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Then Again: Lake Champlain long a magnet for anglers
Sport fishing on Lake Champlain has been popular since the mid-1800s. One of the most popular areas has been the Split Rock Channel in the southern part of the lake, seen here in an 1875 painting by...
View ArticlePete Diminico: Troubled rivers and wild trout
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Pete Diminico, of Bristol, who is a founder of New Haven River Watch, a board member of the Addison County Riverwatch Collaborative, cofounder Bristol Conservation...
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Vermont trout pond atlas adds GPS lure
Burlington-based geographer Peter Shea is author of “The New Atlas of Vermont Trout Ponds.” Photo by Kevin O’Connor/VTDigger Growing up, Peter Shea didn’t think he’d be the Vermonter who’d put the...
View ArticleEric LaMontagne: Closing the Salisbury hatchery doesn’t make financial sense
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Eric LaMontagne, who is the executive director of Campaign for Vermont. Nearly two out of every three Vermont residents hunt, fish or watch wildlife. This is second...
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Margolis: Fish hatcheries not without their critics
The Salisbury fish hatchery would be closed down in Gov. Phil Scott’s budget proposal. Google Earth photo To save money, Gov. Phil Scott wants to shut down a fish hatchery, and the organized angling...
View ArticleHeather Furman: Hunting & conservation — making room for all
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Heather Furman, the Vermont state director for The Nature Conservancy. It was first published by the Times Argus and Rutland Herald. If you recreate in the...
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State reports fishing and hunting licenses at highest point in 30 years
Spencer Clason of South Burlington, left, is not impressed by the bass reeled in by his father Todd as they fish on the Burlington Waterfront on Friday, May 1, 2020. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger...
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Fish & Wildlife to post signs warning against baitfish use in ponds home to...
Brook trout, which are native to Eastern North America, face disruptions in the food chain when baitfish are released into their habitat. Photo courtesy of Chris Owen Vermont has two official state...
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Environmentalists raise alarm about invasive fish in Hudson River, move to...
The average round goby measures between 4 and 9 inches long. Photo courtesy of Scott George of the US Geological Survey Environmentalists and politicians in Vermont are urging New York officials to...
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Champlain Islands organizations launch study of Keeler Bay
Keeler Bay. Photo via Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department Michele Gammal, the owner of Keeler Bay Marina in South Hero, said her husband and co-owner Michael is building an aquatic weed harvester...
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Mike Covey: If you don’t like fishing, hunting or trapping, then don’t partake
Commentaries are opinion pieces contributed by readers and newsmakers. VTDigger strives to publish a variety of views from a broad range of Vermonters. Commentaries give voice to community members and...
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Ice fisherman drowns in Lake Champlain
Grand Isle resident Wayne Alexander, 62, died after falling through the ice in Lake Champlain on Thursday night. Alexander was ice fishing on the lake on Thursday afternoon, and a relative went...
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The lure of striped bass
Dennis Jensen displays his catch. Photo courtesy of Dennis Jensen. Dennis Jensen is the outdoor editor of the Rutland Herald and Barre Times Argus and a member of the board of directors of the New...
View ArticleDeen: Flying ants to the angler’s rescue
Editor’s note: David Deen is river steward for the Connecticut River Watershed Council. When fishing, you never know what will happen and on one of “those” days, nothing happens, not even a lowly...
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In This State: For Vermonters who get hooked, bass fishing is a deep, costly...
Pro fisherman Tommy Waltz of Georgia talks about his passion for tournament bass fishing, a sub-culture of the angling fraternity whose adherents are intensely competitive and devoted to their...
View ArticleDavid Deen: The surprises that await
Editor’s note: This commentary is by David Deen, who is the river steward for the Connecticut River Watershed Council and a state representative from Putney. He is the chair of the House Fish, Wildlife...
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In This State: Quimby Country reflects a century of changes in fishing in the...
Vermont Gov. George Aiken, right, fishes with his friend Kansas Gov. Alf Landon, left, in this photo, circa the 1930s. Photo courtesy of Quimby Country archive Editor’s note: This article is by Tim...
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Trout season begins in Vermont
Trout season began in Vermont over the weekend. Photo courtesy of Chris Owen Time to concoct stories of the one that got away: Trout season in Vermont opened Saturday, sending anglers clamoring to the...
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Celebrating Vermont’s most famous river at the Battenkill Fly Fishing Festival
Fly tyers offered demonstrations throughout the weekend. Photo by Walker Creative Inc. ARLINGTON — Doug Lyons locked eyes with the river, searching for the splashy rise of brown trout. The warm, late...
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For the first time in decades, the state gives the Lamoille River’s walleye a...
Dan DeLucia of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department nets a walleye after stunning it with electricity on the Lamoille River in Milton on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger...
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State seeks to buy flood-prone Morristown property, keep it wild
The Avery property on Duhamel Road in Morristown on July 11, 2023, after getting flooded with four feet of water. Courtesy photo by Tyler Gillen This story by Tommy Gardner was first published in the...
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