TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Life history and description of the river and fishery 2 



Creel census methods ^ 



Analysis of results 5 



1957 creel census 6 



1958 creel census 6 



Comparison of results 6 



Composition of the catch 9 



Estimated sport catch 1941-56 10 



Summary II 



Literature cited 12. 



TABLES 



1. Area, type of fishing, location of fishing grounds, and fishing season, shad sport 



fishery, Connecticut River, 1957 and 1958 4 



2. Summary of estimated shad catch and effort by fishing area, Connecticut River 



sport fishery, 1957 6 



3. Summary of estimated shad catch and effort by fishing area, Connecticut River 



sport fishery, 1958 7 



4. Weekly estimated sport catch of shad by state, Connecticut River, April 20- 



June 27, 1957 and April 19-July 2, 1958 7 



5. Calculated shad catch, effort, and catch per unit of effort by type fishing and 



fishing waters, Connecticut River and tributaries, 1957 8 



6. Calculated shad catch, effort, and catch per unit of effort by type fishing and 



fishing waters, Connecticut River and tributaries, 1958 8 



7. Age distribution and spawning history by sex of sannpled shad, Connecticut River 



sport fishery, 1957-58 9 



8. Summary of state controlled area catch and effort data and estimated total catch 



as determined by ratio estimate, Connecticut River shad sport fishery, 

 1941-56 11 



FIGURES 



1. Major shad sport fishing areas, Connecticut River, 1957-58 3 



2. Weekly fishing success for shad on Connecticut River, 1957 and 1958 9 



3. Estimated total sport catch, Connecticut River, 1941-58 10 



