11-25-2004, 01:13 PM
[font "Times New Roman"]Weekly Fishing Report - Week of November 22, 2004 [/font] [font "Times New Roman"]![[Image: salmon.gif]](http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/fishing/fishimag/salmon.gif)
[#004080]INLAND REPORT[/#004080][/font]
DEP stocked 160 more broodstock Atlantic salmon from the Kensington Hatchery into the Shetucket River on Monday (11/22) and will be stocking 160 salmon into the Naugatuck River on Wednesday (11/24). These stockings bring the number of broodstock salmon stocked into these two rivers up to 1310 fish. DEP expects to be able to stock an additional 400 fish from the federal hatchery in Vermont during the first week of December.
BROODSTOCK ATLANTIC SALMON fishing in the Naugatuck & Shetucket Rivers is awesome! Anglers are in disbelief as to the quality of these fish. Fishing is so good and the fish so big that some anglers have reported equipment being destroyed. Remember that there is a 26 pound fish out there waiting to thrill someone. Anglers are also reminded that catch-and-release fishing is in effect through November 30, 2004. From December 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005, anglers may keep one fish per day. Fishing for Atlantic salmon is limited to use of single-fly or lure with a single free-swinging hook.
[font "Times New Roman"][#ff0000]Caution to Anglers: [/#ff0000][#ff0000]Anglers are also reminded that DEP conducted experimental stockings of 110 pre-spawn Atlantic salmon into the Farmington River (Burlington-Avon-Farmington), Salmon, Blackledge, Jeremy and Eightmile Rivers earlier this month. These stockings are not part of the annual broodstock salmon stocking program and it is illegal to harvest Atlantic salmon in these waters. Anglers should take care not to mistake these fish for large brown trout. There has been at least one instance on the Farmington River where anglers have mistaken a salmon for a large brown trout, fortunately, only photos were taken and the fish was released.[/#ff0000][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]PLEASE SEE [url "http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/fishing/fishimag/salmon_trout.jpg"]TROUT/SALMON[/url] IMAGE (courtesy of New York Sea Grant) FOR A GUIDE TO DIFFERENTIATING ATLANTIC SALMON AND BROWN TROUT.[/font]
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Rivers & streams – Trout are providing some excellent fall action for the hearty angler. Anglers are reporting very good fishing in the Farmington (18” brown), Housatonic (15 browns for one person), Fenton, Naugatuck, Mill, Pootatuck, Pequabuck (10 trout for one angler) and Salmon Rivers and Salmon Brook. Streamer (9a.m. – 1p.m. during low light periods/overcast days) and nymphing (late afternoon) are working well. For streamers try white, yellow & brown colors. Patterns to try include: White Wooly Buggers, Muddlers, Micky Finn, Grey or Black Ghosts (#4-10). Bottom bouncing nymphs with Tan and Winter Caddis pupa (#16-18), Serendipity (#14-16), Pheasant Tail (#12-20), Prince (#6-18) and Hare’s ear (#8-20) is recommended. Some anglers are having very good results using scud and egg patterns. The Farmington River is 50°F with very fishable clear flows (350 cfs below Riverton). Blue Wing Olives continue to be the dominant hatch, with Midges and Caddis mixed in. For best action try BWO (#16-20, late morning), Caddis (winter & tan #16-18, early afternoon). Expect most of the action to be between 11:30am – 3:00pm. The Housatonic River is 41°F with 750 cfs of clear flows. Insect hatches include: Blue Wing Olive (#18-22, early morning) and Tan/Winter caddis (#16-20, early morning and late afternoon).
[font "Times New Roman"]Lakes & Ponds – Trout are providing excellent late season fishing at a number of water bodies including Colebrook Reservoir (28 browns up to 16”), Candlewood (2 lb. brown), Highland (5 lb. brown), East Twin and Amos lakes, West Hill (25 trout) Pond, Beach Pond, and the Chatfield Hollow and Wolfe Park Trout Parks.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Late season LARGEMOUTH BASS fishing is reported as good to very good in a number of water bodies including: Lake Lillinonah, Lake Zoar, Mudge, Lantern Hill (5 lb), Long, Ball (3.5 lb.), Squantz (5.25 lb), Great Hollow and Beach (4 lb) ponds, and Amos (2.5 lb), Billings (10 fish) and Quonnipaug (2.5 lb) lakes. NORTHERN PIKE are providing some action at Bantam Lake.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Connecticut River – BLACK CRAPPIE (including a 18”, 3-lb beauty) are still being taken on jigs & shiners in Wethersfield Cove. Some NORTHERN PIKE action reported in the Haddam Meadows area.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]NOTES: Winter drawdowns of Gardner Lake (down 16”), Glasgo Pond (down 18”), Pachaug Pond (down 36”) and Lower (down 21”) and Middle Bolton (down 36”) lakes are in progress. All are scheduled for eventual drawdowns of 3 feet. Blue Lake (Anderson Pond) in North Stonington has been drawndown 18-24 inches for dam reconstruction. Work is expected to be completed by the end of November. A 7-8 foot winter drawdown of Candlewood Lake began on November 1. Current drawdown rate is approximately half a foot per week.[/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][url "http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/fishing/weekly/fishadv.htm"]Weekly Fishing Report[/url] | [url "http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/index.htm"]Bureau of Natural Resources[/url][/font][/center] [font "Arial"][size 2][url "http://dep.state.ct.us/index.htm"]Home[/url] | [url "http://dep.state.ct.us/aboutdep/contact/contact.htm"]Contact Us[/url] | [url "http://dep.state.ct.us/search2.htm"]Search[/url] | [url "http://dep.state.ct.us/survey/survey.htm"]Feedback[/url] | [url "http://dep.state.ct.us/legal.htm"]Website Legal Info[/url][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Send comments or questions regarding this site to[/size][#800000][size 2] [url "mailto:dep.webmaster@po.state.ct.us"]dep.webmaster@po.state.ct.us[/url][/size][/#800000][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Copyright 1998-2004 Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection[/size][/font]
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[#004080]INLAND REPORT[/#004080][/font] DEP stocked 160 more broodstock Atlantic salmon from the Kensington Hatchery into the Shetucket River on Monday (11/22) and will be stocking 160 salmon into the Naugatuck River on Wednesday (11/24). These stockings bring the number of broodstock salmon stocked into these two rivers up to 1310 fish. DEP expects to be able to stock an additional 400 fish from the federal hatchery in Vermont during the first week of December.
BROODSTOCK ATLANTIC SALMON fishing in the Naugatuck & Shetucket Rivers is awesome! Anglers are in disbelief as to the quality of these fish. Fishing is so good and the fish so big that some anglers have reported equipment being destroyed. Remember that there is a 26 pound fish out there waiting to thrill someone. Anglers are also reminded that catch-and-release fishing is in effect through November 30, 2004. From December 1, 2004 to March 31, 2005, anglers may keep one fish per day. Fishing for Atlantic salmon is limited to use of single-fly or lure with a single free-swinging hook.
[font "Times New Roman"][#ff0000]Caution to Anglers: [/#ff0000][#ff0000]Anglers are also reminded that DEP conducted experimental stockings of 110 pre-spawn Atlantic salmon into the Farmington River (Burlington-Avon-Farmington), Salmon, Blackledge, Jeremy and Eightmile Rivers earlier this month. These stockings are not part of the annual broodstock salmon stocking program and it is illegal to harvest Atlantic salmon in these waters. Anglers should take care not to mistake these fish for large brown trout. There has been at least one instance on the Farmington River where anglers have mistaken a salmon for a large brown trout, fortunately, only photos were taken and the fish was released.[/#ff0000][/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]PLEASE SEE [url "http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/fishing/fishimag/salmon_trout.jpg"]TROUT/SALMON[/url] IMAGE (courtesy of New York Sea Grant) FOR A GUIDE TO DIFFERENTIATING ATLANTIC SALMON AND BROWN TROUT.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]TROUT[/font]
Rivers & streams – Trout are providing some excellent fall action for the hearty angler. Anglers are reporting very good fishing in the Farmington (18” brown), Housatonic (15 browns for one person), Fenton, Naugatuck, Mill, Pootatuck, Pequabuck (10 trout for one angler) and Salmon Rivers and Salmon Brook. Streamer (9a.m. – 1p.m. during low light periods/overcast days) and nymphing (late afternoon) are working well. For streamers try white, yellow & brown colors. Patterns to try include: White Wooly Buggers, Muddlers, Micky Finn, Grey or Black Ghosts (#4-10). Bottom bouncing nymphs with Tan and Winter Caddis pupa (#16-18), Serendipity (#14-16), Pheasant Tail (#12-20), Prince (#6-18) and Hare’s ear (#8-20) is recommended. Some anglers are having very good results using scud and egg patterns. The Farmington River is 50°F with very fishable clear flows (350 cfs below Riverton). Blue Wing Olives continue to be the dominant hatch, with Midges and Caddis mixed in. For best action try BWO (#16-20, late morning), Caddis (winter & tan #16-18, early afternoon). Expect most of the action to be between 11:30am – 3:00pm. The Housatonic River is 41°F with 750 cfs of clear flows. Insect hatches include: Blue Wing Olive (#18-22, early morning) and Tan/Winter caddis (#16-20, early morning and late afternoon).
[font "Times New Roman"]Lakes & Ponds – Trout are providing excellent late season fishing at a number of water bodies including Colebrook Reservoir (28 browns up to 16”), Candlewood (2 lb. brown), Highland (5 lb. brown), East Twin and Amos lakes, West Hill (25 trout) Pond, Beach Pond, and the Chatfield Hollow and Wolfe Park Trout Parks.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Late season LARGEMOUTH BASS fishing is reported as good to very good in a number of water bodies including: Lake Lillinonah, Lake Zoar, Mudge, Lantern Hill (5 lb), Long, Ball (3.5 lb.), Squantz (5.25 lb), Great Hollow and Beach (4 lb) ponds, and Amos (2.5 lb), Billings (10 fish) and Quonnipaug (2.5 lb) lakes. NORTHERN PIKE are providing some action at Bantam Lake.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]Connecticut River – BLACK CRAPPIE (including a 18”, 3-lb beauty) are still being taken on jigs & shiners in Wethersfield Cove. Some NORTHERN PIKE action reported in the Haddam Meadows area.[/font]
[font "Times New Roman"]NOTES: Winter drawdowns of Gardner Lake (down 16”), Glasgo Pond (down 18”), Pachaug Pond (down 36”) and Lower (down 21”) and Middle Bolton (down 36”) lakes are in progress. All are scheduled for eventual drawdowns of 3 feet. Blue Lake (Anderson Pond) in North Stonington has been drawndown 18-24 inches for dam reconstruction. Work is expected to be completed by the end of November. A 7-8 foot winter drawdown of Candlewood Lake began on November 1. Current drawdown rate is approximately half a foot per week.[/font] [center][font "Times New Roman"][url "http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/fishing/weekly/fishadv.htm"]Weekly Fishing Report[/url] | [url "http://dep.state.ct.us/burnatr/index.htm"]Bureau of Natural Resources[/url][/font][/center] [font "Arial"][size 2][url "http://dep.state.ct.us/index.htm"]Home[/url] | [url "http://dep.state.ct.us/aboutdep/contact/contact.htm"]Contact Us[/url] | [url "http://dep.state.ct.us/search2.htm"]Search[/url] | [url "http://dep.state.ct.us/survey/survey.htm"]Feedback[/url] | [url "http://dep.state.ct.us/legal.htm"]Website Legal Info[/url][/size][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Send comments or questions regarding this site to[/size][#800000][size 2] [url "mailto:dep.webmaster@po.state.ct.us"]dep.webmaster@po.state.ct.us[/url][/size][/#800000][/font] [font "Arial"][size 2]Copyright 1998-2004 Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection[/size][/font]
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