MONTPELIER — Vermont’s “Trophy Trout” stocking program for 2024 includes nine river sections and 37 lakes and ponds receiving two-year-old trout, some over 18 inches long. “The Trophy Trout program ...

MONTPELIER — Vermont’s trout fishing season opens Saturday, April 12. Despite lingering snow cover in some areas of the state, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says anglers can still have fun ...

Vermont banned the import and sale of pond slider turtles, including red-eared sliders, to protect native species. Pond sliders compete with native turtles for resources and can spread diseases.

Howard Capen keeps an eye on his line from the bank along Miller Pond in Strafford, Vt. Fish and Wildlife stocking truck had just unloaded 1,300 rainbow trout into the water. Credit: Jennifer Hauck / ...

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