

Minnow Check Prices

  • Slow troll wife minnows,drifting on top

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • poppers and walkers
  • Surface popper
  • cut bait ,top water popers.
  • spook style bait

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • spiner .Rooster tail.
  • Nothing special spinnerbait

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Green and bright orange frog.
  • 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.
  • Black and Red Rubber Frog

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • 1/4 oz chartruse n white

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

Dry Fly Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • Gary Yams Baby Bass Color
  • Yamamoto 5" green worm
  • Powerbait 4" worm
  • Yamamoto 5" worm
  • Powerbait, 4"
  • i saw someone else catch afish
  • zoom pumpkinseed
  • Oxblood Purple stripe, Green hot tip
  • zoom green weenie
  • 6" zoom Green weenie 2/0 matzuko sickle hook

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

Hard Baits Check Prices

Soft Baits Check Prices

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

Saltwater Fly Check Prices

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

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Power Worm, Phoebe
  • Sluggo but just to tell you get alot blue fish rip them up
  • Lucky Craft, American shad pointer 4 inch

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • #11 minnow rapala

Crankbait Check Prices

  • trolled outskirts of weed beds
  • rapala lipless baby bass
  • Baby Bass

Emerger Check Prices

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • silver slug-go sware by them
  • berkley gulp(minnows)
  • Powerbait minnows Drop shot

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • trout worms & nightcrawlers
  • swivel hook texas rigged
  • wiggler
  • used Euro crawlers,and trout worms.fished the bottom.got snagged a few times,lost tackel,,tipical....
  • bobber
  • float worm without leader down in river
  • floating on 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.

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • Mepps Comet 1

Marabou / Bucktail Jig Check Prices

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

Grub Check Prices

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

Other Check Prices

  • cut bait fresh bunker.
  • Canned Corn
  • yellow power bait
  • i used yellow power bait
  • Mealworm

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