What lives in the Connecticut River?

It is home to many wildlife species, including bear, moose, bobcat, wild turkey, bald eagle, trout, shad, and 10 federally threatened or endangered species.

How deep is the CT River?

131′
Connecticut River/Max depth

In the Middle Connecticut region, the river reaches its maximum depth – 130 feet (40 m) – at Gill, Massachusetts, around the French King Bridge, and its maximum width – 2,100 feet (640 m) – at Longmeadow, directly across from the Six Flags New England amusement park.

Do river sharks attack humans?

Despite their scary reputation, sharks rarely ever attack humans and would much rather feed on fish and marine mammals. Sharks are opportunistic feeders, but most sharks primarily feed on smaller fish and invertebrates. Some of the larger shark species prey on seals, sea lions, and other marine mammals.

What fish is running in the Connecticut River?

Each spring, hundreds of thousands of fish migrate from the ocean to the Connecticut River such as alewife and blueback herring, American eel and American shad, sea lamprey, striped bass, shortnose sturgeon and more recently, Atlantic sturgeon.

Are there salmon in the Connecticut River?

In Connecticut, small numbers of anadromous adults run up the Connecticut River and its larger tributaries. Young salmon are stocked into numerous tributary streams within the Connecticut and Pawcatuck River drainages, where they can be abundant.

Can you swim in the Connecticut River?

Unfortunately, the river is not always clean enough for swimming and/or boating due to elevated E. coli bacteria levels associated with stormwater runoff and combined sewer overflows (CSOs).

Are the stripers in the Connecticut River?

Stripers can be found throughout the 50 mile stretch of river from Hartford to the river’s mouth in Old Saybrook. The many sharp turns in the river create fast currents and deep drop-offs that are perfect habitat for stripers looking to ambush the migrating herring. The Connecticut River is a very unique river system.

Is there a shark in Connecticut right now?

This latest Connecticut sighting was picked up by researchers with OCEARCH off the shore of Greenwich. The big guy in question was first tagged in Nova Scotia and named after the explorer John Cabot. The shark is now living up to his name, exploring parts of the Atlantic seaboard where his kind doesn’t usually venture.

Are there Sharks in the Chicopee River?

Several large sharks spotted in CT river near Chicopee. Authorities report several large sharks reported in the Connecticut river near Springfield, Chicopee line. One fisherman managed to get a photo of one of the sharks. Experts determined from the photo that it was a Bull Shark about ten feet long.

Is there a shark in the Springfield River?

Authorities report several large sharks reported in the Connecticut river near Springfield, Chicopee line. One fisherman managed to get a photo of one of the sharks. Experts determined from the photo that it was a Bull Shark about ten feet long.

Are there great white sharks in the Long Island Sound?

Researchers spotted a great white shark in the Long Island Sound Monday, the first time one of these big guys has been tracked in those waters. Great whites are rare, but not unheard of off the coast of the Cape, north of this sighting. In the fall of 2018, there were two separate attacks in Truro and Wellfleet.