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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/
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