Margerie Lake Reservoir is a reservoir in Connecticut, near Western Connecticut 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.
Margerie Lake Reservoir is a reservoir in the Western Connecticut region, but a dependable acreage figure was not found. A dependable maximum-depth figure was not found for Margerie Lake Reservoir, so it should not be guessed from a similarly named water.
Without trustworthy acreage or depth figures for Margerie Lake 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 Margerie Lake Reservoir include banded killifish, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, channel catfish, common carp, golden shiner, largemouth bass, longear sunfish, spottail shiner, white perch, and yellow perch. Brown trout is listed separately as stocked in Margerie Lake Reservoir. The stocking entry is a management record for Margerie Lake Reservoir, not a promise that those fish will be present at every spot or on every trip.
A spinnerbait, square-bill and Texas rig cover the most useful largemouth situations on Margerie Lake Reservoir.
Crappie at Margerie Lake Reservoir 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 Margerie Lake Reservoir for bluegill and related sunfish. A small minnow or worm on a light rig fits yellow perch fishing at Margerie Lake Reservoir.
A spoon or compact swimbait worked beside weeds is a practical chain pickerel choice on Margerie Lake Reservoir.
Choose a compact section and test it from shallow to deep on Margerie Lake Reservoir. Then compare incoming water, the old channel and a point leading toward the deeper end of Margerie Lake Reservoir.
Spring at Margerie Lake Reservoir favors warming coves, feeder mouths and protected spawning banks. Once summer heat settles over Margerie Lake Reservoir, work the deepest active cover instead of assuming every fish has moved to the bottom. Windblown points on Margerie Lake Reservoir become worth checking when autumn baitfish move shallow.
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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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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.