Activities
to do with Children
Fishing lessons and license info.
Places to fish
Hatcheries
Fun
activities to do with children
Make a fishing rod and go fishing around the house. What
will you catch?
Tape about 12” of yarn to the end of a plastic straw.
Tie the free end through a hole in a magnet, or glue the
end to a Velcro dot that has a hook side. Your ready to
fish!! How many items did you catch.
Draw pictures of fish, sharks outside using sidewalk chalk.
Visit
Enchanted Learning for great fish crafts to do with
children.
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Fishing
lessons and license info
New
Haven Park and Rec, offers demonstrations by
the park Rangers on fishing techniques, and equipment.
They also offer salt and fresh water fishing derbies.
For more information you can contact the East Rock Ranger
Station at (203) 946-6086, or the Outdoor Adventure Coordinator
at (203) 946-6768.
Information on free
fishing lessons offered by the DEP
of Connecticut.
Information on fishing
licenses and regulations offered by the DEP
of Connecticut.
Visit Connecticut
Dept. of Environmental Protection for a local tide
chart.
Visit On
the Water The Angler's Guide to New England.
Visit www.WaterWorksWonders.org
for information on fishing, boating, and caring for water.
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Pack
a lunch and visit some of the great places to fish
East
Rock Park,
corner of Orange & Coldspring St's. New Haven (203)
946-6086 Opportunities for fishing, also offering playing
fields, playground, a self-guided nature trail, picnic pavilions,
an ice-skating rink, ranger station, opportunities for sledding,
and kite flying.
New
Haven Park and Rec, offers demonstrations by
the park Rangers on fishing techniques, and equipment. They
also offer salt and fresh water fishing derbies. For more
information you can contact the East Rock Ranger Station
at (203) 946-6086, or the Outdoor Adventure Coordinator
at (203) 946-6768.
Edgewood
Park, Edgewood Ave., New Haven (203) 946-8028
Pond for fishing, also there are 120 acres with nature walkways,
playground, ranger station with wildlife displays, tennis
and basketball courts, playing fields and a skate park.
In the summer there is a sculpture fountain where children
can run through in their bathing suits.
Lake
Wintergreen at West Rock State Park, New Haven/Hamden
Fishing, canoeing, and hiking around the lake.
Chapman-Sinoway
Park, upper State Street, North Haven. A great place to
fish, also there are hiking/walking trails and a picnic
area.
Kirk's
Pond, located on Route 67 next to the Town Hall, Oxford.
Offers fishing and ice-skating.
Legion
Pool, Chatfield
Rd., Seymour off Route 67. This is a great place to spend
the afternoon! The park offers a gazebo, deck overlooking
the fish pond, picnic grove, waterfall, and a pond stocked
with trout for catch and release ( Fishing for Seymour Land
Trust Members Only) and also feeding (the park has a fish
food machine and all it takes is a quarter). The park and
fishing deck are handicap accessible.
Mill
Pond Park, located at the intersection of North River and
Cherry Streets, Guilford. The park is used for fishing during
the spring, summer and fall seasons.
Mixville
Recreation Area, Located on Notch Road near the Cheshire/Prospect
town line. This park houses a large picnic area, a beach
with swimming and fishing in Mixville Pond.
North
Farms Park, Branford Road, (Rte. 139), Branford. Fishing,
hiking trails, and ball fields.
Old
Tavern Road Park,
Old Tavern Road, Orange Fishing pond and ball fields
Osbornedale
State Park
Hawthorne Avenue, Derby This park features fishing areas,
winter ice skating and cross-country skiing, hiking trails
and a picnic area.
Sleeping
Giant State Park, 200 Mt. Carmel Avenue, Hamden.
Fishing and hiking trails.
Young’s
Pond, Pine Orchard Road & Blackstone
Avenue, Branford. Fishing, hiking trails, playground and
ball fields.
Log onto DEP
of Connecticut for more lakes and ponds to fish.
Hatcheries
Buttonball
Hatchery, P.O. Box
86, Willimantic, (860)455-0342
Hardings Trout Farm, 376 Nonnewaug Rd., Bethlehem, (860)264-0895
Joe’s Bass Farm and Hatchery, 12 Dickerman Ave., Windsor
Locks, (860)623-7980
Rowledge Pond Aquaculture, Rowledge
Pond Rd., Sandy Hook, (203)426-6701
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