Guide To Popular Choices For Great Fishing In Vermont
All about fishing in the Green Mountain State
The cold, clear water found throughout the state of Vermont offers excellent fishing conditions for big trout and smallmouth bass, monster salmon, tasty walleyes and perch, plus magnificent settings for fishing in all kinds of waters including lakes, ponds, streams and rivers. In this first section we will concentrate on the larger fishing lakes. Vermont offers great fishing year round - Spring, summer, fall and Ice fishing in winter.
Here, you can fish for largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, channel catfish, black crappie, white crappie, walleye, rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout, lake trout, bluegill, pumpkinseed sunfish, rock bass, white perch, yellow perch, Atlantic salmon, coho salmon, bowfin, chain pickerel, longnose gar, muskie, northern pike and tiger muskie in local lakes, rivers, ponds and/or streams.
Major Vermont Lakes & Species
Lake & Fish Chart
Major angling destinations, cross referenced with the major species to be found in each of the lakes. For a detailed list of primary fish species in VT, plus state fish records, see the list below.
Fishing lake sizes and locations in the state.
Harriman Reservoir is a 2,150-acre lake in the southern part of the state, at Wilmington.
Island Pond is a 600-acre lake in the northeast part of the state, at Brighton.
Lake Bomoseen is a 2,400-acre lake in the west-central part of the state, at Bomoseen.
Lake Carmi is a 1,400-acre lake in the northern part of the state, at Franklin.
Lake Champlain is a 271,000-acre lake on the northwestern border of the state, at Burlington.
Lake Dunmore is a 1,000-acre lake in the west-central part of the state, at Salisbury.
Lake Memphremagog is a 5,800-acre lake on the northern border of the state, at Newport.
Lake St Catherine is an 850-acre lake in the southwest part of the state, at Poultney.
Lake Willoughby is a 1,700-acre lake in the northeast part of the state, at Westmore.
Maidstone Lake is a 750-acre lake in the northeast part of the state, at Maidstone.
Seymour Lake is a 1,750-acre lake in the northeast part of the state, at Morgan.
Somerset Reservoir is a 1,600-acre lake in the southern part of the state, at Somerset.
Fish Species & State Records in Vermont
Bass
Largemouth bass
World record: 22 lbs 4 oz
State Record: 10 lbs 4 oz
Smallmouth bass
World record: 11 lbs 15 oz
State Record: 6 lbs 13 oz
Catfish
Channel catfish
World record: 58 lbs 0 oz
State Record: 35 lbs 14.7 oz
Crappie
Black crappie
World record: 6 lbs 0 oz
State Record: 3 lbs 8.5 oz*
White crappie
World record: 5 lbs 3 oz
State Record: 3 lbs 8.5 oz*
Walleye
Walleye
World record: 25 lbs 0 oz
State Record: 14 lbs 8.8 oz
Sauger
World record: 17 lbs 7 oz
State Record: 3 lbs 2.5 oz
Trout
Rainbow trout
World record: 42 lbs 2 oz
State Record: 13 lbs 12 oz
Brook trout
World record: 14 lbs 8 oz
State Record: 5 lbs 12 oz
Brown trout
World record: 40 lbs 4 oz
State Record: 22 lbs 2.5 oz
Lake trout
World record: 72 lbs 0 oz
State Record: 35 lbs 3.2 oz
Panfish
Bluegill
World record: 4 lbs 12 oz
State Record: 1 lbs 15.7 oz
Pumpkinseed sunfish
World record: 2 lbs 4 oz
State Record: 1 lbs 4 oz
Rock bass
World record: 3.0 lbs
State Record: 2 lbs 0 oz
White perch
World record: 4.6 lbs
State Record: 2 lbs 9.3 oz
Yellow perch
World record: 4 lbs 3 oz
State Record: 2 lbs 6.4 oz
Salmon
Atlantic salmon
World record: 79 lbs 2 oz
State Record: 12 lbs 10.4 oz
Other species
Bowfin
World record: 21 lbs 8 oz
State Record: 14 lbs 8 oz
Chain pickerel
World record: 9 lbs 6 oz
State Record: 6 lbs 4 oz
Longnose gar
World record: 50 lbs 5 oz
State Record: 18 lbs 12 oz
Muskie (Muskellunge)
World record: 69 lbs 9 oz
State Record: 38 lbs 3.5 oz
Northern pike
World record: 55 lbs 1 oz
State Record: 30 lbs 8 oz
Tiger muskie
World record: 51 lbs 2 oz
State Record: 17 lbs 13.3 oz
Click the images and links above for species details.
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State of VT Fishing Information
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Fish for big bass
Excellent largemouth and smallmouth bass fishing opportunities are available to anglers.
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