The Salmon River is a freestone river in Connecticut, listed as Trophy / quality trout water by Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Fisheries Division.
1 USGS gauge on the water reports flow. 5 guides and 3 shops nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Northwest Connecticut: the Farmington & the Housatonic.
The Salmon River above the Comstock Bridge, Connecticut. Photo: H. Morrow Long, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Salmon River is a freestone river in Connecticut. Our destination hub Northwest Connecticut: the Farmington & the Housatonic is 35 mi away in a straight line.
Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.
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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.
Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Salmon River: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Salmon River with 1 USGS gauge, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Salmon River 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.
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Pickerel LakeMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pickerel Lake.
Connecticut · about 2 mi
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Moodus ReservoirRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Moodus Reservoir.
Connecticut · about 4 mi
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Bashan LakeSunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Bashan Lake.
Connecticut · about 5 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Hockanum RiverThe Farmington River at Collinsville, Connecticut (downstream of the West Branch tailwater). Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Hockanum River.
Connecticut · about 17 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Quonnipaug LakeSunrise over Lake Marion from Santee State Park, South Carolina. Photo: Andrew Parlette from Elkridge,MD, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Quonnipaug Lake.
Connecticut · about 17 mi
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Bolton LakesLake Greenwood, South Carolina. Photo: JCMLuis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Bolton Lakes.
Connecticut · about 18 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
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.
On the Trophy Trout Areas list (Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Fisheries Division, read 2026-10-20). All waters with this designation
On the Trout Management Areas — seasonal catch and release (Sept 1 to second Saturday in April) list (Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Fisheries Division, read 2026-10-16). All waters with this designation
On the Trout Management Areas — fly fishing only sections list (Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Fisheries Division, read 2026-10-16). All waters with this designation
On the Trout Management Areas — seasonal catch and release (Sept 1 to second Saturday in April) list (Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), Fisheries Division, read 2026-10-16). All waters with this designation
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.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
1 guide name it on their website
Greenwich, CT · 74 mi
Float trips · Lodge packages · Salmon River
Names this water
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
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 · 35 mi away in a straight line
A practical checklist for fly fishing small mountain trout streams: a short 3–4 weight rod, light line, a few buoyant dries and simple wet-wading gear, with estimated prices and where to buy.
7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout
Open the checklistSeams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on reading water
Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Salmon River.
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Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
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 USGS gauge SALMON RIVER NEAR EAST HAMPTON, CT. Water type is our own classification.
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Pickerel LakeMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pickerel Lake.
Connecticut · about 2 mi
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Moodus ReservoirRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Moodus Reservoir.
Connecticut · about 4 mi
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Bashan LakeSunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Bashan Lake.
Connecticut · about 5 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Hockanum RiverThe Farmington River at Collinsville, Connecticut (downstream of the West Branch tailwater). Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Hockanum River.
Connecticut · about 17 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Quonnipaug LakeSunrise over Lake Marion from Santee State Park, South Carolina. Photo: Andrew Parlette from Elkridge,MD, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Quonnipaug Lake.
Connecticut · about 17 mi
Agency-named bass waterRepresentative photo · not Bolton LakesLake Greenwood, South Carolina. Photo: JCMLuis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Bolton Lakes.
Connecticut · about 18 mi
Salem, Connecticut
Campground · 8.7 mi
