So let's say we eliminate Opening Day. I have a few questions:

1. When would stocking begin and end in this case?

2. Would fish be stocked evenly throughout the fishing season?

3. Would fish be stocked during summer months when water is low and temperatures may not support trout...a cold water species?

4. Would the stocking patterns that exist today with Opening Day in April REALLY change all that much?

5. Would revenue really "dry up" given that the most popular times to fish for trout are spring and fall?

6. If DEP begins to stock as soon as water levels and temps are close to optimum for the trout, wouldn't you have the same result of 60% of the fish being caught the first 2 weeks, only now it would be the first two weeks of say March?

Either way, I will fish when it is legal for me to do so in as many spots as I can whether I can keep a trout or not.

I think the majority of those of us who have participated in this forum will also do the same.

The point made by Alleycat is well taken...CT has come a long way as far as availability of fishing opportunities for us all.

How many states allow you to fish ALL YEAR LONG?

Even NY with its' great steeelhead, salmon and other trout fisheries open all year still has an Opening Day...and one would have to wonder why?