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BULLHEAD C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C P P P C P C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C SMALLMOUTH BASS C C C P P P P P C LARGEMOUTH BASS C CHAIN PICKERELWALLEYE NORTHERN PIKE P P P P C P C C C C C C C C C C C C YELLOW PERCH C
P P P C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C RAINBOW SMELT C P C C C C C C C LAKE TROUT C C Fish Are Fish Pf Sf Sf St St St St St St St St St St Pf Sr Sf St St St St St St St St St St Sr Pc Sc Sc Pc Sc Sc Mt LANDLOCKEDBROWN SALMON TROUT Mc Where theWhere Central Region
RAINBOW TROUT 74 51 91 61 39 72 22 68 82 85 33 85 38 72 39 92 48 54 BROOK ACCESSTROUT 88 171 414 351 397 219 109 142 194 133 190 188 256 554 396 340 859 6 7 6 2 7 7 7 6 7 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 6 ACREAGE 6
MAP NUMBER Elmore, Lake Elmore, RIVERS AND STREAMSRIVERS River Dog River (Little) Waterbury Buck Lake Buck Curtis Pond Lake Eden, Pond Ewell Pond) (Nelson Lake Forest Pond Fosters River Gihon River Mad River Waits River Wells River Winooski LAKES AND PONDS Pond Berlin Lake Greenwood Lake Green River Reservoir River Green East Long Pond East Long Levi Pond Levi Pond Marshfield Martins Pond Pond) 10 (No. Lake Mirror Keiser Pond Keiser Lake Groton Lake Halls Lake Lake Harveys Pond Joes Mollys Falls Reservoir Falls Mollys Pond Mollys North Pond Montpelier Kettle Pond Kettle Nichols Pond Nichols Pond) (Seyon Pond Noyes Pond Ricker Osmore Pond Osmore Pond Peacham (Woodbury Lake) Sabin Pond Pond Ticklenaked Valley Lake (Dog Pond) Lake Valley Pond Wolcott Reservoir Wrightsville Waterbury Reservoir Waterbury
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P P P P P C C C C C C C C C C C C C C PANFISH C P P P P P P P P P C C C C C C C C C C C C C C P P P P P
BULLHEAD P C C C C C C P P P P P P P C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C = undeveloped; = undeveloped; P P P P C C C C U = Utility; P P P P P C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C SMALLMOUTH BASS C P C LARGEMOUTH BASS C CHAIN PICKERELWALLEYE P P C NORTHERN PIKE C P P C P P P P C C C C C C C C C YELLOW PERCH C P P P P P P P C C C C C C C C RAINBOW SMELT C = Federal; G = Federal; P P P P P P P P C C C C C C LAKE TROUT C C Xt Pf St St St St St St St Ut Uf Pc Pc Sc Mc Mc Mc Mc LANDLOCKED SALMON Scr
BROWN TROUT Sud P = Present. RAINBOW TROUT = regulated. 47 97 57 81 69 50 BROOK ACCESSTROUT 63 760 101 243 248 186 123 985 753 452 129 202 446 1,402 Champlain Valley 279,067 2 1 1 5 5 9 1 1 9 5 5 9 5 5 2 1 9 9 9 5 9 2 9 5 ACREAGE M = Municipal; c = cartop; r MAP NUMBER = foot or carryX = Multiple Owners; in; ud f = foot = State; S = State; KEY: ACCESS Huntington River Huntington River Lamoille Browns River Browns RIVERS AND STREAMSRIVERS Lake Carmi Lake Arrowhead Mountain Lake Mountain Arrowhead LAKES AND PONDS Lake Champlain Lake Cedar Lake (Monkton Pond) (Monkton Lake Cedar = Private; P = Private; Colchester Pond Colchester Lamoille River North River Lamoille Branch River Fair Lemon Creek Lewis t = boats on trailer; C = Common; FISH SPECIES KEY: Fairfield Pond Fairfield Dunmore, Lake Dunmore, Dead Creek Dead Middlebury River River Missisquoi Fern Lake Fern Reservoir Indian Brook Iroquois Lake Eden Long Pond, New Haven River Haven New Creek Otter Long Pond, Milton Long Pond, Winooski River Winooski Tyler Branch Tyler Rock River Rock River Trout Sugar Hill Reservoir Sugar Lake Sunrise Silver Lake Silver Shelburne Pond Shelburne Richville Reservoir Richville Metcalf Pond Metcalf Sunset Lake Sunset Winona Lake (Bristol Pond) (Bristol Lake Winona WHERE THE FISH ARE
Neal Pond Maidstone Lake Mackville Pond Moore Reservoir May Pond Lyford Pond Miles PondMiles Lower Symes Pond Long Pond, Greensboro Long Pond, Westmore Long Pond, Sheffield Little Hosmer Pond Little Averill Pond Lewis Pond Lake Willoughby Lake Parker Lake Memphremagog Shadow Lake, Glover Shadow Lake, Concord LAKES ANDPONDS Bald Hill Pond Lake Elligo Jobs Pond Newark Pond Seymour Lake Beck Pond Beaver Pond Bean Pond Duck Pond, Sutton Derby Pond Island Pond Holland Pond Forest Lake Salem Lake Round Pond, Sheffield Round Pond, Holland Perch Pond Pensioner Pond Paul Stream Pond Nulhegan Pond Notch Pond Pond Norton Crystal Lake Crystal Cow Mountain Pond Blake Pond Horse PondHorse Hardwick Lake Halfway Pond Great Hosmer Pond Flagg Pond Echo Lake Duck Pond, Waterford Daniels Pond Great Averill Lake Clyde Pond Charleston Pond Center Pond Caspian Lake Brownington Pond Comerford Reservoir Coles Pond MAP NUMBER MAP
Northeast Kingdom 8 ACREAGE 4 7 4 3 7 8 7 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 8 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 7 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 7 4 3 3 3 8 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 7 7 1,235 5,966 1,653 1,769
467 185 250 128 626 325 180 583 550 828 789 125 186 132 139 153 100 108 145 140 111 215 116 207 777 764 210 173 763
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MAP NUMBER MAP 2 ACREAGE 4 3 4 4 3 7 4 4 4 8 4 7 4
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ACCESS 23 66 60 20 12 25 29 15 19 16 27 RAINBOW TROUT RAINBOW
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BULLHEAD P P P C C C C C C C C C C C P C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C SMALLMOUTH BASS C P LARGEMOUTH BASS P CHAIN PICKERELWALLEYE NORTHERN PIKE P P P P P P C C C C C C C C YELLOW PERCH C P P C C C C C C C RAINBOW SMELT C C P P P P P P C C C C C C C C C C C C C LAKE TROUT C Sf Sf St St St St St St St St St Gf Pc Sc Sc Sc LANDLOCKEDBROWN SALMON TROUT Mf
RAINBOW TROUT 8 51 27 24 24 10 85 48 79 34 99 56 66 46 40 28 BROOK ACCESSTROUT 23 479 110 702 904 206 2,360 Southwest Region Southwest 9 9 9 9 9 ACREAGE 9 14 10 10 10 14 14 14 14 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 14
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Burr Pond Burr Walloomsac River Walloomsac RIVERS AND STREAMSRIVERS Kill Batten Branch Kill West Batten River Castleton River Hoosic River Mettawee LAKES AND PONDS LAKES AND Sunderland Pond, Beebe Hubbardton Pond, Beebe Pond Bourn Branch Pond Pond Bullhead Chipman Lake Pond) (Tinmouth River Clarendon River Cold River Green Mill River River Poultney Fishing in Vermont is easy and fun for kids and families. is easy and fun for Fishing in Vermont to clinics, and derbies family-friendlyfestivals, fishing From Vermont is the perfect place fish, stocked opportunities catch to a line. cast to kids and families for Lake Bomoseen Lake Kent Pond Kent Chittenden Reservoir Chittenden Pond Colton Pond Danby South Stream Pond Stream South Spring Lake Pond Stratton Lake ShaftsburyLake St. Catherine Lake Lake Hortonia Lake Paran Lake Emerald Lake Emerald Pond Half Moon LakeHancock Pond) (Sucker Glen Lake Glen
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P P P P P P P P P P C C C C C C C C C C C C PANFISH C P P C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C P P P P P BULLHEAD P C C C C C C C C C C C C P P P C C C C = undeveloped; = undeveloped; P U = Utility; P P P P P P C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C SMALLMOUTH BASS C P P C C C LARGEMOUTH BASS C CHAIN PICKERELWALLEYE NORTHERN PIKE P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P P C C C C C YELLOW PERCH C
P P P P P P P P P P C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C C RAINBOW SMELT C = Federal; G = Federal; P P P P P P P P P C C C C C C C C C C C LAKE TROUT C S St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St St Ut Ut Ut Gf Gt Gt Gt Gt Pc Sc Sc Gc Mt Mt Mc LANDLOCKEDBROWN SALMON TROUT Scr P = Present. 2 RAINBOW TROUT 8 = regulated. 31 87 81 77 63 39 35 25 80 23 20 33 23 25 25 56 63 68 96 64 84 ACCESS 84
BROOK TROUT 171 547 215 457 121 160 109 104 106 108 194 195 180 290 1,568 2,040 Southeast Region Southeast 9 6 ACREAGE M = Municipal; 14 14 10 10 10 14 14 14 10 14 10 11 11 11 11 15 15 15 13 15 15 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 13 c = cartop; r MAP NUMBER = foot or carryX = Multiple Owners; in; ud f = foot
Lake Runnemede Lake Mill Pond (Kennedys Pond) (Kennedys Mill Pond Lowell Lake Lowell Mill Pond North Hartland Reservoir NorthReservoir Springfield Lake Rescue (Parsons Mill Pond) Harriman Reservoir #2 Knapp Pond Fairlee Lake Morey Lake Ninevah Lake Raponda Lake Grout Pond Grout #1 Knapp Pond Baker Pond Baker Williams River Retreat Meadows Retreat Miller Pond Miller McIntosh Pond McIntosh Connecticut River Connecticut RIVERS AND STREAMSRIVERS Black River Gale Meadows Pond Meadows Gale Ansel Pond Ansel Pond Colby Lake Echo Amherst Lake = State; S = State; KEY: ACCESS LAKES AND PONDS LAKES AND Weatherhead Hollow Pond Hollow Weatherhead Wallingford Pond Wallingford 2nd Branch White River 2nd Branch White River White Branch 3rd 1st Branch White River 1st Branch White White River White West River West Saxtons River Saxtons Ottauquechee River Ottauquechee Rood Pond Rood Reservoir Sherman River Ompompanoosuc Sadawga Pond Sadawga Searsburg Reservoir River Deerfield = Private; P = Private; Vernon Hatchery Pond Vernon Reservoir Woodward Sunset Lake, Brookfield Lake, Sunset Stoughton Pond Stoughton Star Lake Somerset Reservoir Somerset Pond South Silver Lake Silver t = boats on trailer; C = Common; FISH SPECIES KEY: Townshend Reservoir Townshend Sunset Lake, Marlboro Lake, Sunset