Grab your poles and start casting because there are going to be plenty of trout biting in the state's waterways sometime soon.
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection announced plans recently to release a total of 36,500 trout into eight designated trout parks, as well as a variety of other streams and lakes. This total includes 12,400 large brown trout, 6,100 standard size brown trout, 15,000 standard size rainbow trout, and 3,000 "yearling" brown trout, which are smaller.
The trout parks and rivers were actually stocked last month, while 22 lakes and ponds are slated to receive their catches in mid-October. Anglers are asked to remember that all fish caught in designated Trout Management Areas must be released, and trout parks have a two-fish-per-day creel limit.
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Additional information and a list of the areas receiving new stocks are available here. The Saugatuck River distribution will probably be most familiar and interesting to Wiltonians as it is only a few miles away.
The DEP also announced the opening days of the fall firearms hunting seasons, mentioning that "peak hunting occurs during early morning and late afternoon, primarily during the period from mid-October through mid-December."
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Notable dates include turkey season opening statewide on Saturday, Oct. 3, regular waterfowl season opening statewide on Wednesday, Oct. 14, small game season at 7 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 17, and deer season on Wednesday, Nov. 18.
Additional permitting information and stock assessment information is available here.
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