The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-04-02

 REPORT GOOD TROUT CATCHES

Speckled, gamy trout. brown and brook, proved a lure to about 50 oi Brid dgeport's disciples of Isaac Walton yesterday, the opening of the trout season, providing an attraction which local Nimreds found impossible to resist.
 Despite the high water in this sec tion of the country and the fact thai the weather yesterday was not idea for trout fishing, a good majority of those who sought the streams in the vicinity, were rewarded with good catches.
 One angler, going to '1fttle stream of my own,' in the neighbor- hood of Stepney, returned home last night with nine speckled beauties, ranging in length from nine to 12 inches.
 'sThe first hole I fished." stated this man, "I caught five, one getting away. I moved up stream for short distance and got the other four. had such good luck that fished onl3' that stream and didn't try any oth. ! ers."
 Asked if the brooks and streams were in very bad condition for trout fishing because of high water, the angler stated that the stream he dshed was a great deal better than might be expected. ''If you know your stream from previous trips.'' he | stated, ''you won't have any trouble now. Of course if you're not Ia mi1iar with the lay of the land, or rather lay of the water, you'll proba- bly, have some difficulty Another returning Nimrod last night came in with but four trout, ranging in length from eight to II i 71,,& To hi 1o ground that he was not familiar with 1 the streams he fished. Some of the l best brooks in the vicinity of Bridge l port for trout fishing are to be l found in and around Stepney, bacE l of Westport, Botsford, between 1 Bridgeport and Derby.
 | Other reports from returning fish ermen today also stated that the streams were in fairly good condition | considering weather conditions and l that all that is needed for ideal trout fishing is a little warm weathe". Many of the local anglers are offer l ing up silent prayers today to their particular favorite gods for warm weather tomorrow and Sunday, the latter day especially being chosen by many for their first 1920 appearance on a trout stream.
 1 Fishing for trout in Connecticut l streams opened yesterday and will continue until July 1 when the fish are again protected by law. Trout l under six inches must be thrown | back in the brook but there is nc limitation on the largeness of the fish, judging especially from the tales that are told by returning fish,
 ermen of their exploits.
 Demands for fishing tackle of all
 descriptions has been heavy for the
 last two weeks, and especially the
 last few days. The American Hard
 ware store, the Jaycox sporting goods
 store and all others handling fishing
 tackle report unusually heavy de ] mands this week.
 Worms, which, by the way, are
 rather scarce just now, are used for
 bait for a while, until warmer
 weather, when flies, spoons and oth
 CT lure will be used to coax the willy
 trout from his shady hole.
 The first of next month the pond:
 and lakes of the state will be oper
 to fishermen permitting them to catch perch, pickerel; in fact, every
 thing but bass, the law on the latter fish mot going off until the first O.
 July, when trout fishing closes.