Friends Of The Housatonic River

By Patricia Villers , Register Staff SHELTON -

A last minute notice from the DEP pertaining to a meeting about the rebuilding of the 95 Housatonic Bridge is scheduled for Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at Flood Middle School in Stratford.

Items discussed will be the closing of the Housatonic 95 boat ramp, re-routing of all boat traffic, and any other items you attending bring out. All those interested and concern please attend.

Joe and I took our dink out yesterday October 15. Billions of zebra mussels. They have arrived in the Housatonic River. They have pitted the hard bottom and the rubber. Anyone have any ideas how to get them off without ruining the rubber?

Friends of the Housatonic River had a wonderful turnout for their first ever River Only Bluefish Tournament this past Saturday. The FOTHR.org coordinated event was sponsored by Sikorski Financial Credit Union and ctfishermen.com.

83 Fishermen and Fisherwomen participated in this worthwhile event. Local Anglers competed for cash and prizes with all proceeds going to the continued protection, restoration and improvement of the tidal lower Housatonic River.

The weather was amazing and the fishing in the Housatonic River was red hot!

Congratulations to Dave Youngquist from Shelton catching a massive 18.88 pound bluefish!

FOTHR first tournament was a great success with over 83 contestant, showing the thriving Housatonic River

Complete tally sheet of ALL entries

Fishing throughout Connecticut is just simply fantastic right now.

Striped Bass fishing has steadily improved as fall approaches. Falling water temperatures have Bass returning to our local beaches and rivers looking to feed voraciously before there long swim south for the winter months. Bass up to 38 inches were caught this past week around Penfield Reef in Fairfield, Sunken Island in Southport and Charles Island in Milford. These fish are taking full advantage of the ridiculous amounts of Peanut Bunker that have been schooling around the area and can be caught by throwing spoons, plugs and swimming lures that closely resemble these baitfish. Eels seem to be producing well at night. Fresh chunked or live bait also is working well, but is hard to locate. Some Adult Bunker has been reported around Milford and New Haven, but not in large numbers.

Entry fee: $20 - Open to the public (includes a FOTHR Sticker)

Prizes: 1st = $400, 2nd = $200, 3rd = $100

*** We added prizes ***

1st, 2nd, and 3rd also includes a subscribtion to CTFishermen.com

$25 gift card to Sport Center for 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th (Sponsored by Sikorsky Financial Credit Union)

FOTHR hats as 8th, 9th and 10th place

Fish anywhere by boat or land in the Housatonic River from Stratford bell buoy 1 north to Shelton/Derby from dawn to 3pm

Please keep mortality to a minimum, prior to keeping any fish monitor the up to the minute recorded udates from the weigh in station at 203-278-3320

Download and post the flyer

Buy your entry ticket HERE or see Charlie Schnautz at Ayer's Landing Marina.

All proceeds support FOTHR for Non Profit

***UPDATED*** Rules and Regulations ***UPDATED***

As reported from the CT Post     Please comment below

If permits and other applications from federal and state sources come through, a New York-based company could begin tests on a new technology to generate electricity from the tidal flows in the Housatonic River in 2009.

Natural Currents Energy Services President Roger Bason said his company filed a preliminary application for approval with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission but must also get approvals from state agencies, including the state Department of Environmental Protection.