Vermont's Hunting and Fishing

Vermont's waterways are home to some of the very best freshwater fishing in the United States. The many cold water brooks and streams harbor an abundance of rainbow, brown and brook trout. Vermont's wide lakes and ponds offer terrific opportunities for bass, walleyes and other species.

In April, Vermont's trout fishing season opens and continues straight through October. Vermont's winters leave the fish with veracious appetites and they'll bite most anything that moves. Over 5,000 miles of lucrative fishing waters are made possible by the rushing flow of spring water from the mountains. The trout is abundant in these streams and brooks throughout the valleys of Vermont.

If you're up for more of a sporting challenge, then you may want to try fishing the more than 500 lakes and ponds for walleye and northern pike. Vermont is fast becoming known for its bass fishing as well, although it is restricted to catch and release until the second Saturday in June.

If hunting is more your thing, then Vermont is also the place for you. Its unspoiled woods, lakes, and ponds, coupled with its abundance of game, make Vermont one of the top hunting destinations in the North Eastern U.S.

Hunting opportunities are everywhere; white-tailed deer, moose, wild turkey, black bear, wood cock, water fowl, and snowshoe hare are popular in the fall season. May offers a fantastic wild turkey gobbler season, making it the best turkey hunting in all of New England.

Finding a place to hunt in Vermont is like shooting fish in a barrel with over 800,000 wild life conservation acres open to public hunting. Then there's the scenery of the beautiful Green Mountains.