The sun., 1890-04-14
TROUT IN CONNECTICUT.
THEY ARE COMING orr OF THE
WAIER IN LIVERY FASHION
some OF the mtg Catches since APri IA
Boys Catch with n NerItRbie PiH Hook
THE Buying Jp OF streams

| season II l~gD would be altogether the best
one in twet ty-nvc years hiss been wonderfully
| vegiayd. Iveryhouy is ca'chin: trout this
| spring, even tho small y with a bent min for
hook. Nearly all tho brooks teen with trout.
Tho strings taken arc numerically notable.
aud the size OF tho individual fish Is astonish-
iug,y arsc Light or ten years ago the state
Initiated the work ot restocking tho streams
u; It's own rNIous,. with tho rcady ad Of local
I fishermen aud hundreds Of thousands ~ little
trout fry wore S,iurpi into tho fountain head
OF every hrDo that was big enough for trout
that didn't draw rurr than h4it an inch OF
wafer TITO good effects OF tho enterprise be-
gan 70 be- seen lat year aud this season arc
undoubtedly realized.
The first 10y Il tn" season April l. was cold
AMI raw. with three inches ofleccv snow on
the earth. yet the cUtcre. of trout tnAt day. In
size ct basket anl We Ght Of fish. were aston-
ishng eyon TO Oil fishermen, who rcmrmber
the time when man could take half bushel
OF trout in f,rcnoou and not half try The
Norwich ii,hcrmnn led Tho piscatorial line in
luck. with not loss than 5DD handsome trout on
tho opening day, New London sportsmcn were
good seco' L. with 81 40 or iHn t'ro fish and re-
rorts from all parts OF the Sta,c wore almost
equally u liant Fast dar another
ono Of great SPORT bushels ut trout were
taken on that day Of drerchlnG rain. and they
wcgo such = druc IL the Norwich market on
the following day that uur SPORTSMAN traded
a creelul II handsome hau-pound trout for
coitl-h in u Norwi h grocery, getting 20 cents
q pound .or hi, wild trout. Will, he allowed 10
c.n.s to the gro cr for his sat goldfish. II Is
curious. too. that nearly all til" ilsh this season.
even the big ones, have boon tnNen in the
swift and tumaIing waters 80: h.!lstI" streams.
ami not in u.eaGow rou.s, ~ fact indicating
that trout have been ruNLiuG since early IN
February.
Ie.c IS a rarin' record OF notable catches in
all parts Of the State within u fow days In
the high a1l rocky old town Of salem, twelve
S7 WI 81 7 r E strn @ U.1I are pos
mud iy, la Y cr,cAs. Ut Inks or Ni,sMnG silver
traiiei a.rvss hil.=ldcs and haro reaches OF
did trout have Oeeu hooked within Nv" weeks.
20 op.euUiul are tn" trout that thr"c small boys
in three hours hour ,", "ms day 4a week and
other day "A city fisherman took twenty seven
fish that weighed Il tcon pounds. and one trout
balal ced Il 2IOuul ana N-cunCs weight on the
village grocer aics. ON tie same day I. IL.
N"wbury OF My1t c. whipping the Wild noun
landed a 20-onnee trout. ani lis rompanion
to twenty nIno that averaged about hat
Then thr E.w LonIon nshermen came to the
front chief Engineer phn II. 'rown h'ouGhtin
aroui weistinE younII aht he hhd more
the smallest ono weighing exactly IL ounces.
Dr. T.. ". nlHin- ,r".slr'ei next with basket
Of SIXTY broad side! beauties, all taken near
came I!r. +. V. Smith who 5wSl cree full
- ounce nr. VI. +. Leo -Eu uwot a twr- n0und
trout n / Ok day ~ .t%o HGo. which went 10
the tab . OF the lev e. /. Lewis, who IS n dis
rrgmina,iug crl;in OF thugs culinary. DR.. Lee
sail he never before know trout 10 30 So gamy
- THIS time, Gnd al. arEer7 agree with his
In Norwi ii Eurrill 4. Irerrirk. the druggist.
took j. tr5.t wl.hla three hours. not three
ut.a- from tho man ~tfpe'S. / tIey weighed
exactly 10 rounds 10 biggest o4c being Ia:
Sam" Saqn" raa4 u m9 GSS5 WI tt" n%o IN 'l "ms Gn1 a1
whII.s w - th.iG wyi:Gel :, ouuI e. a a. Tre-
mont u. a! r"r. Ll!uer HyNot-, anu Eugene
hr l%.ps vcy sEI't nrd vo Of "I amers ''2ss isS
day ,'',.rIs Lawson, Charles IiaIe!hnTSt.
resnettiyoly re-" ,ha a erue w-i:it icing a6out
lat ounL: u"orse Fowler took i, lhomns
.6ng Z n,o"S m ''' r5uI oo + aftfr lat Tt5H one day
TIM wees IplrVI, wrr" shown ~ the American
ounI aiInte. SiX wcro oLe-pu undors and
ore .w"l-:A".l = an! q quarter rouas; }. H..
-, t,out n four Il Urs anu - o! them were
ha.f-G,,u ,,un.crs. - List Eer.in. !; inbPald
- mw"I biggest string was taken ~
>tiuau Robins Il. Who got .j in one stream.
AMI q O. th.u. We're o. ia.r 7I%"
i,,i. ee,h,ri.. d Mystic EriIse lal. lid
pr tty Vol taH'nE u ;trHt III il 10" hours:
VII, Liant Il III" -Amv , a'o ~, il, and J"Mn
liHel y. A. ehsHtn tn" strine- nontio,ed
wrr,, Of lo'al!r size Gy. .a-.A; l-;..f pound or
n. r..
lounG-;"r- hnge hal surrri-inG luck with
the roi thr- -urng. but u .Ir''" l.rau Xii hoy
i, tie -uart"7t u lie .u,rni i.-te rl"'I. With
a ircn ot u rcan polo u -;rI"E. aut verify Il
beut iin foga 30. h. te ,"x'rlc'"d rom ".
Denison'7 ncndpw brook. IN the Aoart u Mr.
wlch town, "A trout -,.luI Uu4G!-. The
l.tt.~ cnUp wa 50 astglnl"l At -c".uG tho H..
chap rot.in- " q, TIE brook. hyplins al
pr snc NJ at II" ed Of III" !r" str.n-. Tat 10
fell over backward in ne lri hci iH""n he
toltllng tu7-ocks AMI a. bit s.: his noble
prtle;, ,, -,.,
j.. II. Palmer an! John h..i ran or Fr""n-
week and -"vrru o, th"ns ""!GAoi q pound
each. Louie A!E4y l"n' Is. 4 "ievcn Year.
coming a n6rnb.o t-t~rm4u A. years Of
ago ue tx sirigE ri fourteen out one ,.Gy:
wien years ID his best eaten was esnt
trout, api Il" ottgr d4Y 4" =" trout thar