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About 6 years ago I caught a small six inch striper about two mile down from the Enfield dam. Got another this spring, same size, right at the dam. Funny thing is they hit a plug that was bigger than them. They're pretty cute when they are that small...kinda like the size of a beanie baby!
This summer, while throwing willow leafs for Hickories in Niantic Bay for bait I caught a striper that was about 8 inches long. That was in August.
I was at a CT Surf Club meeting a few years back and I brought up the topic of these small striper in the CT during the Spring. There was a DEP guy there who look at me strange. Someone had told me that if the DEP recognizes that the CT River is a spawning ground for stripers, it would be re-classified. Either I didn't ask him what he meant by that or I forgot what he told me. But I am convinced they spawn there.
Anyone?: Are rivers that are identified as spawning grounds classified somehow and what does that mean?
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