Hop Brook Lake is a reservoir in Connecticut, near Naugatuck Valley 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.
Hop Brook Lake covers 26 acres in the Naugatuck Valley region. A dependable maximum-depth figure was not found for Hop Brook Lake, so it should not be guessed from a similarly named water.
At 26 acres, Hop Brook Lake is small enough to fish methodically but large enough for one shoreline to differ from another.
Fish reported from Hop Brook Lake include american eel, black crappie, blacknose dace, bluegill, brook trout, brown bullhead, brown trout, chain pickerel, channel catfish, common carp, common shiner, creek chub, fallfish, golden shiner, largemouth bass, longear sunfish, longnose dace, redbreast sunfish, rock bass, spottail shiner, tessellated darter, white sucker, yellow bullhead, and yellow perch. Rainbow trout is listed separately as stocked in Hop Brook Lake. The stocking entry is a management record for Hop Brook Lake, not a promise that those fish will be present at every spot or on every trip.
When largemouth bass hold tight to cover on Hop Brook Lake, a compact jig or weedless worm is more useful than repeated open-water casts.
Crappie at Hop Brook Lake respond to a small jig or live minnow beside brush and suspended cover. Use a tiny jig or natural bait under a float when fishing Hop Brook Lake for bluegill and related sunfish. A small minnow or worm on a light rig fits yellow perch fishing at Hop Brook Lake.
For Hop Brook Lake 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 Hop Brook Lake. Then compare incoming water, the old channel and a point leading toward the deeper end of Hop Brook Lake.
On Hop Brook Lake, spring fish often move onto protected banks before the open basin warms. Summer fishing on Hop Brook Lake is usually best at low light, beside shade or along the outside edge of healthy cover. During fall at Hop Brook Lake, revisit creek mouths and main points with baitfish-sized lures.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.
Source dates describe the evidence, not a live catch forecast. Check the managing authority before planning access or keeping fish.
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