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Boat ramps near Bridgeport
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Boat ramps near Bridgeport

12 stops5 watersUpdated Nov 6

29 public boat ramps on published waters near Bridgeport.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Bridgeport; below are the 12 closest, grouped by water.

Long Island Sound

Recorded in Long Island Sound: Atlantic Menhaden, Scup, Mummichog, and Bluefish.

Surveyed depths in Long Island Sound reach 383 ft.

  1. 1Newfield Avenue Boat Ramp: boat ramp on Long Island Sound, ≈ 1.2 mi from downtown.
  2. 2Seaside Park: boat ramp on Long Island Sound, ≈ 1.5 mi from downtown.
  3. 3Ash Creek Open Space: boat ramp on Long Island Sound, ≈ 3.3 mi from downtown.
  4. 4Compo Beach and Marina: boat ramp on Long Island Sound, ≈ 9.9 mi from downtown.
  5. 5Public Boat Slips and Moorings at Veterans Memorial Park: boat ramp on Long Island Sound, ≈ 12.7 mi from downtown.
  6. 6Transient Boat Docks and Launch at Veterans Memorial Park: boat ramp on Long Island Sound, ≈ 12.9 mi from downtown.

Lake Zoar

Recorded in Lake Zoar: Smallmouth Bass, Common Carp, Channel Catfish, and Brook Silverside.

Surveyed depths in Lake Zoar reach 64 ft.

  1. 7Canoe & kayak launch — Lake Zoar: boat ramp on Lake Zoar, ≈ 14.2 mi from downtown.
  2. 8Lake Zoar Boat Launch: boat ramp on Lake Zoar, ≈ 17.3 mi from downtown.

Lake Lillinonah

Recorded in Lake Lillinonah: Bluegill, Smallmouth Bass, Rock Bass, and Largemouth Bass.

Surveyed depths in Lake Lillinonah reach 80 ft.

  1. 9Lake Lillinonah (Pond Brook) Boat Launch: boat ramp on Lake Lillinonah, ≈ 20.6 mi from downtown.
  2. 11Lake Lillinonah Boat Launch: boat ramp on Lake Lillinonah, ≈ 22.4 mi from downtown.

Lake Candlewood

Recorded in Lake Candlewood: Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, Largemouth Bass, and Bluegill.

Surveyed depths in Lake Candlewood reach 80 ft.

  1. 10Candlewood Lake (Lattins Cove) Boat Launch: boat ramp on Lake Candlewood, ≈ 22.3 mi from downtown.

Squantz Pond

Recorded in Squantz Pond: Walleye, Grass Carp, Bluegill, and Lake Trout.

Surveyed depths in Squantz Pond reach 40 ft.

  1. 12Candlewood Lake (Squantz Cove) Boat Launch: boat ramp on Squantz Pond, ≈ 27 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, Bay Anchovy is at peak around Bridgeport in November.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Bridgeport fishing page: road drive times where a route was built (≈ marks straight-line distances), access points from state registries, the species recorded in each water and our bite calendar, adjusted for latitude. Nothing is written by hand or generated by AI.

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