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Candlewood Lake, CT

Lake spanning Fairfield/Litchfield counties, Connecticut. Connecticut's largest lake at 5,400 acres. Once ranked Top 25 bass lake nationally. Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye, and panfish.

54

Overall bite score

Scored 17 min ago · recomputed every 30 minutes

Water tempModeled66
Pressure trendNOAAsteady60
SolunarComputedmoon 49% lit41
Recent stockingState data50
Time of dayComputed40
WindNOAA60
Cloud coverNOAA35
PrecipitationNOAA50

Each instrument reads 0 to 100. The score is their weighted blend, tuned for lakes and reservoirs. No black box: every reading names its source.

What swims here

4 tracked species in Candlewood Lake, with the months each fishes best.

Largemouth Basscommon · best May-Sep
Smallmouth Basscommon · best May-Sep
Yellow Perchcommon · best Mar-May, Oct-Nov
Walleyepresent · best Apr-May, Sep-Oct

Water facts

TypeLake
CountyFairfield/Litchfield
StateConnecticut
WaterFreshwater

State boat launch in Danbury. Multiple marinas around the lake. Squantz Pond State Park.

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