• Name: brassie
  Recipe
  Hook- heavy wire scud 14-20
  Thread- red
  Head- thread
  Tail – ……
  Under body- thread
  Rib- ……
  Body- copper wire
  Thorax- peacock herl
  Wing- …….
  Hackle- …….
  

The date for the trip to Connetquot is October 12, 2007. Sign up quick……..space is limited to 32 people and the cost of the day is $65.00. In case you’re wondering, the park increased admission.

Opinion Page Letters
The News-Times
33 Main Street
Danbury, CT

Dear Editor:

The “New Milford eyes funds for river upgrade” article demonstrates a lack of focus for the “Housatonic Restoration Project.”

• The “Housatonic Restoration Project” has five criteria:
  • Restore, rehabilitate, replace, or acquire equivalent of the natural resources and their services that were injured or lost …
  • Provide sustainable and measurable benefits to injured natural resources and services …
  • Integrate public participation ...
  • Implement projects … across the three restoration project categories (aquatic restoration/enhancement, riparian and floodplain restoration/enhancement and restoration/enhancement of recreational use of natural resources.)
  • Avoid/mitigate adverse impacts …

  New Milford’s proposals generally do not meet the intent,
  a. $40,000 “pedestrian bridge”– a bridge never existed.
  b. $75,000 Sega Meadows access - Bought in 1992, never developed.
  c. $220,000 Young’s Park. A tag-on to the New Milford Greenway project?
  d. $750,000 Sega Meadows development. See b.
  e. $150,000 Reservoir Park. Spillway restoration appears to deal with flood control.
  What’s to be restored, rehabilitated or enhanced, that existed at the time of “injury?”

These projects are community development in nature, not restorative. I anticipate that those responsible for project reviews, subsequent scoring and final acceptance will forgo politics, and score projects on the published criteria and categories.

An interested and concerned citizen,

George M. Raemore
1201 Sienna Dr.
Danbury, CT
797-1294
840-7440 (daytime)

CT RECORD FISH & TROPHY AWARD PROGRAMS of 2006
by Bob Gregorski

Before the freshwater and saltwater seasons get humming, here's some motivation to get motivated for those seasons. Here's what happened last year.

Inland and saltwater anglers reeled in lots of trophy fish in 2006 and set two new state records. These were fish that anglers applied for and received trophy status from the DEP Fisheries Division. Some anglers who caught trophy size fish did not apply for awards. Here's a summary of the new records and Trophy Awards for Inland Waters and Saltwater.

Inland: No new state fishery records were established in 2006. In 2005 there was one, and 168 Trophy Awards for 14 species of fish were granted. Brown trout and rainbow trout had the most awards with 43 and 32 respectively. In 2006, there were 166 awards for 14 species. There were awards for 31 channel catfish and 28 each for brown and rainbow trout. The Inland total was 168 awards for 14 species of fish.

The following are the heaviest fish caught for the five most numerous awarded species, its weight, location and angler. Channel Catfish 10.0 lbs CT River Windsor (a tie) by Brian Bari and Ron Barbour; BrownTrout, 13.0 lbs. Saugatuck Reservoir by Albert Tirnadi, Jr.; Rainbow Trout 8.6 bs. Mansfield Hollow Reservoir by Joe Walsh; Largemouth Bass 8.0 lbs. Lake Pocotopaug by William Shaw and Northern Pike 22.2 lbs. Mansfield Hollow Reservoir by Dan Southwick. Note: The heaviest Award Fish caught was 25.0 pound Carp in the Housatonic River in Canaan by Dave Jones.

Saltwater: Two new saltwater state fishery records were established in 2006; Inshore Species -- Summer Flounder 14.25 lbs. in Bridgeport Harbor by Quinto Fillippino and Exotic Species – Thresher Shark 467.0 lbs. at Montauk Point by Mark Hiller.

CT RECORD FISH & TROPHY AWARD PROGRAMS of 2006 - Continued

There were three new records set in 2005. There were 50 Marine Trophy Awards to 42 anglers; 10 summer flounder, 9 Blackfish, 7 Scup, 6 Black Sea Bass, 6 Bluefish, 5 Striped Bass and 2 Weakfish.

The following are the heaviest fish caught for the six most numerous awarded species, its weight, location and angler. Summer Flounder 14.25 lbs. Bridgeport Harbor by Quinto Fillippino; Tautog 13.9 lbs. Duck Island by Richard Gallacher; Scup 12.8 lbs. Duck Island by Josh Abdelmasech; Black Sea Bass 6.5 lbs. Misquamicut, RI by Dave Bell Jr.; Striped Bass 52.5 lbs Bartlett Reef by Paul Fagan and Bluefish 17.4 lbs. Housatonic River by Shawn LaLond.

Thanks to DEP Fisheries Biologists Dave Molnar and
Fisheries Secretary Madeline Ortiz who provided the
information.

According to the late Jim Moulton, who was Manager of Inland Fisheries and deeply involved the Record and Trophy programs, "The purpose of the TROPHY FISH AWARD PROGRAM is to recognize and to reward angling skill and to maintain a listing of Connecticut record fish. The TFAP is not a fishing contest." The freshwater and the saltwater programs started in 1963 and 1983 respectively. Note--the length of the fish isn't a factor.

The Trophy Fish Award Program has issued about 7,000 certificates and pins. That has made a lot of anglers happy. The Connecticut Fisheries Division evaluates its programs annually and makes changes to improve them. I'll be looking for the listing of your catch and a picture of you and your trophy on the "WALL OF FAME" at the Quinebaug Valley Hatchery this time next year.

Good fishing

Our Connecticut Trout Unlimited council has launched a website aimed at helping bring our chapters together statewide. The website has a large amount of information and links to each chapter in the state. Take a look, it is well worth it.