Hemlock Reservoir is a reservoir in Connecticut, near Greater Bridgeport County.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
Hemlock Reservoir is a reservoir in the Greater Bridgeport region, but a dependable acreage figure was not found. A dependable maximum-depth figure was not found for Hemlock Reservoir, so it should not be guessed from a similarly named water.
Without trustworthy acreage or depth figures for Hemlock Reservoir, the safest approach is to read the water in front of you instead of assuming it fishes like another lake with the same name.
Fish reported from Hemlock Reservoir include alewife, american eel, banded killifish, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, channel catfish, common carp, golden shiner, largemouth bass, longear sunfish, redbreast sunfish, rock bass, white perch, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch. Brown trout is listed separately as stocked in Hemlock Reservoir. The stocking entry is a management record for Hemlock Reservoir, not a promise that those fish will be present at every spot or on every trip.
When largemouth bass hold tight to cover on Hemlock Reservoir, a compact jig or weedless worm is more useful than repeated open-water casts.
Slow vertical presentations around wood and suspended cover are dependable for Hemlock Reservoir crappie. Bluegill and other sunfish in Hemlock Reservoir take worms, crickets and tiny jigs along shade and vegetation. Keep a small jig, minnow or worm close to the bottom when perch are the target on Hemlock Reservoir.
For Hemlock Reservoir pickerel, cover weed edges with a flashy moving lure and use a short leader when bite-offs become common.
Start with a moving lure, then slow down on the best feature on Hemlock Reservoir. Then compare incoming water, the old channel and a point leading toward the deeper end of Hemlock Reservoir.
On Hemlock Reservoir, spring fish often move onto protected banks before the open basin warms. Summer fishing on Hemlock Reservoir is usually best at low light, beside shade or along the outside edge of healthy cover. During fall at Hemlock Reservoir, revisit creek mouths and main points with baitfish-sized lures.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.