The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-06-05
Hunting and Fiislliing
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By GENE vALION

JUST LIKE WE TOLD YOU - The Hancock and Mad River have been stocked with trout this past week. Yes. Quassy was too. Over four hundred trout were put into this popular Middlebury spot last week and they say that just as many anglers were out after them: in the deep. cold water.
 Trout were also put into the fol- lowing streams:
 Litchfleld Area-Housatoni River, East Branch of the Shepaug River. Branch. Hancock. Butternut and Furnace Brooks.
 Hartford Area--Buckhorn Fresh water and Hop Brooks.
 New Haven Area - Little River, Eight Mile River, Mad River, Cog inchaug River. Branford River, Farm River. Chatfieid Hollaw Brook Schroeder Pond. Long Meadow Pond. Hop Brook.
 Fairfield AFea--Ball Pond Brook, East Swamp, Lime Kiln and Pond Brooks. Five Mile River, Mill River, Ripp0wam River. Norwalk River. Titicus River.
 TeIiand Roaring Brook fUnionl. May Brook.
 Windham Ares - Middle River, Skuneamaug River. Tancanhoosen River
 And that is the stocking schedule for the week Of May 27 to May 3l.
 4 WHALE OF A STORY, By way of Art Chieffo tOf Scovill fameD comes the odd but true story of the whale that was caught with a pros peller in the Quinnipiac River,
 No. we don't mean it the way it sounds. Here is what actually hap- pened
 What looked like capsized canoe floating in the Quinnipiac River. attracted the attention Of some young boys along shore. Anthony and Alphonse Pacileo Of 7i6 Legion Avenue. New Haven. were summon ed and went out in a boat to tow in the canoe
 What surprisel What looked like an upset canoe was actually a 5000 pound whale that measured about i6 feet in length. The whale was dead--pr0bably killed hy boat propeller,
 4 few professors from Yale Unl- versity, witnessing the event. claim cd t was the first time in fifty years that 8 whale had been seen ln that vicinity. That's one the Paeile0 brothers will never he able t0 describe with 0llt-stretched arms,
 SHAD IA preliminary survey Of the commercial shad catch made in the state by aquatic biologists for the State Board of Fisheries and Game indicates that no extension Of the commercial shad season will he granted during the present year, The season ends on June IS.
 4 list 0f sporting goods stores is being assembled by the Fish and Game Department for the purpose 0l distribution Of stocking lnfoFma- ton and information on boat llyeF- ifs,
 When the llsl is completed it Alll result ln greater ease in getting 0lii news releases and hunting and fishing pamphlets, Any stores not at present on the list maintained by ihe department are requested to end in their names and addresses
 lN PASSING - As far as Bob Humphreys iS concerned the Mad River may he alright for a w0rmv fisherman but not for him, Every other east found h0b'k llne caught 0r tangled 0n l0w, AyAr.hangine limb
 --0l all ihl au0lallons regaFdlnR lhe 0uassy situation. the best printed was by ~ DfesHher. Al hll he nall on the head with his sng. gefil0ns lO better the sports, They lTe without doubt the most ethical, ,eund and reasonable means of lmpr0vlna conditions not only at Quassy, but throughout the state, Fl0w7 Very slmple. Get more funds from the Legislature, As We mem lI0ned in thIs column last Friday, Us un t0 the RpoFtfmen ~ they lone can accomplish thls,
 Have yet l0 meet thls sportsman h0 shares . common thought and ngeesllon with your writer, Per- haps this writer should stop ln for beer and make the acquaintance, li mlglH prove Co be stimulating he acquaintance with Al pFescher
 Al VesiF0 must have an ideal seFal. .llahlna-kpHi, one 0f the few l0rlsman who returns from . day | gshlng with . biz smile q nlee tn, hut 10 comments, 4 happy Alderman with no story ls most un- uxaal, Maybe hn has hls own iatcheTy go there on Houston 'lVeeA