I have a Grandma that grew up out of Hartford. (CT? I don't know nobody in CT? Kenneth Keniff LOL) I hear the small mouth use to be killer in the 40's and 50's there.
I think i have some pictures on my phone, ill check. Not huge but big for the river. Used to be lots of big fish but now they have a dam and kill all the fish every few years draining it for service.