I'm from CT too...seems to be a lot of that going around for some reason or another. Pike, pickerel would be great. Not much personality, but are they ever fun to watch hunt! I kept grass pickerel for a while back in 08. Seined it out of the lake I grew up on in the NE part of the state. Mad toms are highly recommended too: I even keep some (native to where I now live in South Central PA) with my tropicals. Not a true monsters like a yellow bullhead, but a nice fit for a lot tanks.