Just read through this thread. One piece of info is the fact that the trout fishing in my part of the state (Candlewood, Squantz, Ball Pond) dies in early July and does not start up again until the early fall depending upon the weather. So it doesn't matter if the trout season is closed on those lakes, no one is fishing for them anyway. The trout either go to a stream or spring hole, suspend in the thermocline or bury themselves in the weed beds where the thermocline hits the shore. They basically stop feeding for the most part. Maybe a bit right at dawn if they can catch a herring easily. Also, it is almost impossible to release one in good shape so a lot die if caught. In August you can go into an area like Hollywile cove where Ball Pond brook enters the lake and watch the brown trout porpoise as they literally jump clear of the water to fill their gills with air/oxygen and then descend straight down to the bottom again. This is a very stressed and dangerous time for them. So Candlewood may be a trophy trout lake but it is not a summer fishery. Closing it to trout fishing would have zero affect on any fisherman, due to water quality issues it is basically closed anyway.