Eight Mile River Fishing Spot

  • County: new london
  • Public Fishing: Yes
  • Mean Depth: 3'
  • Max Depth: 8'
  • Last Modified By: jweeks1357 on 08/02/12 09:26 AM
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Eight Mile River Baits and Tackle

Wet Fly Check Prices

  • purple and white fly to immitate bait fish

Crankbait Check Prices

  • kvd black chartreuse squairbill

Worm Check Prices

  • soft plastic worm, rigged weedless, purple with blue flecks in it

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • keitech 4" AYU
  • Keitech ayu

Creature Check Prices

  • Switched to the watermelon seed baby brush hawg

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • Stanley 1/4 oz jig head and net bait paca chunk in black trailer.

Minnow Check Prices

  • Mummies

Eight Mile River Description

there are some great places to catch trout here, rainbows have been caught underneath the waterfall at devils hopyard, and brown trout are often caught in the calm pools and under the bridge. chain pickerel and common carp can be caught here as well but not as often as trout. juvvenile atlantic salmon also are caught swimming here from time to time. salmon are illegal to keep and all trout kept must be over nine inches to be kept.

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