Mount Tom Pond

Type
Lake or reservoir, Connecticut (East)
Designation
Steelhead / salmon water
USGS gauges
None listed
Guides
3 nearby
Shops
2 nearby

Today on Mount Tom Pond

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

Mount Tom Pond is a lake or reservoir in Connecticut, listed as Steelhead / salmon water by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Fisheries Division.

More about Mount Tom Pond

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

Updated · Sources: Atlantic Salmon Management Areas and other waters open to Atlantic salmon fishing

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

Mount Tom Pond is a lake or reservoir in Connecticut. Our destination hub Northwest Connecticut: the Farmington & the Housatonic is 20 mi away in a straight line.

No real-time gauge

No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Mount Tom Pond 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 Mount Tom Pond

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.

Mount Tom Pond on the map

About this

Shops and guides within 40 miles

Map of Mount Tom Pond: gauges, shops and guides

Map of Mount Tom Pond, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.

Restrooms near Mount Tom Pond

Restrooms near Mount Tom Pond

Restrooms within 2 miles of Mount Tom Pond 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 Mount Tom Pond

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 2 restrooms near Mount Tom Pond, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

  1. Restroom

    0.3 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

  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.

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  • The Naugatuck River seen from the Derby GreenwayFly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Bantam River
    Photo credit

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

    Bantam River

    Connecticut · about 4 mi

  • The Housatonic River at Kent, calm and reflecting bare trees and wooded hillsWild Trout WaterRepresentative photo · not East Aspetuck River
    Photo credit

    The Housatonic River at Kent, Connecticut. Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not East Aspetuck River.

    East Aspetuck River

    Connecticut · about 7 mi

  • Mooselookmeguntic Lake from a marina dock at Oquossoc, with boats and distant hillsSpecial-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Mohawk Pond
    Photo credit

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

    Mohawk Pond

    Connecticut · about 8 mi

  • Rangeley Lake with a small wooded island under grey clouds, beyond early autumn treesTrout parkRepresentative photo · not Black Rock Pond
    Photo credit

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

    Black Rock Pond

    Connecticut · about 10 mi

  • The Farmington River at Collinsville, a broad riffle under green trees with a truss bridge beyondCatch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Jericho Brook
    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 Jericho Brook.

    Jericho Brook

    Connecticut · about 11 mi

  • The sun setting over the open water of Lake MoultrieAgency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not West Side Pond
    Photo credit

    Sunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not West Side Pond.

    West Side Pond

    Connecticut · about 11 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: Steelhead / salmon 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 salmon & steelhead.

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
56.8 acres
Watershed
Housatonic

Guides and shops near Mount Tom Pond

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

Named on 2 nearby guide websites

  • Salmon2
  • Brook trout1
  • Brown trout1
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 · 20 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 Mount Tom Pond.

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 “Mount Tom Pond” (lake) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.