Lake Saltonstall fishing: Walleye, Brown Trout
Target species: Walleye, Brown Trout
The lake
Lake Saltonstall covers 417 acres in Connecticut, across South Central Connecticut County. It is a lake: 90.1% of it is 80 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 110 feet (33.5 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 110 ft (33.5 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.1% of the water is 80 feet or shallower. We hold 30 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–10 ft: 18% of the water
- 10–20 ft: 12.6% of the water
- 20–30 ft: 14.5% of the water
- 30–40 ft: 15.1% of the water
- 40–50 ft: 7.6% of the water
- 50–60 ft: 7.7% of the water
- 60–70 ft: 6.8% of the water
- 70–80 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 80–90 ft: 3.9% of the water
- 90–100 ft: 3.1% of the water
- 100–110 ft: 2.9% of the water
Stocking: 2,892 fish in 2025
Connecticut DEEP Fisheries Division records list 2,892 fish released into this water in 2025.
- Walleye: 1,692 in 2025
- Brown Trout: 1,200 in 2025
2 target fish, led by Walleye
- Walleye — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
Also recorded here: Bluegill.
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.
