Straw Pond Fishing near Middlebury, Connecticut

• Overview

  Within Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, you have Straw Pond. The bank is 486 feet above sea level. It is pond-in-a-field scale, with the far bank a short lob away. It is a small entry by Naugatuck Valley Planning Region standards. Some 2 miles away sits Middlebury, the nearest settlement. Then Waterbury, 2.6 miles, and Naugatuck, 4 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Straw Pond

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region cover bluegill, white sucker and pumpkinseed. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Straw Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 71°F, the coldest about 25°F. Most months fish reasonably, given the right weather. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Straw Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out. Weed growth peaks in late summer and changes where you can fish.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Connecticut Park and Ride gives parking half a mile away. The water borders Bristol Park, so expect the reserve rules to apply. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Little Tracys Pond is 1.2 miles distant. Ask locally about Straw Pond if anything is unclear.