Wednesday, April 25, 2007

New Trout Fishing Parks in Connecticut

Trout Fishing season in Connecticut opened on April 21st, and 11 new Trout Parks opened with it. These new Trout Parks will enhance Connecticut's urban fishing program by providing easy access to trout ponds for youth, novice and physically challenged anglers.

The most recent additions to DEP's new urban fishing program are Keney Park Pond in Hartford and Lake Wintergreen in Hamden. Bunnells Pond (Bridgeport) was stocked for the first time last year.

These Trout Parks will be stocked weekly with trout from the state's fish hatcheries.

Although the Trout Parks will have more fish in them, their daily creel limit (the number of trout an angler can keep) has been reduced from five to two fish per day in order to spread the catch among a greater number of anglers.

The DEP's Connecticut Aquatic Resources Education (CARE) program is offering free trout fishing classes to families. The goal is to get kids and families outdoors this spring.

Many CARE courses have already been scheduled in the coming weeks, so be sure to check the calendar.

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