Lake Winchester fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Winchester Lake Boat Launch.
The lake
Lake Winchester covers 260 acres in Connecticut, across Northwest Hills County. It is a lake: 97.8% of it is 14 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 16 feet (4.9 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.
Stocking: 9,200 fish in 2025
Connecticut DEEP Fisheries Division records list 9,200 fish released into this water in 2025.
- Northern Pike: 9,200 in 2025
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 16 ft (4.9 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 97.8% of the water is 14 feet or shallower. We hold 50 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–1 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 1–2 ft: 6.3% of the water
- 2–3 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 3–4 ft: 7.4% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 7.6% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 6–7 ft: 6.6% of the water
- 7–8 ft: 7.6% of the water
- 8–9 ft: 6.8% of the water
- 9–10 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 10–11 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 11–12 ft: 6.2% of the water
- 12–13 ft: 8.1% of the water
- 13–14 ft: 11.2% of the water
- 14–15 ft: 2.2% of the water
2 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
Also recorded here: Bluegill, Rock Bass.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.
- Winchester Lake Boat Launch — Winchester, Winchester Lake Water Access. West Road, Winchester · website portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Boating/Boat-Launches/Winchester-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 7.7. These readings span 2024.
What is hard here
With 97.8% of the water 14 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. 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.
