Fish Identification
with CT Limits & Seasons

Winter Flounder 
Minimum length:  12 inches
Daily creel limit:  8 fish per angler
Season:  Open Year Round

Winter flounder

Summer Flounder (Fluke)
Minimum length:  17 inches
Daily creel limit:  6 fish per angler
Season:  Open Year Round

Summer flounder (fluke)

Striped Bass 
Minimum length:  28 inches
Daily creel limit:  2 fish per angler
Season:  Open Year Round

Striped bass

Bluefish
Minimum length:   None
Daily creel limit: 10 fish per angler  (Including "snappers")
Season:  Open Year Round

Bluefish

Hickory Shad / American Shad
Minimum length:  None
Daily creel limit:  6 fish per angler
(Both species in aggregate)
Season:  Open Year Round

Hickory shad
American shad

Blackfish (Tautog)
Minimum length:   14 inches
Daily creel limit:  4 fish per angler
Season:  Open  January 1 - April 30, June 15 - September 7 and
September 22 - December 13

Blackfish (tautog)

Weakfish (Sea Trout)  
Minimum length:   16 inches
Daily creel limit:  10 fish
Season:  Open Year Round

Weakfish

Scup (Porgy)
Minimum length:   10 1/2 inches
Daily creel limit:  20 fish per angler
Season:  Open July 23 - October 12 and Nov 1 - Dec 31

Scup (Porgy)

White Perch 
Minimum length:   7 inches
Daily creel limit:  30 fish per angler
Season:  Open Year Round

White perch

Black Sea Bass
Minimum length:   12 inches
Daily creel limit:  25 fish per angler
Season:  Open January 1 - September 7 and September 22 - November 30

Black Sea Bass

American Eel
Minimum length:   6 inches
Daily creel limit:  50 fish per angler
Season:  Open Year Round

American eel

Atlantic Cod / Haddock
Minimum length: 23 inches 
Daily creel limit:  
10 Cod per angler
No creel limit on Haddock
No creel limit on Party/Charter vessels
Season:  Open Year Round

Atlantic cod
Haddock

Pollock
Minimum length:  19 inches
Daily creel limit:  None
Season:  Open Year Round

Pollock

Blue Crab
Minimum shell width (Spike tip to spike tip):
5 inches - Hard shell
3 1/2 inches - Soft shell
Daily creel limit:  None
Season:  May 1 - November 30

Blue crab