Pickerel Lake

Pickerel Lake covers 82 acres in the Southeastern Connecticut region. The verified maximum depth at Pickerel Lake is 10 feet.

What to Expect at Pickerel Lake

With 82 acres and only 10 feet of maximum depth, Pickerel Lake is a broad, shallow fishery where wind, weeds and small bottom changes can matter more than offshore depth.

Fish and Useful Baits at Pickerel Lake

Fish reported from Pickerel Lake include american eel, black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, channel catfish, common carp, golden shiner, largemouth bass, longear sunfish, smallmouth bass, white catfish, and yellow perch.

Bass

Largemouth bass in Pickerel Lake can be searched with a spinnerbait before a Texas-rigged worm is worked through the best cover. For smallmouth bass on Pickerel Lake, keep a bottom-contact bait ready for points and channel edges.

Crappie, Perch and Sunfish

Slow vertical presentations around wood and suspended cover are dependable for Pickerel Lake crappie. Bluegill and other sunfish in Pickerel Lake 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 Pickerel Lake.

Walleye and Larger Predators

Chain pickerel in Pickerel Lake can be found with spoons, spinnerbaits and small swimbaits along vegetation.

A Simple Fishing Plan for Pickerel Lake

Fish one shoreline slowly before crossing the water on Pickerel Lake. Then compare vegetation, shaded shoreline and firm-bottom changes around Pickerel Lake before searching open water.

When to Fish Pickerel Lake

A sunny spring afternoon can pull Pickerel Lake fish toward dark bottom, wood and new vegetation. Summer fish in Pickerel Lake may feed shallow at dawn before settling beside cover or deeper structure. Cooling water can bring Pickerel Lake fish back to points and banks where bait gathers.