Dan, two points.
--Many of these ponds with no motors aren't on the trout stocking lists to begin with or are considered a primary fishery for other than trout.
--As a member of the Ball Pond Advisory Committee for the Town of New Fairfield I can say with certainty that if the state decided not to stock Ball Pond with trout no one would care. Ball Pond is a bass destination and is one of the top largemouth bass lakes in Ct. for both quality and quantity. Serious bass fishermen have no problem rowing a small tin boat or paddling a kayak around. In fact they like doing it knowing that no one will be trolling around getting in their way.
If Ball Pond was off limits to the public due to a conflict over its No Motors regulation, the real losers are the bass fishermen in the state.
Nearly 20,000 trout are stocked in Squantz Pond and Candlewood so if you want to troll for trout these are two bodies of water within ten minutes of Ball Pond where you can troll forever, and as long as you want, with launches open 24/7.
We need to maintain a broader perspective and consider the fact that there are many stakeholders on these bodies of water other than a few trout fishermen who just have to have electric motor access.