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Fish Identification with CT Limits & Seasons

Winter FlounderMinimum 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

BluefishMinimum length:   None

Daily creel limit: 10 fish per angler  (Including “snappers”)

Season:  Open Year Round

Bluefish

Hickory Shad / American ShadMinimum 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 / HaddockMinimum 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
PollockMinimum length:  19 inches

Daily creel limit:  None

Season:  Open Year Round

Pollock
Blue CrabMinimum 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

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Updates

ENB Pumpout Program 2023 starts in May

East Norwalk Blue’s Mobile Pumpout Program starts up again in May.  When we are operating, boaters can enter their pumpout request here online by filling out Pumpout Request Form on this website.  We look forward to another great year on the water keeping pollution at bay with our upgraded fleet.  To keep the Sound waters […]

ENB 2023 Mobile Pumpout Program starts May 1st!

With winter coming to a close, the 2023 boating season is getting near, and ENB will be ready to start up our mobile pumpout program again in May.  We will be operating May through October along the north coast of the western Long Island Sound, from Bridgeport, CT to Locust Point, NY.  There will be […]

Harbor Health Study 2022

Harbor Health Study-2022_FINAL It’s that time of year again, the publication of the ENb – contributed annual Harbor Health Study, a collaborative effort to collect data on the ecosystem health of local empayments.  An important document used to gauge the health 7 harbors in the Western Long Island Sound. View the 2022 Harbor Health Study […]

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