The Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department says anglers will have several new fishing opportunities in Vermont beginning in January when a recently enacted regulation goes into effect.’
Eleven new river sections will have catch-and-release trout fishing with artificial flies or lures outside of the normal trout fishing season, opening over 70 miles of river to year-round trout fishing.
A section of the Walloomsac River in Bennington is added to the trophy trout streams stocked with two-year old brown or rainbow trout with a daily limit of two trout per day.
Bass catch-and-release open water angling with artificial flies and lures (not ice fishing) outside the normal bass season will include all lakes, ponds and reservoirs not listed as "seasonally closed waters." The list of seasonally closed waters is posted on Vermont Fish & Wildlife's website (www.vtfishandwildlife.com). Under Fishing, click on "Law Digest and Guide."
"The department has made it a priority to increase opportunities for fish and wildlife-based recreation in which there will not be a biological impact," said Vermont Fish & Wildlife Commissioner Patrick Berry. "This new fishing regulation will greatly expand angling opportunities and help promote open-water fishing during more of the year."
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New fishing opportunities in 2014
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