Many people have recently discovered fishing as a great low-stress way to enjoy the out-of-doors with the added benefit of sometimes bringing home a nice meal of fish. The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. says these people often ask to […]
Tag: Fishing
Commentary, Opinion
To seek a newer human-wildlife relationship, reject Chicken Little
By David Kelley, board member of the Vermont Wildlife Coalition When I was young everyone in my family hunted and fished. In fact, when I was young, it seemed like everyone in Vermont hunted and fished. At Otter Valley, where […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Events & Activities
Let’s Go Fishing program seeks instructors
Training workshop set for May 20 and 21 May 20-21 — WOODBURY — Vermont Fish & Wildlife is seeking volunteers to become Let’s Go Fishing instructors to pass on Vermont’s fishing tradition to the next generation of Vermonters. The course […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Events & Activities, Lifestyle, Sports
Vermont walleye season opens Saturday, May 1
Saturday, May 1 — The Vermont walleye fishing season opens on Saturday, May 1, marking the return of some of the best walleye fishing in New England. Excellent spring walleye fishing can be found in several Vermont lakes and rivers, […]
Arts, Dining & Entertainment, Arts/Entertainment, Sports
VTF&W announces increased trout stocking for anglers in Chittenden, Pittsford, Leicester and Dorset
Continued work on Sugar Hill Reservoir/Goshen Dam re-routes stocked fish, limits access GOSHEN—The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Dept. announced April 21 that trout originally planned for the 2021 stocking season at Sugar Hill Reservoir, also known as Goshen Dam, in […]
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News Briefs
Fishing program expands at Vermont state parks
Vermont State Parks and the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department have expanded the popular Reel Fun Vermont program for 2017. Eighteen Vermont State Parks now offer free loaner fishing equipment to park visitors, along with a mix of educational resources […]
Local News
Vermont Days offer free fishing, access to state parks and historic sites
Vermont Days are an annual invitation to visitors and Vermonters to explore — for free — Vermont’s excellent fishing, state parks, and historic sites. For the weekend of June 10-11, all Vermont State Parks day-use areas and all state-owned Historic Sites […]
Sports
Vermont walleye fishing season opens May 6
The Vermont walleye fishing season is set to open up on May 6, marking the return of some of the best walleye fishing in New England. “We saw some really nice, trophy-size walleye during our recent survey work, which certainly […]
Sports
Vermont’s catch-and-release bass fishing season in full swing
Vermont’s celebrated catch-and-release bass fishing season is underway with some of the hottest bass fishing action in the Green Mountain State happening right now. “The spring catch-and-release season is a really special time to be on the water in Vermont, […]