Bristol Reservoir Number 4 Fishing near Northwest Harwinton, Connecticut

• Overview

  Bristol Reservoir Number 4 is one of the Northwest Hills Planning Region listings for Connecticut. It sits 31 miles in from the sea. Roughly 43 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Bank access stretches around 1.2 miles in total. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Connecticut listings. The closest town, Northwest Harwinton, is 3.7 miles distant. The big place round here is Waterbury, 13 miles distant.

• Where to Fish on Bristol Reservoir Number 4

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Species logged across Northwest Hills Planning Region include bluegill, brown trout, largemouth bass and pumpkinseed. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On this water the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 71°F and January near 24°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The lid usually goes in late March, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. On average, late March opens the water and late December closes it again. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Expect this water to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. A car park lies half a mile away, so the walk in is short. Part of this sits inside or beside Kalmia Sanctuary, so read the notices. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Wilson Pond, 0.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for this water.