Its fin ally that time of year! Saturday April 21 marks the beginning of the 2007 fishing season. For more information please see the CT DEP's website at http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2696&q=335570&depNav_GID=1632

Some key information:

The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) expects to stock nearly 400,000 trout throughout the state prior to Opening Day on April 21th, 2007. DEP’s Inland Fisheries Division began trout stocking March 1 and will continue to stock the state's lakes and rivers right up to Opening Day. Pre-season stocking is on schedule despite some crazy March weather causing some rescheduling of stocking runs.

The following have been produced for stocking during 2007

109,000 brook trout (10-12”)
152,000 rainbow trout (10-12”)
384,000 brown trout (10-12”) 2,000 tiger trout (10-12”)
15,000 brown trout (~12”) 2,500 “sea-run”tiger trout (7-9”)
35,000 rainbow trout (>12”) 2,800 Surplus Broodstock (3-10 lbs)
2,500 “sea-run” brown trout (4-6”) 1,000 large Survivor brown trout (12-16”)
8,500 brown trout yearlings (7-9”) 15,000 Survivor brown trout yearlings (7-9”)

information source: CT DEP