|
Feds say trout hatchery in New Marlborough can stay open
NEW MARLBOROUGH, Mass. The Berkshire Trout Hatchery in New Marlborough will remain open for the foreseeable future. The U-S Fish and Wildlife Service has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with representatives from the Berkshire Trout Hatchery Foundation. The hatchery is the only federal one in Western Massachusetts, and the only volunteer-run hatchery in the country. The facility includes 148 acres covered by marked trails, and it raises rainbow and brown trout for release into local waters. The hatchery includes a gravity-fed springwater system of pools to breed and hatch the fish. The hatchery also is raising 20-thousand Atlantic Salmon for use in the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Restoration program. That program is trying to reintroduce Atlantic salmon into the Connecticut River Valley.
Trout Grenobloise
Depending on the size of your trout, you may find that two people can share one. If it hasn't been filleted in advance, simply lift the crisp skin and slide the flesh off the bones with a fork to eat, being sure to get some sauce with each bite. Leftovers are delicious on sandwiches or in salad. 2/3 cup all-purpose flour Salt, to taste Pepper to taste 4 medium trout, cleaned (see note) 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/2 cup butter (1 stick) 1 cup cubed white bread, such as sourdough 2 lemons, zested and segmented (see note) 1 tablespoon capers 1 small bunch fresh parsley, chopped 1/2 bunch fresh tarragon, chopped Place the flour in a shallow dish and season with salt and pepper. Lightly dredge the trout in the flour on both sides, inside and out. Heat the oil in a large skillet (you may need two skillets if the fish are large) over high heat and place the trout in skin side down.
Gorging on beauty, trout
In that dim void between nightfall and moonrise, two arm-weary anglers drifted into sleepy chatter above the kettledrum throb of a rapid, watching the chiseled outline of a canyon wall slowly fade to black. A sudden racket from a garbage bag suspended in a tree brought the conversation wide awake. "Raccoons," Kirk Deeter declared, swinging a light beam to catch a bushy tail disappearing into the foliage. When the noise came again, the flashlight told the real story. That magnificent tail, more than twice the size of a coon's, belonged to a ringtail cat, a highly nocturnal and seldom-seen resident of the desert Southwest. The sighting, perhaps once in a lifetime, seemed appropriate for a river setting that is equally extraordinary. Of all the places where trout reside in Colorado, none lifts the bar of scenic beauty and fishing opportunity nearly so high as Gunnison Gorge.
|
|
|
|
|
Bookmark
(Ctrl + D) |
|
