Little River Reservoir is a reservoir in the Naugatuck Valley region, but a dependable acreage figure was not found. A dependable maximum-depth figure was not found for Little River Reservoir, so it should not be guessed from a similarly named water.
What to Expect at Little River Reservoir
Without trustworthy acreage or depth figures for Little River 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 and Useful Baits at Little River Reservoir
Fish reported from Little River Reservoir 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, redfin pickerel, rock bass, tessellated darter, white sucker, and yellow perch. Rainbow trout is listed separately as stocked in Little River Reservoir. The stocking entry is a management record for Little River Reservoir, not a promise that those fish will be present at every spot or on every trip.
Bass
Begin the largemouth search on Little River Reservoir with a moving bait, then pick apart wood or weeds with a worm.
Crappie, Perch and Sunfish
For Little River Reservoir crappie, hold a 1/16-ounce jig or minnow beside wood instead of dragging it through snags. Bluegill in Little River Reservoir are practical targets with a worm or small jig suspended beside shallow cover. Yellow perch in Little River Reservoir are commonly caught with a small jig tipped with a minnow or worm near bottom.
Walleye and Larger Predators
Chain pickerel in Little River Reservoir can be found with spoons, spinnerbaits and small swimbaits along vegetation.
A Simple Fishing Plan for Little River Reservoir
Choose a compact section and test it from shallow to deep on Little River Reservoir. Then compare incoming water, the old channel and a point leading toward the deeper end of Little River Reservoir.
When to Fish Little River Reservoir
Spring at Little River Reservoir favors warming coves, feeder mouths and protected spawning banks. Once summer heat settles over Little River Reservoir, work the deepest active cover instead of assuming every fish has moved to the bottom. Windblown points on Little River Reservoir become worth checking when autumn baitfish move shallow.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.