Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife fisheries biologist Bernie Pientka holds up a wild juvenile lake trout during a population survey on Lake Champlain. Hatchery fish have clipped fins, but wild ...

Wild trout are something of a holy grail for Vermonters who like to fish, and now an important river in northern Vermont has been protected to help ensure the continued health of the state's ...

MONTPELIER — Vermont’s trout fishing season opens Saturday, April 12. Despite lingering snow cover in some areas of the state, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says anglers can still have fun ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Calling all southern Vermont anglers – starting this month, you’ll have more opportunities for trout fishing thanks to a pilot ...

Wild lake trout are making a resurgence on Lake Champlain after the native species was eradicated more than a century ago. Anglers and fisheries biologists are celebrating the revival, but the fish ...

It took more than four decades, but the lake trout population in Lake Champlain is now self-sustaining, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. That means DEC, along ...

MONTPELIER — Anglers have some new opportunities to chase hefty 13- and 14-inch brook and rainbow trout at four ponds in southern Vermont this winter, thanks to a pilot late season stocking program ...

On a recent morning in May, a crew of scientists aboard a research vessel in the middle of Lake Champlain untangled a big commercial fishing net, preparing to drop it into the dark depths of the lake.