News from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department
May 18, 2005
Phone: (603) 271-3211
Email: info@wildlife.state.nh.us
For information and online licenses, visit 
http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us

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CONTACT:
Jon Greenwood: (603) 271-2501 
Jane Vachon: (603) 271-3211
May 18, 2005


TIME TO GO BROOD STOCK SALMON FISHING!

CONCORD, N.H. -- The time is right for brood stock salmon anglers to 
get out and enjoy some of the most exciting fishing they'll have all 
year. By the end of this week, New Hampshire Fish and Game will have 
finished releasing more than 1,100 tagged broodstock salmon -- big, mature 
fish ranging from 3 to 12 pounds each -- into the Merrimack and lower 
Pemigewasset rivers. 

"The water levels have receded to the point that we can stock the 
salmon, and the cool water temperatures are ideal for these fish," said Jon 
Greenwood, coordinator of the Anadromous Fish Restoration Program for 
N.H. Fish and Game. "So it's the perfect time for sport anglers to get 
out and catch these fighting fish!" 

To fish for brood stock salmon, you need a current New Hampshire 
fishing license and an $11 brood stock salmon permit. Both can be purchased 
online at http://www.nhfishandgame.com or from Fish and Game license 
agents statewide. 

All the sites from Bristol to Hooksett where Fish and Game releases 
brood stock salmon will have been stocked by May 20, according to 
Greenwood. For strategies on angling for the King of Fish, including advice on 
salmon flies, best seasons and more, check out Greenwood's Fishing 
Forecast at http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Fishing/fishing.htm. 

Only salmon marked by Fish and Game with a T-bar anchor at the base of 
the dorsal fin may be kept, and the bag limit remains 1 per day and 5 
total for the season. This year, stamp and possession tags are no longer 
required for salmon anglers. 

More information on the broodstock salmon fishery, including an access 
map, at http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Fishing/atlantic_salmon.htm. 
New Hampshire has the only managed Atlantic salmon river fishery in New 
England. 


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