Highland Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Bluegill, Rock Bass

Reservoir · Connecticut · Winsted, 2 mi away

Highland Lake, Connecticut: Rainbow Trout. 90.7% of it is 39 feet deep or less. 1 ramp or launch. At least 60 ft deep. 9,300 fish stocked since 2025.

Highland Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Bluegill, Rock Bass 1

Reservoir

Surface area: 461 acres0.7 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 60 ftdeep
Fish species: 4
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Winsted2 mi

Highland Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Bluegill, Rock Bass

Target species: Rainbow Trout, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Brown Trout
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Highland Lake Boat Launch.

The lake

Highland Lake covers 461 acres in Connecticut, across Northwest Hills County. It is a lake: 90.7% of it is 39 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 60 feet (18.3 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 60 ft (18.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.7% of the water is 39 feet or shallower. We hold 64 depth contour lines for this water.

0–3 ft: 7.3% of the water
3–6 ft: 7.7% of the water
6–9 ft: 9.1% of the water
9–12 ft: 9.4% of the water
12–15 ft: 9% of the water
15–18 ft: 8.7% of the water
18–21 ft: 6.5% of the water
21–24 ft: 6.2% of the water
24–27 ft: 5.9% of the water
27–30 ft: 6.2% of the water
30–33 ft: 5.3% of the water
33–36 ft: 5.1% of the water
36–39 ft: 4.3% of the water
39–42 ft: 3.7% of the water
42–45 ft: 2.5% of the water
45–48 ft: 0.9% of the water
48–51 ft: 0.9% of the water
51–54 ft: 0.9% of the water
54–57 ft: 0.5% of the water

Stocking: 9,300 fish in 2025

Connecticut DEEP Fisheries Division records list 9,300 fish released into this water in 2025.

Brown Trout: 4,970 in 2025
Rainbow Trout: 4,300 in 2025

One more species on the stocking list.

4 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

Highland Lake Boat Launch — Winchester, Highland Lake Water Access. 297 West Lake Street, Winchester · website portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Boating/Boat-Launches/Highland-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.

Water and conditions

pH averages 7.3. These readings span 2019–2023.

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.