There seems to be a fair amount of interest in catching land-locked stripers and hybrids from a good sized lake. The closest spot that I know of is Lake Wallenpaupak in the Poconos and second choice would be Lake Hopatcong in NJ.
I had a camp on the Delaware River for years and we fished Lake Wallenpaupak a lot. I have caught hybrids and regular stripers at night fishing down by the dam. I have also caught lots of smallies, some huge brown trout, my personal best non-Lake Erie walleye at 32 inches, and it is loaded with jumbo yellows and crappie. It is a bit larger than Candlewood at 5,700 surface acres and is a hydro impoundment. It has the same exact shoreline structure of glaciated boulders, gravel and some shale ledge formations and is the closest lake in size and in fisheries content to Candlewood that I know of in the Northeast. You can reach the lake via Rt 84 and from Danbury to the lake is about a bit over 2 hours of easy highway.
There is a tackle store down by the dam in Hawley, Pa. and they carry live herring just like Candlewood Bait & Tackle and the Valley Angler. The lake has multiple launching sites. I have used two, one big state launch at the dam and one mid lake at a marina. Either will accomodate boaters 24/7 and fishing all night is no problem.
Lake Wallenpaupak has about 50 bass tournies a year so I am sure others from our site have fished it besides me.