Connecticut has released its fishing regulations for 2014, revealing slight changes from the 2013 regs. Changes include an 18″ minimum fluke size limit (up from 17.5″ last year), a slightly shorter fluke season ending more than a month earlier than last year (Sep. 21 instead of Oct. 31), and modified winter flounder and black seabass seasons. To read the entire press release from the CT DEEP, click here.
| 2014 CT Fishing Regulations | |||
| Species | Size | Catch Limit | Season |
| Striped Bass | 2 Fish | 28″ Minimum | – |
| Bluefish | 10 Fish | No size | – |
| Fluke (Summer Flounder) | 5 Fish | 18″ Minimum | May 17 – Sep 21 |
| Winter Flounder (Blackback) | 2 Fish | 12″ Minimum | April 1 – Dec 31 |
| Scup (Porgy) | 20 Fish | 10.5″ Minimum | May 1 – Dec 31 |
| Black Seabass (Season 1) | 3 Fish | 13″ Minimum | June 21 – Aug 31 |
| Black Seabass (Season 2) | 8 Fish | 13″ Minimum | Sep 1 – Dec 31 |
| Tautog (Blackfish) (Season 1) | 2 Fish | 16″ Minimum | Apr 1 – Apr 30 |
| Tautog (Blackfish) (Season 2) | 2 Fish | 16″ Minimum | Jul 1 – Aug 31 |
| Tautog (Blackfish) (Season 3) | 4 Fish | 16″ Minimum | Oct 10 – Dec 6 |
| Weakfish | 1 Fish | 16″ Minimum | – |
| Atlantic Cod | 10 Fish | 22″ Minimum | – |
| Haddock | No Limit | 18″ Minimum | – |
| Pollock | No Limit | 18″ Minimum | – |
| Bluefin Tuna | 1 Fish Per Vessel Per Day | 27″ – 73″ (permit required) | – |
17.5 to 18 ” Ya that’s really going to help. Bunch of brain dead fools that don’t have a clue. Change a number to justify their jobs now they get another years pay with benefits. Junk science with no facts.
I totally agree with Dan. I think they put different reg changes in a hat, and pick a few every year. Gotta love the bureaucrats justifying sucking taxpayers money!
CT DEEP could care less about conservation. More concerned with politics and keeping their jobs.
I would support any regulations that support conservation and research to gather info on how better to manage our resources I personally follow regs for this reason and don’t want to get bad karma by not doing so. The fishing has been pretty good compared to the seventies when I was young