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Anglers Please Plan Ahead! Trout stocking is well underway in anticipation for Opening Day on April 8, 2017 and we are all looking forward to an enjoyable season. The Connecticut DEEP will be stocking over 530,000 catchable size trout (average size of 12 inches) into Connecticut’s lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams this spring (before opening day and until mid-May). This number is about 90,000 less fish than the number stocked last year, which will bring some changes to our stocking program in order to minimize the impact on anglers and make the most efficient use of the trout we have available. The reduced fish production is the result of three key factors: A reduction in production capacity at Kensington Fish Hatchery to achieve budgetary savings; Critical maintenance of several production ponds at Quinebaug Trout Hatchery, which required them to be taken out of service and drained of water while repairs were made; Moderate to severe statewide drought in 2015 and 2016 (ongoing) resulting in less flow of water to fill ponds, raceways and supply flow at all three hatcheries. With the reduced number of trout, changes to our stocking program mean that the Fisheries Division will not be stocking some waters or sections of some waters, and is reducing total number of trout stocked in others. The reason for eliminating previous stocking locations varies but in many instances is due to one of the following reasons; - Low documented usage by anglers; - Reduced public access; - Locations are currently stocked with brown trout fry or fingerlings; To eliminate stocking on top of wild trout populations. The Fisheries Division regrets the inconvenience this may cause to some anglers, and we advise all to be aware that the following waters or sections of waters will not be stocked during 2017 is found on the next page. Get realtime stocking information on our Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/ctfishandwildlife
Waterbody (section) Town(s) Allyns Brook Durham Anguilla Brook Stonington Bantam River, Fly Area Litchfield, Morris Beaver Brook Barkhamsted Belcher Brook Berlin Birdseye Brook (Mohawk Ski Area) Cornwall Bladens Brook Seymour Buck Brook Portland Burlington Brook Burlington Candlewood Hill Brook Haddam Carse Brook Sharon Coppermine Brook (upstream of TMA) Bristol Cory Brook Canterbury Cox (Carr) Brook Portland Crystal Lake Brook Stafford Deep River Deep River Dodge Pond East Lyme East River Guilford Ekonk Brook Plainfield Fawn Brook (E.&W.Branch) Hebron Flat Brook, East Hampton East Hampton Gardner Brook Bozrah Giffords Brook Columbia Great Brook Chester Great Meadow Brook Voluntown Gulf Stream Somers Horse Brook Plainfield Howells Pond Brook Hartland
Hyde Mill Pond Ledyard, Stonington Indian Hole Brook Shelton Indian River Clinton Keach Pond Thompson Lake Waramaug Brook Warren
Lantern Hill Pond Ledyard, North Stonington
Lathrop Brook Plainfield Little Pond Thompson Little River Putnam Long Meadow Pond Brook Naugatuck Long Swamp Brook Middlebury Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond Mansfield Marshepaug River Goshen Mattabesset River Berlin McIntrye Brook Stafford Mill Brook Cornwall Mohawk Brook Cornwall Neck River Madison, Guilford Norwich Pond Lyme Paine Pond Ashford Pattaconk Brook Chester Pease Brook (above WMA) Lebanon Pendleton Hill Brook North Stonington Pine Brook East Hampton Pootatuck River (upper section) Monroe Race Brook Orange Raymond Brook Hebron Roaring Brook Lyme Roseland Lake Woodstock Safstrom Brook East Hampton Saw Mill Pond Ledyard Shaw Lake (Hayward) East Haddam
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