1. It seems 1961 was a great year for land acquisitions in the state of Connecticut. I have launched from many of those locations as I'm sure most of you have, too. I checked out Toll Gate Pond in Greenwich on Google Earth and it looks to be a little swamp right next to the Merrit. But lets be honest here, ain't none of us Po' folks launching anything in Greenwich.
2. Public Access To Fishing Waters, revised in 1962, was available free upon request. A young Representative from Greenwich named Lowell Wiecker saw the absolute foolishness in this and brought forth a bill to the Capital aptly named "No More Shooting Fish in a Barrel". Since the passage of that bill, nothing in the Nutmeg state has been free. At a congratulatory party for Wiecker sources said that the much inebriated representative could be heard mumbling something to the effect "I'm not done with these assholes yet".
3. Raymond Stopka, Lake Satonstall, 1955 record catch for Calico Bass at 3lbs 13 oz. Try telling me this man is not related to our very own JohnS (Stopka)? If so, we now know how the lineage for all things panfish has been passed along. Congrats John - DNA verification pending.
4. I was unaware that the CT river held pike previous to the stocking program out of Haddam Meadows. The Bulletin reports that the Connecticut River shows indications that this waterway has tremendous sport fishing potential and is largely unexploited. Wasn't the river extremely polluted in the early 60's? Glad they got that one figured out.
5. As if there hasn't been enough foolishness in this post, how incredible would it be to transport yourself and all of your gear, electronics and boat back to 1961 for a week and fish any of the bodies of water that you fish now, back then?
Don't doubt in the dark what you learned in the light.
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