STATE OF CONNECTICUT
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
79 ELM STREET HARTFORD, CT 06106-5127
ADVISORY TO THE MEDIA
WHAT: DEP Commissioner Daniel C. Esty will announce the Connecticut River Bonus Striped Bass Program that will allow anglers to take striped bass in a size range (at least 22 inches in length but shorter than 28 inches) outside the current recreational minimum length for stripers in Connecticut. The DEP is issuing vouchers to anglers that will allow them to take an additional 4,025 striped bass (stripers) from the Connecticut River through June 30.
Anglers can obtain vouchers at the same DEP Offices where licenses are sold and while fishing along the Connecticut River, from DEP Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police Officers and Riverfront Recapture Rangers.
WHEN: Friday May 6, 2011
11:00 AM
WHERE: Charter Oak Landing Gazebo
50 Reserve Road
Hartford, CT
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
79 ELM STREET HARTFORD, CT 06106-5127
ADVISORY TO THE MEDIA
WHAT: DEP Commissioner Daniel C. Esty will announce the Connecticut River Bonus Striped Bass Program that will allow anglers to take striped bass in a size range (at least 22 inches in length but shorter than 28 inches) outside the current recreational minimum length for stripers in Connecticut. The DEP is issuing vouchers to anglers that will allow them to take an additional 4,025 striped bass (stripers) from the Connecticut River through June 30.
Anglers can obtain vouchers at the same DEP Offices where licenses are sold and while fishing along the Connecticut River, from DEP Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police Officers and Riverfront Recapture Rangers.
WHEN: Friday May 6, 2011
11:00 AM
WHERE: Charter Oak Landing Gazebo
50 Reserve Road
Hartford, CT
Charter Oak is not the only place to obtain the voucher, you must have missed this
Anglers can obtain vouchers at the same DEP Offices where licenses are sold and while fishing along the Connecticut River, from DEP Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police Officers and Riverfront Recapture Rangers.
Anglers can obtain vouchers at the same DEP Offices where licenses are sold and while fishing along the Connecticut River, from DEP Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police Officers and Riverfront Recapture Rangers.
No I saw that too......Trust me once word is out that the run is on Charter Oak becomes quite a scene. You forget that I fish the jetty there and often launch there. You should see the guys that show up in the spring fishing almost shoulder to shoulder. Lots of real characters,lots of them keeping school bass anyway now they're only adding to it by holding this "event" there.Not the best move in my opinion.
Thanks for the link, Aqualung. I left for Block Island Thursday morning and missed this thread go up. By the way, nothing running around Block Island, but skates. Lots of them. I knew it was early, but it was for a bachelor party. All I took home was a hangover and a sunburn. Well, and some great memories...even if they are a little foggy.
I think this new policy is a bold move and I like it. It is a solid bottom-up approach to keeping the stripers coming. In addition, it may restore an additional historic fish run to its former glory.
I think this new policy is a bold move and I like it. It is a solid bottom-up approach to keeping the stripers coming. In addition, it may restore an additional historic fish run to its former glory.
Sounds like ya had a pretty good time on the Block, I have heard some reports, there are still cod to the South East of Block and the also Fluke are being caught in pretty good numbers. Doesn't sound like your trip was meant to be a serious fishing trip anyways 