read this very carefully.... i was fooled into thinking what Skip has stated meant something else, but i was incorrect and upon further review i figured out where i went wrong.

the rule is, and by all means please correct me if i am wrong: all named waters not specifically stated to be OPEN are closed under statewide regulations. this excerpt sheds a bit more light, taken from the anglers guide 2012.

Use this two-step process to determine regulations
on a specific waterbody:
1. Check the table on page 12 for the general statewide
regulations. (fish species/size/creel limit)
2. Refer to the specific waterbody in the alphabetical
listings of Lakes & Ponds (pages 24–33)
or Rivers & Streams (pages 36–44) for special
site-specific regulations. If no site-specific
regulations are listed for a waterbody, statewide
regulations apply for seasons, methods,
and/or limits.
Unless otherwise indicated in the Lakes & Ponds
and Rivers & Streams listings:
• Lakes and ponds are open year-round.
• Rivers & streams are open from 6:00 a.m. on
the 3rd Saturday in April through the last day
of February (Closed to all fishing from March
1st to 6:00 a.m. on the 3rd Saturday in April

i was fooled in an vaugely unspecified stretch of the housatonic river early last season... and for the previous 6 seasons, annually. a chance encounter with a friendly but somewhat puzzled officer showed me the error of my reasoning this past spring. he was kind enough not to write me a citation, but more so i was straight forward with the man, and explained my confusion. he agreed and mentioned a number of anglers were confused like myself.

the odd part was that i was never in any doubt i was even remotely in the wrong, until we both pulled out anglers guides (which i keep with me just to be safe on things like this!!!), and he showed me the above clause.