Lake Saltonstall

Type
Lake or reservoir, Connecticut (East)
Designation
Agency-named bass water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
3 nearby
Shops
3 nearby

Today on Lake Saltonstall

No live reading for this water
Why there is no reading

Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.

Regulations & access Guides & shops

Lake Saltonstall is a lake or reservoir in Connecticut, listed as Agency-named bass water by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Fisheries Division.

More about Lake Saltonstall

3 guides and 3 shops nearby are listed here.

Updated · Sources: Bass Management Lakes (Trophy Bass and Big Bass Management Areas)

Representative photograph of similar water; not a photograph of this place.
Representative photograph, not this water.
Where it is

Lake Saltonstall is a lake or reservoir in Connecticut.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Lake Saltonstall or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Lake Saltonstall

About these readings

Nothing live is published for this water; the note below says what we checked.

Where to fish

About this

Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Lake Saltonstall on the map

About this

Shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Lake Saltonstall: gauges, shops and guides

Map of Lake Saltonstall, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.

Restrooms near Lake Saltonstall

Restrooms near Lake Saltonstall

Restrooms within 2 miles of Lake Saltonstall in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

Map of 2 restrooms near Lake Saltonstall

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 2 restrooms near Lake Saltonstall, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

  1. Restroom

    1.0 mi away in a straight line
    • Public (mapped)
    • Free (mapped)
    • Wheelchair accessible (mapped)

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  2. Restroom

    1.4 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

More water near Lake Saltonstall

  • The Naugatuck River seen from the Derby GreenwayWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Farm River
    Photo credit

    The Naugatuck River at Derby, Connecticut. Photo: Staib, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Farm River.

    Farm River

    Connecticut · about 3 mi

  • The Salmon River flowing through hardwood forest above the Comstock BridgeCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Mill River
    Photo credit

    The Salmon River above the Comstock Bridge, Connecticut. Photo: H. Morrow Long, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Mill River.

    Mill River

    Connecticut · about 9 mi

  • Mooselookmeguntic Lake from a marina dock at Oquossoc, with boats and distant hillsAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Lake Chamberlain
    Photo credit

    Mooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Chamberlain.

    Lake Chamberlain

    Connecticut · about 10 mi

  • Rangeley Lake with a small wooded island under grey clouds, beyond early autumn treesSpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Quonnipaug Lake
    Photo credit

    Rangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Quonnipaug Lake.

    Quonnipaug Lake

    Connecticut · about 10 mi

  • The Eightmile River flowing through woods at LymeCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Quinnipiac River
    Photo credit

    The Eightmile River at Lyme, Connecticut. Photo: John Phelan, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Quinnipiac River.

    Quinnipiac River

    Connecticut · about 11 mi

  • The Farmington River at Collinsville, a broad riffle under green trees with a truss bridge beyondCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Hammonasset River
    Photo credit

    The Farmington River at Collinsville, Connecticut (downstream of the West Branch tailwater). Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Hammonasset River.

    Hammonasset River

    Connecticut · about 13 mi

Regulations

About this

Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.

Official designation: Agency-named bass water

Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under bass.

The water on the map

About this

Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.

Surface area
413 acres
Watershed
Quinnipiac

Guides and shops near Lake Saltonstall

About this

Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

3 shops nearby

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 40 miles whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops: fly shops first. A distance is shown when the shop’s website gives its location (within 60 miles); otherwise the shop is in one of the towns within 25 miles of the water.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species and hatches

About this

What 3 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.

Named on 3 nearby guide websites

  • Bonefish2
  • Brook trout2
  • Brown trout2
  • Tarpon2
  • Tuna2
  • Chinook salmon1
  • Cutthroat trout1
  • Kokanee1
How we put this together

Named by guides nearby (within 40 miles), counted from the species each guide lists on its own site. No agency page we hold lists species for this water.

Plan a trip here

About this

None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.

No hub within 40 miles

Gear checklist

About this

A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.

An angler stands knee-deep in a calm lake with the rod bent, playing a trout

Lakes & stillwater

9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes

Open the checklist
Videos for this water (3)

Watch: stillwater trout basics

About this

Chironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

  • Catch More Trout in Lakes Using Indicators – Stillwater Fly Fishing TipsEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Stillwater Fly Fishing Is Simpler Than You Think! | Introduction to Stillwater Fly FishingEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
  • Why is this Chironomid Fly Pattern So Versatile? | Two-Toner BC Chironomid | Fly Tying TutorialEmbedded from YouTube · Fly Fish Food · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on stillwater

Fish Tales

About this

Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Lake Saltonstall.

No stories from here yet.

Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

Something wrong?

All 7 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Lake Saltonstall” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.