The sun., 1893-05-28
THE BIGGEST CONNECTICUT TROUT
Perhaps Il Weighed Seventeen Pounds. Per.
haps Only Eight.

Perhaps Il Weighed Seventeen Pounds. Per.
haps Only Eight.
ANsoN1A. May 27.-In spite Of the fact that
everybody prophesied a poor season for trout
fishing it turns out that there are still many
good brooks In this vicinity. and some sxcel-
lent catches are reported. 1t has been sea-
son OF big trout. too. and fish running from
one to two pounds are not uncommon. The
record in the matter OF weight however, is
held by Edward d. Jones Of New Haven. He
went out one afternoon few duys ago and
came home with genuine brook trout weigh.
ing five pounds
This is the third largest trout over caught
In the State. 30 far as recorded. 1t Is a matter
oftradition In the Naugatuck Valley. and tho
story crops out every winter when tho old
fishermen gather around tho stove in tho
country groceries. that Ezra Smith OF Union
City once caught In the Naugatuok River a
trout that weighed eight pounds and fourteen
ounces o,nn There is nm element Of truth in this
event occurred In 1905. and the story has been
handed down from tather to son ever since.
caught a sinner with a bent pin knows It by
heart. yet the weight has never varied. and
even nine pounds, OF that nsh is lacking. and
two ounces Is not much to tack on when
II ns ,lSth q so fGnS tas .ns
trales how honest the Naugaluck Valley fish
ermen are.
the brdss rid s0sS eosss s4Ss % s srenfns Rssr en- n
Union City ono, hot July day, and looking
os fs sf %ads m he sdSSS ssSSd t.s hs to ss,
He hastily sought for u fat worm and got u
hook and line. The trout was not hungry.
A., wers iomptincly lad before the King Ioi oi
Ezra was now worked ,up, to the highest
pitch. He WAS determine cd to have that trout
4 hs 81, had e dive Of tho bridge for 1t. lie
3; moose: snd Sy careful work aps!Iy@ got got i saef
tightened. and the monarch Of the trout trihs
lay on the bridge. cut half In two. but still
ESsfsss Sy S me vSss fna
Connecticut Rrocer's steelyards were ever
known 10 exaggerate the weight OF anything,
except when trading for groceries with his
but thss Is on tros record as matter Of
Cothrens History OF Ancient Woodbury."
written by the veteran lawyer. William Goth.
the truth OF his statements. is a trout story
that simply rlbs the varnish on all trout
Saoto from S,a vo ,n page isS
ago 1.-The history was written In 1922 Mr..
Thomas Tyrrel who owns the land and saw
the river. by using a shad seine. u trout OF
large dlme ensions for these waters. It was ~, |
the body in front oi the fms tbeinK the largest
Is youched forby several Witnesses. and is no
The place where this m monster was caught is
still a favorito resort for trout fishermen tits
q few miles north of here. on the shspang
klver. below the "a fsils, Y about two miles from
doubt OF the truth Of the story. for there arc
men living to-day who saw the fish and will
swear 10 the truth OF it. There is question as
10 whether 4 was really a trout or a salmon.
but tho people Of that section. studded as II 10
differences between the two kinds OF fish. and
there Is so little resemblance in color and |
markings that 1t WAS not easy for them to |
Mr.. Jones. tho New Haven man who caught |
he nve-pound trout before spoken Of. also
caught the same afternoon a Yrilse--a young |
shovel -nosed salmon-thst weighed ten |
pounds This IL a rare fish for these waters. |
It's home is In British Columbia aud Alaska. |
and how 1t got here 10 a riddle,