Tankerhoosen Lake Fishing Guide, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut

• Overview

  This water sits in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. The setting is pine and birch. At 7 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. The nearest place of any size is Rockville, 3.1 miles away. Manchester is 4.2 miles and Ellington 5.3 miles. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Tankerhoosen Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name bluegill, pumpkinseed and yellow perch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. At Tankerhoosen Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 25°F in January up to 71°F in July. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late March. Climate figures give an open season running late March to late December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Time your trip to Tankerhoosen Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Parking is close: a car park sits half a mile from the bank. The water sits inside or beside a nature reserve, so expect extra rules. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Dobsonville Pond is 0.4 miles off. Treat Tankerhoosen Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.