Lake Wononskopomuc

Type
Lake or reservoir, Connecticut (East)
Designation
Special-regulation trout water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
2 nearby
Shops
2 nearby

Today on Lake Wononskopomuc

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 Wononskopomuc is a lake or reservoir in Connecticut, listed as Special-regulation trout water by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Fisheries Division.

More about Lake Wononskopomuc

2 guides and 2 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Northwest Connecticut: the Farmington & the Housatonic.

Updated · Sources: Trout Management Lakes (1 trout daily, lake-specific minimum, open in March)

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

Lake Wononskopomuc is a lake or reservoir in Connecticut. Our destination hub Northwest Connecticut: the Farmington & the Housatonic is 25 mi away in a straight line.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Lake Wononskopomuc 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 Wononskopomuc

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.

Restrooms near Lake Wononskopomuc

Restrooms near Lake Wononskopomuc

Restrooms within 2 miles of Lake Wononskopomuc 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.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

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.

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  • The Housatonic River at Kent, calm and reflecting bare trees and wooded hillsSteelhead / salmon water
    Photo credit

    The Housatonic River at Kent, Connecticut. Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Housatonic River

    Connecticut · about 4 mi

    Atlantic salmon & smallmouth bass

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

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

    Mudge Pond

    Connecticut · about 4 mi

  • The Farmington River at Collinsville, a broad riffle under green trees with a truss bridge beyondWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not Blackberry 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 Blackberry River.

    Blackberry River

    Connecticut · about 9 mi

  • Kayakers on whitewater of the Deerfield River below an old mill building at Monroe Bridge, in a wooded valleyDesignated trout waterRepresentative photo · not Housatonic River
    Photo credit

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    Housatonic River

    Massachusetts · about 10 mi

  • Rangeley Lake with a small wooded island under grey clouds, beyond early autumn treesAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not West Side Pond
    Photo credit

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    West Side Pond

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  • The Naugatuck River seen from the Derby GreenwayTrout parkRepresentative photo · not Macedonia Brook
    Photo credit

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    Macedonia Brook

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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: Special-regulation trout 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 trout.

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.

USGS name: Wononskopomuc Lake

Surface area
348 acres
Watershed
Housatonic

Guides and shops near Lake Wononskopomuc

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

2 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 1 nearby guide website mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.

Named on 1 nearby guide website

  • Salmon1
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.

Northwest Connecticut: the Farmington & the Housatonic

About this

New Hartford sits on the Farmington River in Litchfield County; the river's West Branch comes down from the Colebrook and Goodwin dams past Riverton and the People's and American Legion state forests, and the Housatonic runs south through Falls Village, Cornwall and Kent to the west.

Destination hub · 25 mi away in a straight line

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 Wononskopomuc.

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 “Wononskopomuc Lake” (lake) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.