Vermont Fishing News

The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department has extended the comment period for a survey it is doing on Lake Champlain northern pike regulations.

Anglers interested in completing the Lake Champlain northern pike regulation survey are encouraged to visit the department's website at www.vtfishandwildlife.com and click on Lake Champlain Northern Pike Regulation Survey. The link can be found under ITEMS OF SPECIAL INTEREST in the right-hand navigation window.

WATERBURY, VERMONT -- The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department's 2008 recommendation for the harvest of antlerless deer and youth weekend deer season was presented to the Fish and Wildlife Board on April 9th. The proposal calls for a harvest of 7,662 antlerless deer through a combination of either-sex hunting during the split archery season, an either-sex youth weekend hunt, and through the use of 22,050 muzzleloader season antlerless permits. Typically, 80 percent of the antlerless harvest is adult does, so this amount would be less than 10 percent of the adult doe population.

Bainbridge Island, Washington - The top names in Fly Fishing have joined forces together to put togther a world-class fly fishing outfit as a fundraiser for Trout Unlimited-Alaska to help with their efforts protecting the Bristol Bay watershed.

WATERBURY, VT - Public hearings for proposed Vermont fishing regulation changes on muskie, walleyes and fishing on the Winooski River will be held March 10th, 11th and 12th by the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board.

WATERBURY, VT -- Join Pickett Hill Guide Service , the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, and Vermont Outdoors Woman for a Women's Intro to Ice Fishing, Saturday, February 16th, 2008 on Lake Bomoseen in Castleton, Vermont.

WATERBURY, VT -- The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department issued another ice fishing safety reminder Friday for people venturing out onto the ice.

Ice fishing can be safe and a lot of fun, said Col. Robert Rooks, Vermonts Chief Game Warden, but when we go onto the ice, we need to use good judgment and observe several safety precautions.

It is with great pleasure and excitement that I have the opportunity to present the inaugural issue of MARLIN WORLD.

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The idea for Outdoorsman Exchange came about in an instant, but in a way it was sometime in the making – we just didn’t realize it at the time.

For years my husband, Paul, has wanted to go on an elk hunt. I’ve encouraged him many times. He and his brothers talk how they should all go elk hunting out west with their Dad before age took its toll on him. Pursuit of that dream sounded good but there was always the financial reality check that held my husband back. He couldn’t justify spending money on a guided hunting trip and felt a guided trip was the only way to go for a successful hunt. This voice inside kept telling him - we need to save money for more sensible things like kids braces, college funds, etc. Most everyone can relate to these thoughts, unless you’re an heir to a fortune.

WATERBURY, VERMONT - Federal grant funds are available for projects that will help improve boating sewage pump-out facilities in Vermont, according to an announcement from the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department.

Waterbury, Vermont -- The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation (RBFF), through the Future Fisherman Foundation's Physh Ed National Fishing and Boating Grants Initiative, provides grants to kindergarten through grade 12 teachers to implement fishing and boating units in their physical education (PE) classes.