The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-10-03
Hunting
 and Fishing
BY GENE vALLON .

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 Taking the. spotlight for thil
 weeks program of Fishing" news
 and reports, in addition to Hunting
 and Club events, we've been ir-
 formed by Warden E. Wraight
 state warden of the Holland Area,
 that stream fishing slowed up quite
 bit in District s and very little
 fishing had been done. Trout ponds
 seemed to follow the same general
 pattern, with the exception of Crys-
 tai Lake, which still has some ace
 tivity, but few large catches. Pond
 fishing in this locality seems to
 be holding up very good, and to
 verify this, we have the story oi
 the catching of a ' lb. { oz. brown
 trout in Shenipsit Lake by George
 Siefert. Sharing the same luck,
 with different fish) a g lb. 3 oz. large mouth bass was caught in Windsorville Pond by M. c. Raulu-
 kaitis of South Windsor, and 9 lb.
 { oz. Great Northern Pike also
 taken from the Conn. River by Al-
 bert Hewitt. (Wonder if MT. Hewitt
 dropped his line after Sept. 20th
 program regarding Northern Pike on this spotO
 still in the Holland Area, but dealing now with the brother sport, Hunting. here are some of the Field Trials for bird dogs" held in
 this locality: The East Hartford Club held trials last Sept. 3 and 3 in East Hartford Meadows, where 100 dogs were run and 100 pheas- ants were liberated. The New Brit ain Club held trials on Sept. Sth and 9th in Pelton's Pasture, East Windsor, where 78 dogs were run and 78 pheasants were released. The Conn. Sportsmen's Assn, Manches- ter Division. held its trials last Sept. 18th at Talcottville Flats in Man. chesetr with 40 dogs run and 63 pheasants were released. The Rock vile Fish & Game club also took to Pelton's Pasture in East Wind sor for their trials last Sept. 22nd e 23rd where the dogs run numbered 93, while the pheasants liberated were 100.
 After reading the foregoing list of events. I'm sure you'll agree with your writer when he bears out Warden Wraight's statement, that Pelton's Pasture in East Windsor. is one of the best Field Trial Grounds for bird dogs in the New England States. Most of the large trials are held there for bird dogs, under the supervision of the State Board of Fisheries G Game, Hart ford, Conn. This trial area consists of about 400 acres. VP. S.-All the pheasants liberated in the above trials are planted on open hunting areas and of course, will be opened to hunting this fall)
 Taking the spotlight in club ac- tivities IS the clambake held last Sunday by the Waterbury Fish & Game Protective Association (27th annuaD which turned out to be quite an eventful occasion with ap- proximately 300 attending. A varied
 program of sports was planned ir- cluding fly and plug casting, skeet and trap shooting, and rifle shoot- ing.
 Winners: Fly casting for distance. Les Baker; Plug casting, Walter Ruegg. High men in Skeet were Will liam Lattimer. John Kulmann and Fred Smith. The high men in trap were W. Diorio and 0. Probst. Co., chairnen of the event were Otis Caouette and John Kulmann, who will have a report of the occasion at the Waterbury clubs next meet ing, tonight, 800 p. m. ct the Club House in Cheshire.
 This weeks good tip comes from one of the listeners of our Thurs day night program. It seems that many of the sportsmen have been about ammunition for the German Walther D-38 Automatic, which many have received or brought back from overseas. They can use the Colt. 380 Cal. Automatic pistol cartridges. as well as the German g m/m cartridge in this | gun, and SO, giving the owner aIl- other use for this souvenir, other than an exhibit at home.
 And highlighting our story today | Is last Thursday nights radio dis cusSion--a new feature on WATERS | Fishing. Hunting 6 Club News pro- gram, heard at 7:50 p. m. The | guest speakers were Fred Baker and | DF. Joseph Star, president and see= retary, respectively of the Nauga- tuck Fish and Game Association, who spoke on the subject Federal and State Leased Fishing Streams and Hunting Areas. The discus- sion turned out to be quite an in- teresting one with pr. Sitar and Mir. Baker extending their comments beyond the subject. to answer few questions sent in by interested lis- teners. ~
 On next weeks program, the sub- lect discussion will be Coon Hunt Ing." Guest speakers win be Coon specialists from the Peck Lane Sportsmen's Club, of Cheshire. i. We might take this opportunity to invite any questions on this type of port, from our program listeners and column readers. Address mail 70 your writer, c/o of The Democrat ,r WATR). We'll be glad to answer md possibly discuss them on our Hunting and Club News program next Thursday night at ! .gn