ANSONIA- Colony Pond received a second stocking of trout this month
when the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) added
nearly 150 delectable trout to the city pond at Abe Stone Park. Earlier this month,
the DEEP had initially stocked the pond with 200 trout.
The stocking is in preparation for the Bill Stokes Memorial
Fishing Derby at the pond on May 6, 9AM-Noon.
At today’s event, (40) 4th grade students from
Mead and Prendergast Schools participated in stocking the pond by emptying pails of trout.
An osprey was spotted on two occasions attempting to pluck
dinner from Colony Pond without much luck while Mayor Dave Cassetti showcased
his pond-stocking talents on one occasion.
A DEEP attendant on site indicated that typically most of the
stocked trout, raised at Burlington Nursery in Connecticut, will likely end up
on dinner tables this spring and summer.
(This is a press release from Ansonia City Hall)
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