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Author:
therieldeal
Date:
May 02, 2011
Subject:
West Thompson Lake Carping - 5/1
Message:
I went carp fishing yesterday afternoon at “the dam” as everyone calls it in town. For those of you who aren’t familiar with it, the lake was created in the 1960’s by the addition of a large dam on the Quinebaug river. Anyway, I staked out a spot at the north end of the lake where it transitions back to being a river. I found an eddy the other day while bass fishing where the carp are almost always feeding. In a few hours I caught two 11’s (ties for my PB), one 10, and one 7 pounder. Oddly enough the 7 pounder fought the hardest of the four! I had a number of others on, but they are great at running for snags and unhooking themselves… I also caught a small (way under legal length) pickerel with my landing net. It was cruising slowly in the shallows, ignoring me entirely… It was clearly sick with some sort of disease. I figured it was best to get it out of the lake, as it had white blobs along its back and open sores on its sides (nasty!). In this case what is the best thing to do? I chose to “dispatch” it and toss it in the woods, but I wasn’t sure about the legality of this.
Author:
PECo
Date:
May 02, 2011
Message:
I'd bet that the DEP wouldn't have a problem with anyone removing an obviously sick fish from any lake or pond, although I'm sure they'd like to have a chance to examine it. You should probably send the the DEP an email with the details (e.g., exactly where you were and what it looked like). They always respond to my emails.
Author:
therieldeal
Date:
May 02, 2011
Message:
Alright, I will send them an email with a location/description/etc. I’ll be putting a plastic bag in my tackle box in case I encounter something like this again. Yesterday I would have had no way to take it with me anyway.
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