Live levels for Connecticut's lakes — Candlewood, Lillinonah, Bantam and the Housatonic impoundments. Every tube shows the normal level, the current level, the lake's two signature fish (hover for the species, click for 2026 tournaments), and a live bite gauge at left. Scroll down for the Farmington & Housatonic trout water, the catfish rivers, and the lower rivers.
Hover a fish for its species · click a fish to search that lake's 2026 tournaments
Connecticut's crown jewel is the Farmington West Branch below Goodwin Dam — a blue-ribbon tailwater of wild and stocked brown and rainbow. Add the Housatonic TMA, the Salmon and the Naugatuck. The cylinder shows live flow (cfs), low = wadeable, high = fast water. Hover a trout for the species; tap it for a guide.
The Farmington runs cold on Goodwin Dam releases; check flows before wading.
The Connecticut River at Hartford holds strong channel catfish. Live river stage (ft) with the action and flood stages marked. Hover a cat for the species; tap it for a guide.
The Connecticut runs shad and stripers; the Housatonic is smallmouth water. Live USGS gage height (ft); each tube marks FLOAT, EXPERT and FLOOD. Hover a fish; tap it for an outfitter.
Connecticut rivers are steadier than the hill streams, but the Housatonic runs on power-generation releases.