Fishing near Stratford in Fairfield, CT

3.99 Rating based on 20 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Striped Bass, Bluefish
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 46
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 70
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Stratford Fishing Photos

fist catch of the year near Stratford

fist catch of the year

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Trout near Stratford

Trout

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Striper abd Blue near Stratford

Striper abd Blue

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Striper abd Blue near Stratford

Striper abd Blue

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Beach near Stratford

Beach

CTRI HFFA OUTIN at Short Beach Stratford
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Fishing Stripers and Blues near Stratford

Fishing Stripers and Blues

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Top Fishing Spots near Stratford

Bunnell's Pond
Bunnell's Pond

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Isinglass Reservoir
Isinglass Reservoir

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Naugatuck River
Naugatuck River

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# Reviews: 3
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Easton Reservoir
Easton Reservoir

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Hemlock Reservoir
Hemlock Reservoir

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Cricker Brook
Cricker Brook

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Stratford Area Fish Species

Recent Stratford Fishing Reports

housatonic river Fishing Report May 05, 2014

housatonic river

housatonic river, stratford -

went out with some sandworms. didnt catch anything. i had a couple bumps. another guy on the dock caught a nice 18in bass using sandworms....

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Fist trip of the year Fishing Report Apr 17, 2009

Fist trip of the year

Mondo Ponds, Milford CT -

we were getting some bites but got nothing yet. The rock is not the best place to catch anything but with the boys its the safest....

Avg. Rating: 4
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lazy opening day Fishing Report Apr 23, 2009

lazy opening day

Mondo Ponds, Milford CT -

i went back to mondo ponds without the kids...

Avg. Rating: 4
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STRIPER FISHING Fishing Report Apr 11, 2010

STRIPER FISHING

Milford Point CT -

Anyone who wants to get into some early season striper fishing whether fly fishing or spin rodding should checkout the bird sanctuary at Milford point...

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Fishing for blues an stripers Fishing Report Jun 27, 2012

Fishing for blues an stripers

Mouth of the Housatonic River -

Nice Hour Of Fishing...

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CTRI HFFA Saltwater Outing Fishing Report May 06, 2009

CTRI HFFA Saltwater Outing

Short Beach Stratford -

Combined CTRI and HFFA Fly Fishing Clubs for morning of comraderie and saltwater fly fishing at Short beach in Stratford, CT...

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Baits and Tackle used near Stratford

Check Prices

  • Bunker Chuncks
  • jig worm
  • Shad rap
  • worms and gulp minnows
  • slug go silver sware by them
  • THIS WAS CAUGHT USING AN OLD SCHOOL SILVER JOHNSON SPRITE SPOON
  • worm on bottom reel in slowly

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • nightcrawlers
  • Use bacon raw fish the bottom between tides.
  • night crawlers, meal worms
  • nightcrawlers, meal worms

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
  • Dropshot, and Small Spinner Bait
  • 1-1/2lber, and a 1-1/4lber on a spinner bait. Couple 1lbers, and shorts on dropshot I think
  • Dropshot

Creature Check Prices

  • strike king hellgramite
    strike rocket shad

Tube Check Prices

  • 1"inch pumpkin seed tube

Minnow Check Prices

  • Slow troll wife minnows,drifting on top

Saltwater Fly Check Prices

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

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Sluggo but just to tell you get alot blue fish rip them up
  • Power Worm, Phoebe

Topwater Bait Check Prices

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

Craw Check Prices

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

Crankbait Check Prices

  • trolled outskirts of weed beds

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Nothing special spinnerbait
  • spiner .Rooster tail.

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • silver slug-go sware by them

Nightcrawler Check Prices

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

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Green and bright orange frog.
  • frog topwater

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • 1/4 oz chartruse n white

Dry Fly Check Prices

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

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

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.

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

Other Check Prices

  • Canned Corn
  • cut bait fresh bunker.
  • yellow power bait

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