Upper Guilford Lake is a reservoir in Connecticut, near South Central Connecticut County.
Upper Guilford Lake is a reservoir in the South Central Connecticut region, but a dependable acreage figure was not found. A dependable maximum-depth figure was not found for Upper Guilford Lake, so it should not be guessed from a similarly named water.
Without trustworthy acreage or depth figures for Upper Guilford Lake, 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 Upper Guilford Lake include black crappie, bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, channel catfish, common carp, largemouth bass, longear sunfish, and yellow perch.
A spinnerbait, square-bill and Texas rig cover the most useful largemouth situations on Upper Guilford Lake.
A soft-plastic minnow or live minnow placed beside cover is a sound crappie approach on Upper Guilford Lake. For sunfish on Upper Guilford Lake, keep a cricket or tiny jig close to weed edges and shaded wood. For Upper Guilford Lake yellow perch, work a light jig slowly along the first firm-bottom break.
A spoon or compact swimbait worked beside weeds is a practical chain pickerel choice on Upper Guilford Lake.
Compare firm bottom with the nearest vegetation or wood on Upper Guilford Lake. Then compare incoming water, the old channel and a point leading toward the deeper end of Upper Guilford Lake.
A sunny spring afternoon can pull Upper Guilford Lake fish toward dark bottom, wood and new vegetation. Summer fish in Upper Guilford Lake may feed shallow at dawn before settling beside cover or deeper structure. Cooling water can bring Upper Guilford Lake fish back to points and banks where bait gathers.
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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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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.
Source checked:
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.
Source checked:
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.
Source checked:
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.
Source checked:
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.
Source checked:
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.
Source checked:
This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.