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For Immediate Release: January 5, 2005
ICE FISHING ACTION IS PICKING UP
WATERBURY, VT - Vermont's icefishing action is starting to pick up as
colder
weather builds ice on many small lakes and Lake Champlain bays.
Be sure to
check ice conditions carefully before venturing out.
Where is the action? Lake Champlain along the state's western border at
over
100 miles long is ranked highly because of the quality and variety
of fish you
can catch including landlocked salmon, lake trout, brown
trout, northern pike,
yellow perch, white perch, walleye, crappie, and
smelt.
Traditional northern pike hotspots include Lake Champlain's Kelley Bay,
Missisquoi
Bay, Dillenbeck Bay, Carry Bay, Keeler Bay, St. Albans Bay,
and the main lake
south of the Champlain Bridge from Addison to
Ticonderoga, New York.
Later, as more ice forms, landlocked salmon, yellow perch and smelt will
be caught
north of the Sandbar Causeway between Milton and South Hero,
while the shallow
flats south of the causeway normally produce northern
pike.
If cold weather provides good ice on the deep-water portion of the lake,
lake trout
will be found off the west shore of Grand Isle and also in
Converse Bay and Button
Bay south to the Champlain Bridge.
Yellow perch are being caught throughout Lake Champlain in any of the
bays and
in the shallows as well as on many other Vermont waters.
While walleyes can show up anywhere in Lake Champlain, the most
consistent
winter action can be found in the southern end of the lake
off Benson and Orwell.
For more information, contact the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department,
103 South
Main Street, Waterbury, VT 05671-0501. Telephone 802-241-3700
and email: fwinformation@anr.state.vt.us . Ask for a Digest of Hunting, Fishing
& Trapping
Laws and a Fishing Guide Map.
To locate places to stay, buy bait and rent ice fishing shanties, go to
the Vermont
Outdoor Guides Association website
www.voga.org and click on "ice
fishing."
For a list of Vermont approved bait dealers, go to
http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/library/Vendors_and_Sources/Commercial_Bait_
Dealers.pdf
, or contact Fish & Wildlife for a copy of the list.
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For Further Information please contact: John Hall at 802-241-3700 or
email to
john.hall@anr.state.vt.us
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