Central Vermont offers a variety of warm-water and cold-water fishing opportunities. Sections of two of Vermont's largest and most productive trout streams, the Lamoille and Winooski rivers, as well as the Waterbury and Green River reservoirs are found here. It is also home to the Dog River, one of Vermont's top wild trout streams, and the Woodbury-Calais Lakes Region, which offers good to excellent fishing for trout, bass, and panfish.

Fish commonly found in Vermont's waters include landlocked salmon, yellow perch, brook trout, lake trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, largemouth and smallmouth bass, and northern pike. Among the most popular ice fishing species are salmon, lake trout, walleye, and northern pike.

Open water fishing season in Vermont begins the second Saturday in April, when the statewide season for trout and salmon opens on inland lakes and streams. Ice fishing season on lakes with no trout & salmon begins with the onset of safe ice, usually late December or early January. Most large cold water lakes that have a closed season for trout and salmon also have a special ice fishing season for trout, salmon, and bass that opens on the third Saturday in January and closes the second Sunday in March. Check the guide to Hunting, Fishing, and Trapping Laws for regulations on the water you intend to fish. It is available free at all hunting and fishing license agents. You may also contact the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department at 802-241-3700 or look them up on the web at http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com