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Fishing in Vermont

Click a region to explore top fishing spots, species, and local tips.

Vermont offers classic New England fishing with Lake Champlain, hundreds of mountain trout streams, and pristine backcountry ponds. Lake Champlain provides outstanding lake trout, landlocked salmon, and bass fishing. The Green Mountains feature hundreds of wild brook trout streams, and the Connecticut River forms the eastern border offering smallmouth bass and walleye. The Northeast Kingdom is famous for its remote trout ponds.

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Lake Champlain & Northwest

Lake Champlain, Missisquoi River, Lamoille River -- Lake Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike

Green Mountains & Central

Green Mountain streams, Rochester area, Mad River -- Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Native Brook Trout

Northeast Kingdom

Willoughby Lake, Seymour Lake, Memphremagog -- Lake Trout, Landlocked Salmon, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye

Southern Vermont

Deerfield River, Somerset Reservoir, Harriman Reservoir -- Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Brook Trout, Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike

Connecticut River Valley

Connecticut River, White River, Ottauquechee River -- Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout