State-controlled fishing areas (Repealed)

(a) Enfield Dam Shad Fishing Area. The Enfield Dam Shad Fishing Area shall include the west bank of the Connecticut River in Suffield from the head gates of the Windsor Locks Canal downstream as indicated by posters. In this area the following provisions shall apply: (1) Daily permits are required when an attendant is on duty at the entrance to the area, and shall be secured from the attendant. A permit fee of up to one dollar per licensed angler may be charged. (2) There shall be no fishing in the canal or from the dam. (3) Fishing is permitted only within the area designated by posters. (4) Persons under sixteen years of age shall be accompanied by a licensed angler over twenty-one years of age. (5) Swimming within the state controlled area is prohibited. (6) Firearms and dogs are prohibited within the state controlled area. (b) Quinebaug Valley Trout Hatchery Public Fishing Ponds. The public fishing ponds at the Quinebaug Valley Hatchery—Plainfield may be open to public fishing and daily permits or permits for specific hourly periods may be required. A permit fee of up to one dollar may be charged. Anglers shall be limited to one permit per day. Persons under sixteen years of age shall be accompanied by a licensed angler over twenty-one years of age. These ponds shall be managed so as to obtain data concerning catch, catch per unit of effort and method of angling. Legal methods of angling, daily limit, open season, legal angling hours, minimum lengths, areas open to angling, the number of anglers using these ponds and any other special condition governing the use of these ponds shall be determined by the Department of Environmental Protection and posted at each pond or stated on the permits issued by the department.