Bantam Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Bluegill
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Bantam Lake Boat Launch.
The lake
Bantam Lake covers 967 acres in Connecticut, across Northwest Hills County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is at least 24 feet (7.3 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.
5 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Stocking: 9,529 fish in 2025
Connecticut DEEP Fisheries Division records list 9,529 fish released into this water in 2025.
- Northern Pike: 9,529 in 2025
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 24 ft (7.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. We hold 69 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 4.8% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 6.6% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 6.6% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 6.6% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 5.4% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 10.6% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 16.5% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 18.6% of the water
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 4.7–11.1 feet on our readings, averaging 7 feet, from 252 readings. Our water temperature readings average 80°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.9. These readings span 2021–2024.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.
- Bantam Lake Boat Launch — Morris, Bantam Lake Water Access. 16 Palmer Road, Morris 06763 · website portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Boating/Boat-Launches/Bantam-Lake-Boat-Launch
The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.
What is hard here
Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.
Where this data comes from
- Connecticut DEEP — Connecticut DEEP: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
