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Connecticut Fish Distribution Report 2012

Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection Bureau of Natural Resources Inland Fisheries Division 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106 860-424-3474 www.ct.gov/deep/fishing www.facebook.com/ctfishandwildlife

The Connecticut Fish Distribution Report is published annually by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

Daniel C. Esty, Commissioner Susan Whalen, Deputy Commissioner Bureau of Natural Resources William A. Hyatt, Chief Inland Fisheries Division Peter Aarrestad, Director 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 860-424-FISH (3474) www.ct.gov/deep/fishing www.facebook.com/ctfishandwildlife

Table of Contents

Introduction 3 DEEP State Hatcheries 3 Connecticut’s Stocked Fish 4 Stocking Summary 2012 7

Fish Distribution Numbers 8 Catchable 8 Broodstock 18 fry/fingerlings 18 Kokanee fry 18 Northern pike 19 Walleye 19 Channel catfish 19 Miscellaneous Diadromous Fish Stocking 20 (Atlantic salmon, brown trout, Shad, Alewife)

Cover: Rearing tanks at the Quinebaug Valley State Trout Hatchery (top), a Seeforellen brown trout, from Kensington State Fish Hatchery being stocked (middle left-photo credit Bill Gerrish), channel catfish being unloaded and stocked (middle right-photo credit Neal Hagstrom), CT DEEP IFD trout stocking truck (lower left-photo credit Justin Wiggins), and a net of brown trout being removed from the rearing tank at the Burlington State Fish Hatchery and headed for the stocking truck (lower right-photo credit Bill Gerrish).

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INTRODUCTION Recreational fishing is a healthy outdoor experience that is important for the quality of life for many of Connecticut’s residents, and is beneficial to the state’s economy. With over 4.4 million fishing days enjoyed by adult anglers annually, benefits to Connecticut’s economy are estimated to be approximately $436 million dollars per year1. A major objective of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s (DEEP) Inland Fisheries Division (IFD) is to enhance and diversify Connecticut’s recreational fisheries to maintain and increase these benefits to our anglers and the state in general.

To support high-quality fishing experiences, the state of Connecticut has used fish-culture techniques to augment, enhance and/or restore populations of native and introduced fish species for over 100 years. Currently, cultured salmonid species are brown trout, , , “tiger” trout (a brown trout/brook trout hybrid), Atlantic salmon and kokanee salmon (a landlocked form of the anadromous Pacific sockeye salmon). The DEEP has established, and is currently expanding popular fisheries for walleye and northern pike by stocking fingerlings. The DEEP also began a channel catfish stocking program in 2007. Some individuals belonging to natural populations of migratory fishes such as American shad and alewife (Anadromous clupeids) are being transplanted to waters that have potential to restore historical fish runs.

DEEP State Hatcheries: The DEEP has three hatcheries, Quinebaug Valley State Trout Hatchery (Plainfield), Kensington State Fish Hatchery (Berlin), and Burlington State Fish Hatchery (Burlington). The production of all of the trout and salmon stocked by DEEP is accomplished by these three facilities. The staff at these hatcheries is charged with hatching, rearing, and distributing over 1 million catchable fish, fry/fingerlings, and eggs in order to support various IFD fisheries management goals.

These facilities have four key fish rearing areas, the hatch house (for hatching eggs and rearing the fry/fingerlings), intermediate tanks (fish 3-6 inches), final tanks (6-12 inches) and Broodstock tanks (hold large fish that provide the eggs and sperm for the future generations of stocked trout). Burlington State Fish Hatchery Address: 34 Belden Rd, Burlington, CT 06013 Hours: 8:00 am to 3:30 pm Tours: Self-guided or by reservation Phone: 860-673-2340 Our oldest hatchery, Burlington was constructed in 1923. One of the many types of fish cultured at this hatchery is the “survivor” strain of brown trout. The idea behind the “survivor” program is to produce hatchery fish that more closely mimic the behavior of wild trout, are more temperature tolerant, have better avian predator avoidance, and will be able to reproduce successfully on their own. IFD staff collects potential brood stock from the West Branch Farmington each fall and transfers the fish to the Burlington facility. The offspring of these fish are specifically destined to return to the West Branch to continue increase the number of wild brown trout in the river. While research continues on the effectiveness of the program, the initial information indicates the program is working as there were no “wild” brown trout in the West Branch Farmington River prior to these efforts and wild brown trout catches are now commonplace. The Burlington

1 U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Department of Commerce, U.S. Cencus Bureau. 2011 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation (Connecticut Summary).

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State Fish Hatchery is the sole producer of kokanee salmon fry used to stock Lake Wononskopomuc , West Hill Pond, and East Twin Lake (the state’s only waters with this land-locked pacific salmon). Quinebaug Valley State Trout Hatchery Address: 141 Trout Hatchery Rd, Central Village, CT 06332 Hours: 9:30 am to 3:00 pm Tours: Self-guided or by reservation Phone: 860-564-7542 The Hatchery was constructed in 1971 at a cost of 2.5 million dollars. The hatchery water is supplied by 14 wells. The wells produce anywhere from 100 to 800 gallons per minute each. It takes 5,000 gallons per minute to operate the Hatchery. Quinebaug Valley State Trout Hatchery is responsible for the production of the majority of the state’s trout. Kensington State Fish Hatchery Address: 120 Old Hatchery Rd, Kensington, CT 06037 Hours: Not open to the public Tours: Group tours can be arranged by calling Phone: 860-829-8518 Constructed in 1934 and since 1984 it is primarily used for the production of Atlantic Salmon Fry to support restoration efforts. In addition, each year surplus Atlantic salmon brood stock are released in several lakes and to provide a unique angling opportunity. In addition Kensington produces approximately 25,000 trout (approximately 5% of the state total) annually. These trout are a special strain of brown trout, called Seeforellen, a long- lived and large growing strain that is used to stock trout management lakes. Kensington also produces many of the brown trout fry that are used a part of the “enhanced wild trout management” and “sea-run trout” programs. Connecticut’s Stocked Fish:

TROUT: DEEP stocks trout into waters that have the end of May. More than half the year’s trout are suitable habitat and are open to public fishing. In stocked into their respective waters prior to opening general the IFD stocks over 600,000 catchable sized day. A subset of waters (including a number of Trout trout each year into approximately 200 rivers/streams Management Areas) are stocked in September and and 100 lakes/ponds. These trout can be adult (9-12 October to enhance fall and winter trout fishing. inches), “specialty” trout (12-14 inch range), surplus Innovative fish management tools such as broodstock (weighing 2-10 pounds), yearlings (7-9 minimum lengths, reduced creel limits, catch-and- inches), or fry-fingerlings (1-6 inch trout). Eggs provided release only areas and wild trout management areas are from the Kensington Hatchery are used to support the used to enhance angler opportunities in selected waters Trout In the Classroom program, currently in over 100 http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2696&q=322 schools across the state which enables students to rear 680&deepNav_GID=1632. Although these special brown trout from egg to fry. Students are responsible management areas (Trout Parks, Trophy Trout Streams to care for the eggs until they hatch, feed the fry, and & Lakes, Trout Management Areas and Wild trout then release them into local waters. Management Areas) are perhaps the most noticeable and popular trout fishing areas, two-thirds of the catchable-sized trout stocked in Connecticut are released into “open areas” (where statewide regulations apply). Maps displaying access points for the public to fish are available for over 200 locations on the DEEP web page at http://www.ct.gov/deep/cwp/view.asp?a=2696&q=467 Springtime is the primary time for trout fishing 456&deepNav_GID=1632 in Connecticut. As the traditional opening day of trout season is the third Saturday in April, trout distribution generally begins in early March and continues through

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KOKANEE SALMON: Kokanee are a land-locked company property waters and Lake Pocotopaug form of the Pacific sockeye salmon first introduced to respectively). Connecticut in the 1930’s. The DEEP currently maintains a kokanee salmon fishery in West Hill Pond (New CHANNEL CATFISH: In 2007, DEEP began a Hartford/Barkhamsted). Mature kokanee are channel catfish stocking program in an effort to provide trapnetted from West Hill Pond and transported to the an additional year-round fishery for a large game fish. Burlington State Trout Hatchery for spawning during the Channel catfish populations have been established in fall. After eggs are incubated and hatched, kokanee fry are reared and stocked in the spring. Kokanee can be caught at West Hill Pond (New Hartford/Barkhamsted) and occasionally Lake Wononskopomuc and East Twin Lake (Salisbury). Currently, the DEEP stocks approximately 75,000 fry into East Twin Lake. West Hill Pond (Barkhamsted/New Hartford) and Lake Wononskopomuc each receive approximately 50,000 kokanee fry each year. the Connecticut River and have been widely distributed into private waters throughout Connecticut by property NORTHERN PIKE: Northern pike fisheries are owners that have obtained a liberation permit. DEEP intends to create additional channel catfish fisheries by stocking 9 inch yearlings and larger adult sized fish purchased using Federal Sportfishing Funds.

ATLANTIC SALMON RESTORATION PROGRAM: During each of the past 20 years, the developed and maintained by stocking fingerlings (3 - DEEP has stocked over one million juvenile salmon (fry, 8") that are raised in natural marshes that are managed parr and smolts) as part of the effort to restore Atlantic by IFD. Pike reproduction and fry survival are maximized salmon to the Connecticut River watershed. This effort by managing water levels, vegetation types and by will be reduced beginning in 2014 but hundreds of limiting undesirable fish species in marshes at Haddam, thousands of fry from the Kensington Hatchery will still Kent, Litchfield and Mansfield. Offspring from Bantam be stocked into selected streams within the Farmington Lake pike are collected and stocked back into that lake. and Salmon River watersheds. Eggs provided from the Kensington Hatchery are also used to support the WALLEYE: DEEP began to develop walleye fisheries Salmon in the Classroom program. This program in over 60 schools across the state enables students to rear Atlantic salmon from egg to fry. Students are responsible to care for the eggs until they hatch, feed the fry, and then release them into designated streams. Anglers are reminded that fishing for Atlantic salmon in Connecticut is prohibited with the exception of the broodstock fisheries (see below).

in 1993. Walleye fisheries are created by annual BROODSTOCK ATLANTIC SALMON: stockings of 4 to 6 inch fingerlings purchased using Beginning in 1992, DEEP has stocked surplus broodstock Federal Sportfishing Funds at rates of 8-15 per acre in Atlantic salmon from the Kensington State Fish each lake. The fisheries in each lake are evaluated by Hatchery into the Naugatuck and Shetucket Rivers each monitoring the growth and abundance of walleye and fall to provide recreational fisheries for Atlantic salmon. other fish species and by monitoring angler effort and Starting in 2007, surplus broodstock Atlantic salmon fishing success. In addition to fish purchased and were also stocked into some lakes. In recent years, stocked by DEEP, the South Central CT Regional Water Beach Pond (Voluntown), Crystal Lake (Tolland), Mount Authority, Aquarion Water Company, and Town of East Tom Pond (Washington), Nell’s Rock Reservoir Hampton also purchase walleye (stocked into water (Shelton), and (Union) received surplus brookstock Atlantic salmon.

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targeted rivers having suitable habitat and water The stocked salmon are either barren (without eggs) or quality. Alewives are captured from Bride Brook, surplus spawned fish that are no longer needed for blueback herring from Connecticut River coves, and spawning purposes. Stocked broodstock Atlantic salmon American shad from the Holyoke Dam fishlift in are two to five years old and generally weigh between 3 . These fish are trucked to streams to 18 lbs each, with an average weight of 10 lbs per fish. targeted for restoration and released so that they will The number of stocked broodstock can vary widely from spawn. year to year, generally ranging from 800 to 1600 fish.

SEA-RUN BROWN TROUT: DEEP continues

efforts to develop and enhance runs of sea-run trout in selected coastal streams by stocking both fry and fingerlings into streams with direct access to Long Island that have suitable habitat.

ANADROMOUS CLUPEID RESTORATION AND ENHANCEMENT: DEEP is actively working to restore and enhance anadromous American shad, alewife and blueback herring runs in Connecticut by removing obsolete dams, building fishways that allow fish to migrate past remaining dams, and transplanting pre-spawn adults from streams with healthy runs to

Two alewives on their spring migration upstream. Location and photographer are anonymous.

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Stocking Summary 2012: A total of 1,789,948 fish were stocked into waters of Connecticut by the IFD during 2012.

Fish (approximate size) Inland Total for 2012 Anadromous Total for 2012 Brown trout, fry (< 1.5 “) & fingerling (1-3”) 283,500 49,998 Brown trout, yearling (5-7”) 54,500 5,400 Brown trout, adults (9- 12”) 287,974 0 Brown trout, adults (>12”) 37,144 0 Rainbow trout, adults (9-12”) 162,917 0 Rainbow trout, adults (>12”) 37,144 0 Brook trout, adults (9-12”) 93,267 0 Tiger trout(Hybrid), adults (9-12”) 1,979 0 Broodstock, all trout species (18-26”) 3,226 0 Atlantic salmon, fry (< 1.5 “) 0 497,135 Atlantic salmon, parr (2-3”) 0 770 Atlantic salmon, smolt (5-8”) 0 35,360 Atlantic salmon, broodstock (18-32”) 2,666 0 Kokanee Salmon, fry (< 1.5 “) 163,653 0 Northern Pike, fingerlings (2-3”) 2,542 0 Walleye, yearlings (5-8”) 48,048 0 Channel catfish, yearlings (5-8”) 13,212 0 Channel catfish, adults (18-26”) 5,154 0 American shad, adults (18-22”) 0 390 Alewife, adults (8-12”) 0 3,969 Total Fish 1,196,926 593,022

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CATCHABLE TROUT (LISTED BY TYPE OF FISHERIES MANAGEMENT):

Brown Brook Brown Rainbow Brown Rainbow Tiger Brood- Total Name Town Yearling Adult Adult Adult >12" >12" Hybrid stock Trout Community Waters (5) Bunnells Pond (Beardsley Park Pond) Bridgeport 0 500 500 950 0 0 0 5 1,955 Keney Park Pond Hartford 0 200 425 575 0 0 0 15 1,215 Lake Wintergreen Hamden 0 300 500 750 0 0 0 15 1,565 Upper Fulton Park Pond Waterbury 0 150 200 600 0 0 0 10 960 (Mohegan Park Pond is also a Trout Park. Its allocation is shown Mohegan Park Pond* below*)

Trout Management Lakes (8) Amos Lake Preston 0 0 5,605 400 0 0 0 0 6,005 Danbury - New Milford 0 0 10,400 1,000 0 0 0 0 11,400 Crystal Lake Ellington 0 0 2,100 3,950 700 0 0 0 6,750 East Twin Lake Salisbury 0 3,000 3,400 2,750 0 0 0 0 9,150 Highland Lake Winchester 0 0 5,500 1,700 1,600 0 0 0 8,800 Rogers Lake Lyme, Old Lyme 0 0 4,130 1,750 0 0 0 0 5,880 New Fairfield, Squantz Pond Sherman 0 0 3,000 300 500 0 0 0 3,800 Barkhamsted, New West Hill Pond Hartford 0 2,600 6,390 1,400 500 0 0 0 10,890

Trout being transferred from the stocking truck to a stocking boat (left-photo credit Eric Lindquist) and a Seeforellen brown trout from the

Kensington State Fish Hatchery is held by seasonal employee, Katie Abbott, just prior to being stocked (right-photo credit Eric Lindquist).

Trout Park Ponds (9) Black Rock Pond Watertown 0 400 2,025 1,830 500 0 220 35 5,010 Day Pond Colchester 0 0 0 3,830 0 0 0 20 3,850 Great Hollow Pond Monroe 0 550 1,175 1,930 500 0 220 35 4,410 *Mohegan Park Pond Norwich 0 0 300 3,790 0 0 0 19 4,109 Schreeder Pond Killingworth 0 210 1,468 1,520 0 0 0 10 3,208 Southford Falls Pond Oxford, Southbury 0 300 1,355 2,080 0 0 220 25 3,980 Stratton Brook Park Pond Simsbury 0 300 870 1,930 0 0 220 30 3,350 Valley Falls Park Pond Vernon 0 0 100 3,748 0 0 0 26 3,874 Wharton Brook Pond Wallingford 0 400 1,600 2,300 500 0 0 32 4,832

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Brown Brook Brown Rainbow Brown Rainbow Tiger Brood- Total Name Town Yearling Adult Adult Adult >12" >12" Hybrid stock Trout Lakes with No Special Management (82) Angus Park Pond Glastonbury 0 50 400 200 0 0 0 0 650 Bald Mountain Pond Somers 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 Baldwin Pond Meriden 0 0 200 450 0 0 0 5 655 Ball Pond New Fairfield 0 150 2,130 450 0 0 0 0 2,730 Bashan Lake East Haddam 0 0 1,000 200 0 0 0 0 1,200 Baummer Pond Naugatuck 0 150 200 400 0 400 0 5 1,155 Beach Pond Voluntown 0 0 4,220 2,200 0 0 0 0 6,420 Beaver Brook Park Ponds Windham 0 0 500 110 0 0 0 0 610 Bicentennial Pond Mansfield 0 0 540 260 0 0 0 0 800 Bigelow Pond Union 0 0 970 750 0 0 0 0 1,720 Billings Lake N. Stonington 0 0 1,060 160 0 0 0 0 1,220 Middlefield, Black Pond (Mdfd) Meriden 0 0 3,200 1,890 0 0 0 0 5,090 Black Pond (Wdstk) Woodstock 0 0 1,110 400 0 0 0 0 1,510 Thomaston, Black Rock Impoundment Watertown 0 150 600 400 0 0 0 10 1,160 Branford Supply Pond Branford 0 0 200 200 0 0 0 0 400 Broad Brook Mill Pond East Windsor 0 0 500 300 0 0 0 0 800 Cedar Lake Chester 0 0 2,825 2,550 0 0 0 0 5,375 Christensen's Pond Granby 0 200 350 250 0 0 0 0 800 Colebrook Reservoir Colebrook 0 0 2,350 450 0 0 0 0 2,800 Congamond Lakes Suffield 0 0 600 850 0 0 0 15 1,465 Dark Hollow Brook Pond Glastonbury 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 100 Dodge Pond East Lyme 0 0 240 0 0 0 0 0 240 Ender's Pond Granby 0 100 50 100 0 0 0 0 250 Fountain Lake Seymour, Ansonia 0 150 400 950 0 0 0 10 1,510 Freshwater Pond Enfield 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 200 Salem, Bozrah 0 0 3,100 2,035 0 0 0 0 5,135 Gay City Park Pond Hebron 0 0 340 750 0 0 0 0 1,090 Green Falls Reservoir Voluntown 0 550 1,070 0 0 0 0 0 1,620 Impoundment Plymouth 0 50 200 100 0 0 0 0 350 Hanover Reservoir Canterbury 0 0 0 250 0 0 0 0 250 Hewitt Fly Pond N.Stonington 0 0 400 200 0 0 0 0 600 Haddam 0 0 1,220 200 0 0 0 0 1,420 Middlebury, Hop Brook Impoundment Waterbury 0 350 750 1,500 0 0 0 10 2,610 Horse Pond Salem 0 300 400 400 0 0 0 0 1,100 Howells Pond Hartland 0 250 250 200 0 0 0 0 700 Ledyard, Hyde Mill Pond Stonington 0 0 60 0 0 0 0 0 60

Stocking of trout by the next generation of anglers is a very popular activity. The photos above were taken during opening day on April 20th at trout parks where the IFD encourages families to “help out”. Photo credits Justin Wiggins.

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Brown Brook Brown Rainbow Brown Rainbow Tiger Brood- Total Name Town Yearling Adult Adult Adult >12" >12" Hybrid stock Trout

Keach Pond Thompson 0 0 200 100 0 0 0 0 300 Barkhamsted, New Lake McDonough Hartford 0 0 900 1,100 0 0 0 30 2,030 Branford, East Lake Saltonstall Haven 0 0 440 790 0 0 0 0 1,230 Lake Stibbs Southbury 0 100 100 100 0 0 0 0 300 Ledyard, North Lantern Hill Pond Stonington 0 0 200 100 0 0 0 0 300 Little Pond Thompson 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 200 N. Stonington, Long Pond Ledyard 0 0 2,940 1,000 0 0 0 0 3,940 Lower Storrs Pumping Station Pond Mansfield 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 Impoundment Winchester 0 125 525 300 0 0 0 0 950 Mansfield Training Ponds Mansfield 0 0 340 250 0 0 0 0 590 Mashapaug Lake Union 0 0 4,470 1,750 0 0 0 0 6,220 Millers Pond Durham 0 150 700 250 0 0 0 0 1,100 Mohawk Pond Cornwall, Goshen 0 750 720 850 250 0 0 10 2,580

Getting so many fish from the hatcheries to the streams in only a few weeks takes an enormous effort. Those willing to volun teer are quickly put to task. Students from WAMOGO Regional High School assist in stocking the (left-credit Bill Gerrish) and Tom Bourrett of the DEEP CARE program adds brown trout to Chatfield Hollow Brook in Killingworth (Right-credit Justin Wiggins).

Mohegan Lake Fairfield 0 50 550 800 0 0 0 10 1,410 Moosup Pond Plainfield 0 0 400 340 0 0 0 0 740 Litchfield - Mt. Tom Pond Washington 0 650 1,400 1,350 300 0 0 10 3,710 Nells Rock Reservoir Shelton 0 200 350 450 0 0 0 0 1,000 Northfield Impoundment Thomaston 0 150 150 200 0 0 0 0 500 Norwich Pond Lyme 0 700 710 0 0 0 0 0 1,410 Paine Pond Ashford 0 50 150 0 0 0 0 0 200 Pattaconk Lake Chester 0 0 640 250 0 0 0 0 890 Pickett's Pond Derby 0 300 250 250 0 0 0 0 800 Prospect Town Park Pond Prospect 0 250 200 500 0 0 0 0 950 Quonnipaug Lake Guilford 0 0 1,910 1,750 0 0 0 0 3,660 Roseland Lake Woodstock 0 0 440 160 0 0 0 0 600 Saint Martha's Pond Enfield 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 200 Salmon Brook Pond Glastonbury 0 0 300 100 0 0 0 0 400 Easton, Redding, Weston 0 0 0 1,500 0 0 0 0 1,500 Saw Mill Pond Ledyard 0 0 300 100 0 0 0 0 400 Scoville Reservoir Wolcott 0 100 900 300 0 0 0 15 1,315 Shaw Lake (Hayward) East Haddam 0 0 240 160 0 0 0 0 400

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Brown Brook Brown Rainbow Brown Rainbow Tiger Brood- Total Name Town Yearling Adult Adult Adult >12" >12" Hybrid stock Trout Ellington, Tolland 0 0 500 600 0 0 0 0 1,100 Somersville Mill Pond Somers 0 0 600 130 0 0 0 0 730 Starret Pond Redding 0 250 380 750 0 0 0 5 1,385 Stillwater Pond Torrington 0 50 575 500 200 0 0 0 1,325 Taftville Reservoir Norwich 0 0 150 100 0 0 0 0 250 Twin Brooks Pond Trumbull 0 50 150 350 0 0 0 5 555 Tyler Pond Goshen 0 775 600 1,325 350 0 0 10 3,060 Uncas Lake Lyme 0 0 960 360 0 0 0 0 1,320 Walkers Reservoir Vernon 0 0 650 350 0 0 0 0 1,000 Waumgumbaug Lake Coventry 0 0 2,070 2,450 0 0 0 0 4,520 Wauregan Reservoir Killingly 0 0 600 790 0 0 0 0 1,390 West Branch Reservoir Colebrook 0 0 1,750 600 0 0 0 10 2,360 West Side Pond Goshen 0 800 650 600 150 0 0 10 2,210 Wononskopomuc Lake Salisbury 0 70 5,300 3,250 0 0 0 0 8,620 Wyassup Lake N. Stonington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Enhanced Wild Trout Managed Streams (15) Bethany, Beacon Hill Brook Naugatuck 0 150 450 0 0 0 0 0 600 Canaan, Norfolk 3,000 600 1,300 750 0 200 0 20 5,870 New Milford, New East Preston 0 400 2,400 950 0 0 0 25 3,775 (lower) East Haven 0 155 1,200 370 0 0 0 5 1,730 Mansfield 0 694 3,911 1,300 0 0 0 15 5,920 Little River (Oxfd.) Oxford, Seymour 0 400 1,100 400 0 0 0 10 1,910 Macedonia Brook (State Park) Kent 0 620 1,180 50 0 0 0 0 1,850 Morgan Brook Barkhamsted 0 100 400 0 0 0 0 0 500 Torrington, , E. Branch Winchester 0 480 600 200 0 0 0 15 1,295 Ridgefield - Norwalk 3,000 1,150 3,550 2,300 100 150 0 50 10,300 Roaring Brook (Glast.) Glastonbury 6,000 0 1,220 1,270 0 0 0 0 8,490 Roaring Brook (Stafd.) Stafford, Willington 0 800 400 1,440 0 0 0 0 2,640 Salmon Brook, E. Branch Granby, E Granby 5,000 800 1,730 630 0 150 0 30 8,340 Shunock Brook N. Stonington 0 255 2,180 750 0 0 0 0 3,185 Stony Brook Montville 0 0 0 300 0 0 0 0 300

Trophy Trout Managed Stream Sections (8) Eastford, Chaplin, Windham 2,500 1,000 740 545 4,920 5,051 152 191 15,099 Waterbury - Naugatuck River (Lower) Beacon Falls 0 100 850 400 400 1,600 0 35 3,385 Thomaston - Naugatuck River (Mid) Waterbury 0 0 350 500 100 600 0 30 1,580 Harwinton, Litchfield, Naugatuck River (Upper) Torrington 0 190 750 250 250 950 0 25 2,415 (Trumbull Basin SP) Trumbull 0 200 350 350 600 950 0 30 2,480 Woodbury, Southbury 2,500 800 2,450 850 1,200 1,400 0 30 9,230 Salmon River Colchester 0 600 722 1,000 600 2,216 140 222 5,500 Windham, Scotland, Sprague 0 0 0 400 3,450 2,925 0 137 6,912

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Brown Brook Brown Rainbow Brown Rainbow Tiger Brood- Total Name Town Yearling Adult Adult Adult >12" >12" Hybrid stock Trout Trout Park Streams (5) Branch Brook Watertown 0 320 370 150 0 0 0 0 840 Chatfield Hollow Brook Killingworth 0 400 570 1,330 115 0 0 27 2,442 Oxford, Eight Mile Brook (Southford SP) Southbury 0 270 255 0 0 0 0 0 525 Kent Falls Brook Kent 0 350 550 250 0 0 0 0 1,150 Natchaug River Trout Park Eastford 0 1,000 1,675 2,322 545 176 137 196 6,051 Trout Management Areas (19) Coppermine Brook Bristol 1,000 150 150 100 0 0 0 5 1,405 Farmington River (Goodwin Dam to WBR Hartland, TMA) Barkhamsted 0 975 1,650 1,100 3,625 2,660 0 111 10,121 Avon, Canton, Farmington River (LowCvlle to RT 177 ) Unionville 0 620 1,100 870 1,620 2,490 0 56 6,756 Farmington River (W Br. TMA to New Hartford, LowCvlle.) Canton 0 875 1,320 1,430 1,610 3,025 0 112 8,372 Barkhamsted, Farmington River (West Br. TMA) New Hartford 5,000 0 3,700 0 1,000 1,000 0 0 10,700 Madison, TMA Killingworth 0 844 770 630 250 1,656 125 39 4,314 TMA Manchester 6,000 500 488 1,000 0 0 0 11 7,999 Kent, Sherman, , Bull's Bridge (TMA) New Milford 4,000 0 2,000 2,500 0 0 0 0 8,500 Housatonic River, Upper TMA Cornwall, Sharon 6,000 0 3,000 5,000 1,000 3,000 0 0 18,000

A photo of rainbow trout captured and sent in to the IFD by Peter Kantor. This fish was captured in the Trout Management Section of the Campville section of the Naugatuck River (Harwinton/Litchfield). One of the 900 rainbow trout > 12 inches stocked in this section in 2011.

Greenwich, , TMA Stamford 0 750 1,250 655 300 50 0 20 3,025 (Sleeping Giant SP) Hamden 0 700 1,050 800 350 0 0 20 2,920 Mill River, TMA Fairfield 0 250 750 350 200 50 0 25 1,625 TMA Plainfield 0 372 1,040 960 300 354 125 34 3,185 Harwinton, Naugatuck River (TMA) Litchfield 0 350 1,000 650 200 900 0 30 3,130 , RTS 229-178 Bristol 2,000 200 350 200 0 0 0 5 2,755 Salmon River TMA Colchester 0 1,406 1,395 1,344 2,150 3,485 140 240 10,160 (Fly) Wesport 0 300 900 450 250 50 0 20 1,970 Tolland, TMA Willington 2,500 0 770 1,093 300 0 140 50 4,853 TMA Bozrah 0 912 1,170 1,136 350 856 140 30 4,594

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Brown Brook Brown Rainbow Brown Rainbow Tiger Brood- Total Name Town Yearling Adult Adult Adult >12" >12" Hybrid stock Trout Stream Sections with No Special Management (188) Abbey Brook Somers 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 Allyns Brook Durham 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Anguilla Brook Stonington 0 0 300 50 0 0 0 0 350 Easton, Fairfield, Aspetuck River Weston 0 100 350 50 0 0 0 10 510 Ball Pond Brook New Fairfield 0 130 300 20 0 0 0 0 450 Bantam River, Fly Area Litchfield, Morris 0 200 380 275 0 0 0 10 865 Bantam River, Inlet Litchfield 0 430 1,210 175 0 0 0 10 1,825 Bantam River, Outlet Litchfield, Morris 0 200 950 350 0 100 0 10 1,610 Bantam River, W. Branch of Inlet Goshen, Litchfield 0 100 250 50 0 0 0 10 410 Bartlett Brook Lebanon 0 460 0 0 0 0 0 0 460 Beaver Brook Franklin, Sprague 0 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 120 Beaver Brook (Bkhmst.) Barkhamsted 0 100 350 0 0 0 0 0 450 Beaver Brook (incl. Ponds) Franklin, Sprague 0 0 600 150 0 0 0 0 750 Belcher Brook Berlin 0 20 50 100 0 0 0 0 170 Bible Rock Brook Haddam 0 0 500 0 0 0 0 0 500 (in S.P.) Union 0 280 0 0 0 0 0 0 280 Bigelow Brook (outside S.P.) Ashford, Eastford 0 850 520 100 0 0 0 0 1,470 Birdseye Brook (Mohawk Ski Area) Cornwall 0 100 50 0 0 0 0 0 150 (lower) Marlborough 0 2,320 2,540 550 0 0 0 10 5,420 Blackledge River (upper) Bolton, Hebron 0 400 400 0 0 0 0 0 800 Blackwells Brook Brooklyn, Plainfield 0 1,145 500 0 0 0 0 10 1,655 Bladens Brook Seymour 0 200 100 50 0 0 0 0 350 Branford River Branford 0 0 1,860 350 0 0 0 15 2,225

Connecticut has close to 6,000 miles of rivers and streams. Those with suitable habitat like Sandy Brook in Colebrook (left) are stocked with trout. The tiger trout (right) is a hybrid, a cross between a brook trout and a brown trout. Occasionally a tiger trout can be found in the wild where both brook and brown trout co-occur. More often than not, if you were to catch a tiger trout, it is one that was stocked by IFD. Photo credits Mike Beauchene.

East Windsor, Broad Brook (E.Windsr.) Ellington 0 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 300 Broad Brook (Prstn.) Preston 0 685 400 0 0 0 0 0 1,085 Buck Brook Portland 0 600 0 0 0 0 0 0 600 Buckhorn Brook Enfield 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 Bungee Brook Eastford 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 Burlington Brook Burlington 0 100 100 0 0 0 0 0 200 Butternut Brook Litchfield 0 100 470 50 0 0 0 0 620 Buttonball Brook Chaplin 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 Greenwich 0 300 200 0 0 0 0 5 505 Candlewood Hill Brook Haddam 0 250 200 0 0 0 0 0 450 Carse Brook Sharon 0 50 100 0 0 0 0 0 150 Cattlelot Brook Marlborough 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 100

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Brown Brook Brown Rainbow Brown Rainbow Tiger Brood- Total Name Town Yearling Adult Adult Adult >12" >12" Hybrid stock Trout Cedar Swamp Brook (Mansfd.) Mansfield 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 Cedar Swamp Brook (Stafd.) Stafford 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 150 Cherry Brook Canton 0 200 300 0 0 0 0 0 500 Choate Brook Preston 0 0 100 200 0 0 0 0 300 Durham, Middlefield 0 1,830 1,115 565 0 0 0 10 3,520 Cory Brook Canterbury 0 200 150 0 0 0 0 0 350 Cox (Carr) Brook Portland 0 350 0 0 0 0 0 0 350 Crystal Lake Brook Stafford 0 545 300 100 0 0 0 0 945 Deep River Deep River 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 Dickenson Creek Marlborough 0 1,095 1,100 0 0 0 0 10 2,205 East River Guilford 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 400 East Swamp Brook Bethel, Danbury 0 50 250 150 0 0 0 0 450 Middlebury - Eight Mile Brook, Open Southbury 0 350 300 0 0 0 0 0 650 Salem, East Eight Mile River Haddam, Lyme 0 1,200 3,040 840 0 0 0 10 5,090 Ekonk Brook Plainfield 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 100 Falls River Essex 0 300 400 0 0 0 0 0 700 Farm River (upper) North Branford 0 790 0 950 0 0 0 5 1,745 Farmill River Shelton 0 350 1,250 950 0 150 0 10 2,710 Bloomfield - Farmington River (Frmgtn. - Tville.) Simsbury 0 145 895 290 0 0 0 36 1,366 Farmington River (RT 177 to RT 4 Frmgtn.) Avon, Farmington 3,000 215 2,125 1,340 0 0 0 29 6,709 Fawn Brook (E.&W.Branch) Hebron 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 200 Fawn Hill Brook Marlborough 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 Thompson, Putnam, (lower) Killingly 0 545 2,520 200 0 0 0 15 3,280 Fiver Mile River (Upper) Thompson 0 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 200 Flat Brook East Hampton 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 French River Thompson 0 0 920 100 0 0 0 15 1,035 Freshwater Brook Enfield 0 0 400 100 0 0 0 0 500 Furnace Brook Stafford 0 0 450 200 0 0 0 0 650 Gardner Brook Bozrah 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 400 Giffords Brook Columbia 0 110 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 Great Brook Chester 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 0 300 Great Meadow Brook Voluntown 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 N. Stonington, Green Falls River Voluntown 0 400 900 100 0 0 0 0 1,400 Gulf Stream Somers 0 120 0 0 0 0 0 0 120 Hall Meadow Brook Torrington, Goshen 0 350 700 90 0 0 0 0 1,140 Clinton, Madison, Hammonasset River Killingworth 0 1,540 3,055 700 250 0 0 10 5,555 Hockanum River (above TMA) Ellington,Vernon 0 530 370 500 0 0 0 11 1,411 Hockanum River (below TMA) East Hartford 0 200 810 900 0 0 0 0 1,910 Hop Brook Middlebury 0 400 900 100 0 0 0 0 1,400 Bolton, Coventry 0 635 1,515 795 0 0 0 5 2,950 Hope Valley Brook Hebron 0 130 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 Horse Brook Plainfield 0 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 Howells Pond Brook Hartland 0 50 100 100 0 0 0 0 250 Hunts Brook Waterford 0 450 450 200 0 0 0 10 1,110 Indian Hole Brook Shelton 0 70 50 30 0 0 0 0 150 Indian River Clinton 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 200 Indiantown Brook Preston, Ledyard 0 350 1,220 285 0 0 0 10 1,865 Iron Stream Guilford 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 Colchester, Hebron 0 2,285 1,825 0 0 0 0 10 4,120

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Brown Brook Brown Rainbow Brown Rainbow Tiger Brood- Total Name Town Yearling Adult Adult Adult >12" >12" Hybrid stock Trout Johnsons Brook East Windsor 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 Kettletown Brook Southbury 0 330 325 50 0 0 0 0 705 Kitt Brook Canterbury 0 800 300 0 0 0 0 0 1,100 Knowlton Brook Ashford 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 Brook Warren 0 50 100 0 0 0 0 0 150 Lathrop Brook Plainfield 0 180 0 0 0 0 0 0 180 Latimer Brook East Lyme 0 0 1,300 275 0 0 0 0 1,575 Laurel Brook Middletown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harwinton, Leadmine Brook Thomaston 0 850 1,800 300 0 0 0 10 2,960 Canterbury - Little River (Cantby.) Sprague 0 1,725 1,715 100 0 0 0 10 3,550 Little River (Putnam) Putnam, Woodstock 0 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 300 Long Branch Brook Thompson 0 0 100 100 0 0 0 0 200 Long Meadow Pond Brook Naugatuck 0 50 100 0 0 0 0 0 150 Long Swamp Brook Middlebury 0 50 100 0 0 0 0 0 150 Mad River Norfolk,Winchester 0 175 275 250 0 0 0 0 700 Marshepaug River Goshen 0 100 50 50 0 0 0 10 210 Mashamoquet Brook Pomfret 0 745 500 500 0 0 0 10 1,755 Berlin 0 20 100 100 0 0 0 0 220 McIntrye Brook Stafford 0 0 50 0 0 0 0 0 50 Menunketesuck River Killingworth 0 280 490 200 0 0 0 0 970 Merrick Bk.(above Rt 14) Scotland 0 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 150 Greenwich, Mianus River, Open Stamford 0 500 800 475 0 0 0 10 1,785 Middle River Stafford 0 0 770 300 0 0 0 0 1,070 Mill Brook (Crnwl) Cornwall 0 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 100 Mill Brook (lower) (Planfd.) Plainfield 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 Mill Brook (Wdstk.) Woodstock 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 0 200 Mill River, Open-Fairfield Fairfield, Easton 0 350 950 300 0 0 0 15 1,615 Mill River, Open-Hamden Hamden 3,000 900 2,800 1,200 150 150 0 65 8,265 Mohawk Brook Cornwall 0 20 50 0 0 0 0 0 70 Moosup River Plainfield, Sterling 0 2,175 1,765 200 0 0 0 20 4,160 New Milford, Morrissey Brook Sherman 0 200 470 30 0 0 0 0 700 Ashford, Mansfield 0 2,034 2,523 1,330 0 0 0 21 5,908

Like the US Postal service motto, “rain, snow, sleet, and hail”, (nice days too), anglers take to waters of the West Branch Farmington River in

Barkhamsted every day of the year (left-photo credit Mike Beauchene). Large hold over fish and surplus brood trout, like the rainbow trout (right)

make Connecticut’s trout management areas an appealing place to fish.

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Brown Brook Brown Rainbow Brown Rainbow Tiger Brood- Total Name Town Yearling Adult Adult Adult >12" >12" Hybrid stock Trout Mount Misery Brook Voluntown 0 440 650 0 0 0 0 0 1,090 Muddy Brook Woodstock 0 430 0 0 0 0 0 0 430 North Haven, Muddy River Wallingford 0 350 1,100 1,000 0 0 0 10 2,460 Myron Kinnie Brook Voluntown 0 0 620 550 0 0 0 0 1,170 Naugatuck River, W. Branch Torrington 0 200 280 100 0 0 0 0 580 Neck River Madison, Guilford 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 400 New Hartford 0 450 1,050 350 0 0 0 10 1,860 New City Brook Stafford 0 450 0 0 0 0 0 0 450 Bethlehem, Nonewaug River Woodbury 0 280 550 100 0 0 0 10 940 Litchfield, Northfield Brook Thomaston 0 50 200 50 0 0 0 0 300 Oxoboxo Brook Montville 0 340 150 0 0 0 0 0 490 Griswold, Voluntown 0 0 2,160 1,214 0 0 0 10 3,384 Parmelee Brook Durham 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pattaconk Brook Chester 0 400 400 0 0 0 0 0 800 Pease Brook (above WMA) Lebanon 0 220 0 0 0 0 0 0 220 Pendleton Hill Brook N. Stonington 0 200 200 0 0 0 0 0 400 Pequabuck River (Rockwell Park - Blvd.) Bristol 0 150 950 250 0 0 0 5 1,355 Pequonnock River (Beardsley Park) Bridgeport 0 475 700 450 100 100 0 5 1,830 Trumbull, Pequonnock River, Open Bridgeport 0 650 850 800 0 50 0 5 2,355 Pequonnock River, W Branch Monroe 0 200 150 100 0 0 0 0 450 Brook East Hampton 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 0 150 South Windsor 0 0 600 0 0 0 0 0 600 Pond Brook Newtown 0 250 750 150 0 0 0 10 1,160 Ponset Brook Haddam 0 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 400 Pootatuck River (Lower) Newtown 0 200 650 200 0 0 0 15 1,065 Pootatuck River (Upper) Monroe 0 120 250 150 0 0 0 5 525 Quanduck Brook Sterling 0 240 800 400 0 0 0 0 1,440 Griswold, Lisbon, Preston 0 345 9,430 2,290 0 0 0 60 12,125 Cheshire, Meriden 0 85 1,000 1,100 0 0 0 15 2,200 Race Brook Orange 0 50 30 20 0 0 0 0 100 Raymond Brook Hebron 0 400 0 0 0 0 0 0 400 Reservoir Brook Portland 0 550 0 0 0 0 0 0 550 Stamford 0 450 350 0 0 0 0 10 810 Roaring Brook (Lym.) Lyme 0 0 150 0 0 0 0 0 150 Safstrom Brook East Hampton 0 0 200 0 0 0 0 0 200 Salmon Brook, W. Branch Granby 0 250 700 200 0 0 0 0 1,150 Sandy Brook Colebrook 0 950 1,450 50 0 0 0 10 2,460 Saugatuck River, Lower Weston, Westport 0 400 1,650 750 0 200 0 25 3,025 Saugatuck River, Upper Danbury, Redding 0 650 1,200 400 0 0 0 5 2,255 Saugatuck River, W. Branch Wilton - Westport 0 250 650 150 0 0 0 5 1,055 Sawmill Brook Sherman 0 100 200 20 0 0 0 0 320 (Lower) East Windsor 0 0 1,621 375 0 0 0 20 2,016 Scantic River (upper) Somers, Enfield 0 940 3,585 1,395 0 0 0 20 5,940 Roxbury 0 100 500 200 0 0 0 20 820 Norwalk, New Silvermine Brook Canaan 0 300 200 0 0 0 0 5 505 Skungamaug River Coventry, Tolland 0 190 1,015 775 0 0 0 10 1,990 Snake Meadow Brook Killingly 0 0 560 150 0 0 0 0 710 Washington, Sprain Brook Woodbury 0 250 200 0 0 0 0 5 455

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Brown Brook Brown Rainbow Brown Rainbow Tiger Brood- Total Name Town Yearling Adult Adult Adult >12" >12" Hybrid stock Trout Still River (Clbrk.) Barkhamsted 0 250 400 50 0 0 0 10 710 Still River (Dnby.) Danbury 0 50 150 100 0 0 0 0 300 Still River (Estfd.) Eastford 0 250 1,120 240 0 0 0 10 1,620 Stony Brook (Sffld.) Suffield 0 0 250 350 0 0 0 15 615 Stratton Brook, Open Simsbury 0 170 120 150 0 0 0 0 440 Sumner Brook Middletown 0 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 300 Susquetonscut Brook Franklin 0 0 470 100 0 0 0 0 570 Tankerhoosen River Vernon 0 0 0 550 0 0 0 0 550 Taylor Brook Woodstock 0 450 0 0 0 0 0 0 450 Cheshire, Ten Mile River (Chsr.) Southington 0 50 100 100 0 0 0 0 250 Ten Mile River (Lbn.) Lebanon, Columbia 0 0 900 100 0 0 0 0 1,000 Thrasher Brook Somers 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 100 Weekeepeemee River Woodbury 0 330 750 0 0 0 0 10 1,090 Wells Brook Union 0 280 0 0 0 0 0 0 280 Milford, Orange 0 750 900 400 0 0 0 15 2,065 Guilford 0 200 1,060 450 0 0 0 15 1,725 Killingly 0 0 600 0 0 0 0 0 600 Whitfords Brook Ledyard, Stonington 0 0 700 0 0 0 0 0 700 Whiting River North Canaan 0 250 400 200 0 50 0 10 910 Willimantic R. (above TMA) Stafford, Willington 0 0 1,220 700 0 0 0 10 1,930 Tolland, Willington, Mansfield, Coventry, Willimantic R. (below TMA) Windham 0 0 3,271 1,900 0 0 0 21 5,192 Willow Brook Cheshire 0 50 150 150 0 0 0 0 350 Wood River Voluntown 0 0 300 0 0 0 0 0 300 Bozrah, Lebanon, Yantic River Norwich 0 345 2,275 555 0 0 0 10 3,185

Total Trout Stocked, 2012 54,500 93,267 287,974 162,917 32,335 37,144 1,979 3,226 673,342

One of the many benefits of fishing is the relaxation afforded by being outdoors alongside one of the many rivers and streams, especially early in the morning on the Jeremy River in Colchester. Photo

credit Mike Beauchene.

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MISCELLANEOUS INLAND STOCKING PROGRAM, 2012 Broodstock Atlantic salmon Name Town Broodstock Beach Pond Voluntown 100 Crystal Lake Ellington 462 Nells Rock Reservoir Shelton 100 Long Pond N. Stonington, Ledyard 150 Mt Tom Pond Litchfield, Morris, Washington 402 Naugatuck River (Lower) Waterbury - Beacon Falls 416 Naugatuck River (TMA) Harwinton, Litchfield 416 Shetucket River Windham, Scotland Sprague 620 Total Atlantic salmon broodstock 2,666

Brown trout fry and fingerlings Fry/Fing erlings Ball Pond Brook New Fairfield 5,000 Naugatuck, Beacon A large Atlantic salmon broodstock held by Brandon Beacon Hill Brook Falls 20,000 Belair and captured from the Shetucket River in Blackberry River North Canaan 15,000 Baltic (above). Bonney Brook Cornwall 1,500 Carse Brook Sharon 2,000 Cobble Brook Kent 1,500 New Milford, Washington 25,000 East Br. Naugatuck River Torrington 10,000 Fenton River Mansfield, Willington 15,000 Furnace Brook Cornwall 12,000 Guinea Brook Sharon 1,500 Gunn Brook Cornwall 2,000 Hatch Brook Sharon 1,500 Kent Falls Brook Kent 5,000 Little River-Oxford Oxford 20,000 Macedonia Brook Kent 25,000 Mill Brook Cornwall 1,500 Mount Hope River Mansfield, Ashford 19,000 Norwalk River Wilton 20,000 Pond Brook Newtown 10,000 Powerhouse Brook Gaylordsville 1,500 Roaring Brook Stafford, Willington 25,000 Sawmill Brook Sherman 5,000 Shepaug River Washington 2,500 IFD seasonal Chris Papson stocking Seeforellen brown Steele Brook Watertown 12,000 trout fry in the East Branch Naugatuck River (top-photo Stony Brook Montville 15,000 credit Michael Humphreys). Stocking the fish as fry creates a fish that in appearance and taste is Weekeepeemee River Woodbury 10,000 indistinguishable from a wild fish (bottom-photo credit Total brown trout fry/fingerlings 283,500 Mike Beauchene).

Kokanee fry East Twin Lake Salisbury 75,000 Barkhamsted, New West Hill Pond Hartford 50,960 Wononskopomuc Lake Lakeville 37,693 Total kokanee fry 163,653

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Northern Pike Fingerlings Litchfield/Bantam 36 Connecticut River Lower River 473 Mansfield 0 Pachaug Pond Voluntown 0 Thompson 0 Winchester Lake Winchester 2,033 Total northern pike 2,542

Walleye Batterson Park Pond Farmington 2,100 Beach Pond Voluntown 3,700 Cedar lake Chester 1,035 Gardner Lake Salem 5,300 Lake Pocotopaug East Hampton 2,778 Lake Saltonstall East Haven 3,426 Derby-Oxford 9,825 Mashapaug Lake Union 2,900 Mt Tom Pond Litchfield-Washington 840 Saugatuck Reservoir Redding-Weston 6,944 Squantz Pond New Fairfield 4,100 West Thompson Reservoir Thompson 3,600 Waumgumbaug (Coventry) Lake Coventry 1,500 Total Walleye 48,048

Channel catfish Name Town Yearling Adult Black Pond Meriden 1,448 0 Bunnells Pond Bridgeport 0 1,000 Freshwater Pond Somers 0 500 Hopevill Pond Griswold 2,138 0 Keney Park Pond Hartford 0 250 Kenosia Danbury 1,516 0 Lakewood Lake Waterbury 0 915 Lower Bolton Pond Bolton 2,667 0 Maltby Lake #3 New Haven 365 0 Matlby Lake #2 New Haven 407 0 Mohegan Park Pond Norwich 0 250 Pattaconk Lake Chester 0 839 Pickett's Pond Derby 0 500 Silver Lake Berlin 2,251 0 Stillwater Pond Torrington 1,731 0 Wintergreen Lake New Haven 719 900 Total channel catfish yearlings and adults 13,242 5,154

Northern pike, walleye, and the majority of channel catfish are all stocked as fingerlings or yearlings with the intent they will grow up to be a “trophy” catch for our anglers. Channel catfish are also stocked at a larger size to provide an immediate quality catch potential. Photos: A northern pike captured through the ice on by Wayne d’Entremont (top), Ed Machowski holding a walleye captured during DEEP IFD lake monitoring work (middle- photo credit Tim Barry), and a yearling channel catfish (bottom-photo credit Bill Gerrish) ready to be stocked into one of the many channel catfish lakes around the state.

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MISCELLANEOUS DIADROMOUS FISH STOCKING PROGRAM, 2012

Atlantic salmon Trout Clupeids

Brown Brown Brown Name Town Fry Parr Smolt Parr Yearling Fry Shad Alewife Aspetuck River Weston 0 0 Beach Brook Granby 0 0 0 Belden Brook Granby 10,370 0 0 Blackledge River Colchester, Marlborough 28,781 0 0 Bradley Brook Burlington 389 0 0 Burlington Brook Burlington 9,739 0 0 Center Brook Colebrook 1,722 0 0 Chalker Mill Brook Old Saybrook 0 0 0 Cherry Brook Canton 9,943 0 0 Colebrook Brook Winchester, Colebrook 0 0 0 Connecticut River Hinsdale, NH 0 0 0 Dickenson Creek Colchester 15,555 0 0 East Branch Lyme, E. Haddam, Salem 0 0 0 East Branch Salmon Brook Granby 16,231 0 0 Eightmile River East Haddam, Lyme 0 0 0 3,333 Farmington River Canton, Burlington, New Hartford 66,006 0 0 Farmington River Farmington 0 770 11,817 Farmington River Windsor 0 0 23,543 Farmington River, West Branch New Hartford, Barkhamsted 158,381 0 0 Fawn Brook Marlborough 16,236 0 0 Fawn Hill Brook Marlborough 0 0 0 Fence Creek Madison 0 0 0 Flat Brook East Hampton 847 0 0 Gillette Brook Colchester 1,033 0 0 Hammonasset River Madison 0 0 0 3,333 Indian Meadow Brook Winchester 0 0 0 Jeremy River Colchester, Hebron 19,670 0 0 Latimer Brook East Lyme 0 0 0 3,333 900 6,000 Mad River Winchester 0 0 0 Mianus River Greenwich 0 0 0 3,333 Mill Brook Winchester 0 0 0 Moosehorn Brook Granby 0 0 0 Morgan Brook Barkhamsted 5,751 0 0 Mountain Brook (West Granby) Granby 3,642 0 0 Naugatuck River Beacon Falls, Seymour, Ansonia 0 0 0 900 Niantic 0 0 0 900 Darien 0 0 0 Pequabuck River Bristol 9,799 0 0 Pine Brook Haddam 2,544 0 0 Punch Brook Burlington 1,355 0 0 Quinebaug River Canterbury 0 0 0 Ratlum Brook New Hartford 2,188 0 0 Rippowam River Stamford 0 0 0 Salmon River East Haddam, Colchester, E. Hampton 54,120 0 0 900 10,000 Sandy Brook Colebrook, Norfolk 35,342 0 0

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Atlantic salmon Trout Clupeids

Brown Brown Brown Name Town Fry Parr Smolt Parr Yearling Fry Shad Alewife Saugatuck River Weston, Westport 0 0 0 3,333 900 Shetucket River Windham 0 0 0 North Stonington 0 0 0 10,000 Soestrum Brook East Hampton 3,194 0 0 Spring Brook New Hartford 0 0 0 Still River Barkhamsted, Winsted 0 0 0 Thames River Ledyard 0 0 0 900 West Branch Fawn Brook Marlborough 3,292 0 0 West Branch Salmon Brook Granby 21,005 0 0 Whitford Brook Old Mystic 0 0 0 3,333 4,000 Naugatuck River Beacon Falls, Seymour, Ansonia 70 Connecticut River Hinsdale, NH 80 Farmington River Windsor 80 Naugatuck River Beacon Falls 80 Connecticut River Easthampton, MA 80

Quinebaug River Canterbury 800 Farmington River Windsor 799 Noroton River Darian 200 Rippowam River Stamford 399 Naugatuck River Beacon Falls 496 Shetucket River Windham 475 Aspetuck River Weston 200 Saugatuck River Weston 200 Patchaug River Jewett City 400

Totals 497,135 770 35,360 19,998 5,400 30,000 390 3,969

The stocking of a fish is the culmination of months, sometimes, years of tedious and meticulous work. At the Quinebaug Valley State Trout Hatchery, the incubation trays are “picked” to remove any eggs which are not developing or have stopped developing. “Artie”, Arthur Klein, (left and right) is picking through one of the trays in the hatch house at the Quinebaug Valley State Trout Hatchery. It is a dizzying process to review each egg (middle) in the incubation trays. Photo credit Mike Beauchene.

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