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TRT:
Some day VT & NH biologists will give up on the dream of having an Atlantic Salmon fishery on the CT river.
Until then good luck getting walleye stocked in CT river basin.

Jimfishing:
The Atlantic Salmon restoration program in the CT River was abandoned over a decade ago.

stripernut:
MA stocked walleye years ago in a number of spots across the state and found they could not reproduce except in the Merrimack and Conn Rivers. I plan to be out Sunday afternoon trying to get some of the MA Walleye in Conn. River and I have been doing a little better every year as I figure them out... 3 years ago I asked a state biologist if we could stock a lake in the Conn. watershed and I would pay (I think I could get enough with a GoFund Me) for the whole thing... No real interest yet, they had to test the body of water, I told them if it was too cold for walleye we could do trophy browns.
I wish you luck.

vt-jig:
I think everyone would have an easier time with walleye legislature if the community of people who target them weren't such....."walleye fisherman". Think about it. The state of Vermont wastes more money on stocking brookies into warm shallow ponds, than is remotely necessary.  Why do they do this? People love the opportunity to catch fish.   At the same time, people who fish these put and take fisheries are far from tight lipped.  A walleye guy isn't gonna even tell you that's what he's targeting. Crappies are another prime example.  There's a couple dozen (maybe) people in the state who  consistently catch them. Not ONE of them will put a new fisherman on a hole and say have at it.  A lack of approachability, and a total neglect for the next generation, is why the state doesn't care about them. Because it seems like a niche fish, not a priority target fish.     
 
Side note,

     I do not target walleye, and I've caught only one. That ONE was anticlimactic all its own. Crappies are pretty and make a fun addition to the bucket but I'd rather target something above 2lbs, so if I get one its usually while jigging pike or bass.

A long winded statement but to summarize, a state isn't gonna change the ecological stability of a water system to suit the taste of a couple dozen old codgers who think they own the rights to a species.     Note that my generalizations we not said in offense, or towards any particular person. Just an entire greed fueled community.  And nobody on THIS website would be like that....   ;D

Dickbakers:
 ??? Keep in mind that Walleye are Vermont's warm water state fish.  They aren't hard to catch but great to eat.  I fish the upper Conn river and my grand children think they are easy to catch.
NH biologists promoted the walleye project.  Vt.  Biologist killed it.
Vt  fishermen must bring it up again!!!

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