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Friday, February 27, 2009

White Sucker Annual Spawn


Spring is just around the corner and the White Suckers will soon start their annual spawning ritual up the feeder stream from Andover Lake.

A friendly reminder to Andover Lake Residents: According to the DEP 2009 Angler’s Guide (pg. 4) ALL rivers and streams in CT are closed to fishing from March 1 to the opening day of Fishing Season (April 18, 2009). Although Andover Lake has no “closed season” and therefore is open to fishing year-round, the feeder streams do have a closed season. This means the taking of any fish from these streams during the “closed season” is illegal. For violation of the “closed season” regulation (pg. 8) there is a $154 per count fine … ouch!

The complete DEP Angler’s Guide can be found on the State Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/fishing/anglers_guide/anguide.pdf

Please help spread the word that spearing, killing or taking the White Suckers from Andover Lake feeder streams is illegal before opening day.

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