04-18-2007, 11:16 PM
Rain, flooding may have swept away fish
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by News Channel 8's Tricia Taskey
Posted Apr. 18, 2007
Updated 2:12 PM
(Vernon-WTNH) _ All the rain may have taken a toll on thousands of trout which have been stocked in Connecticut rivers. The fish were stocked last week ahead of the annual trout fishing season.
The state's been busy stocking dozen's of ponds, streams, rivers and lakes, but there is concern all the recent rain and flooding could put a damper on opening day. The Department of Environmental Protection says the high waters may have washed away as many as 50,000 of those freshly stocked trout.
Some longtime fishermen say that's been a concern many times before, but not to worry.
"Usually what happens is fish try to get out of the main current, any breaks in the water, go behind rocks on the shoreline until the water drops back down," said Terry Rand, owner of Connecticut Outfitters, a fishing supply store in Hartford.
He's been fishing in Connecticut for more than 25 years.
"There were a number of years we had high water like this and I still found plenty of fish in those rivers that were stocked by the state."
He's betting there will still be plenty of people on the river banks on opening day no matter what.
"A lot of people have been anticipating opening day for the last six months. It's a ritual. Third Saturday of every April for the start of the season."
By then the DEP will have stocked 400,000 trout around the state despite their concerns of high waters.
So the DEP says the best spot to catch some fish on opening day is smaller ponds and lakes. They say stay away from those bigger rivers and lakes until the flood waters recede. [/size][/#000000]
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Posted Apr. 18, 2007
Updated 2:12 PM
(Vernon-WTNH) _ All the rain may have taken a toll on thousands of trout which have been stocked in Connecticut rivers. The fish were stocked last week ahead of the annual trout fishing season.
The state's been busy stocking dozen's of ponds, streams, rivers and lakes, but there is concern all the recent rain and flooding could put a damper on opening day. The Department of Environmental Protection says the high waters may have washed away as many as 50,000 of those freshly stocked trout.
Some longtime fishermen say that's been a concern many times before, but not to worry.
"Usually what happens is fish try to get out of the main current, any breaks in the water, go behind rocks on the shoreline until the water drops back down," said Terry Rand, owner of Connecticut Outfitters, a fishing supply store in Hartford.
He's been fishing in Connecticut for more than 25 years.
"There were a number of years we had high water like this and I still found plenty of fish in those rivers that were stocked by the state."
He's betting there will still be plenty of people on the river banks on opening day no matter what.
"A lot of people have been anticipating opening day for the last six months. It's a ritual. Third Saturday of every April for the start of the season."
By then the DEP will have stocked 400,000 trout around the state despite their concerns of high waters.
So the DEP says the best spot to catch some fish on opening day is smaller ponds and lakes. They say stay away from those bigger rivers and lakes until the flood waters recede. [/size][/#000000]
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