LASR.net Homepage




Menu

A full year of the best fishing trips in Connecticut, month by month, to both freshwater and salt water. Filled with explanations beginners can understand�and tips experts can use to put more bends in the rod.

This new guidebook, by Connecticut�s leading fishing writer and Norwich Bulletin columnist Bob Sampson, tells you everything you need to know�from catching fish to cooking fish. Annual freshwater and salt water calendars with best trips ranked by difficulty. Complete descriptions of the fish and how to catch them. Special "Beginners� Best Bets" chapter. All within a short drive if not right down the road.

Includes discussions of fishing all across the state, including East Hartford, East Haddam, Chester, Deep River, Hamburg Cove, Poquetanuck, Norwich, Derby, Moodus, Winchester, Enfield, Mystic, Niantic, Westport, Groton, Madison, Brookfield, New London, Norwalk, Bridgeport, East Haven, Branford and Lyme, waters such as Pachaug Pond, Candlewood Lake, Quaddick Lake, Bantam Lake, the Fort Trumbull pier, Branford Point, Calf Pasture Park pier, Bluff Point State Park, Hammonnasset State Park, Harkness State Park, New Haven Harbor, Bridgeport Harbor, Milford Harbor, Norwich Harbor, the Housatonic, Connecticut, and Thames Rivers and more.

Attractions and Upcoming Events


Fort Trumbull State Park

19th-century coastal defense fort located on the Thames River. Also former location of Naval Undersea Warfare Center. Visitor Center with exhibits, site interpretive signage;

New London, CT State Parks

Nathan Hale Schoolhouse

One-room school where patriot spy and Connecticut's state hero Nathan Hale taught (1774-1775)

New London, CT Historic Schoolhouses

Holiday Inn New London/Mystic

136 units (three suites), rest., lounge, TV, coffeemaker, exercise room, I pool;

New London, CT Lodging


Things to do near New London, CT

Brooklyn Historical Society Museum

Permanent exhibit on General Israel Putnam, changing exhibits. Daniel Putnam Tyler Law Office (c.1820) furnished as it might...

Harkness Memorial State Park

Once a magnificent summer estate on Long Island Sound, now offers 42-room Italian mansion, formal gardens, picnic areas, fine...

Connecticut College Arboretum

750 acres with a variety of natural ecosystems. Native tree and shrub collections. Hiking trails, ponds, woody landscape plan...

Two Trees Inn

Country style inn. 280 rooms and suites, rest., lounge, TV, I pool, fitness room; shuttle to casino....

Christopher Leffingwell House (c.1675)

Home of early industrialist, used as a meeting place for patriots during Revolutionary War....