The Connecticut River has an interesting mix of fish in it. We have the usual Northeast variety, stripers, black bass, etc (though I am aware that the bass are not native) and the occasional salmon left over from the largely unsuccessful restoration efforts. We also have Northerns and a run of lamprey eels. And there is (I am pretty sure) two kinds of sturgeon, though we dont have any 2000 lb. monsters like they found in Lake Seattle a few years back. A little north of where I live, there is walleye.
Connecticut is actually a pretty good place for fishing, especially salt water. I believe a striper caught at a spot near shore that I can see from my office window here in New Haven was over 80 lbs.
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