There’s some big news for the eastern part of our region. Lake trout have been restored to Lake Champlain. The native species ...

Given the latest surveys, the Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative ... you want to see more lake trout — and a really big step forward, Pientka said.

It took more than four decades, but the lake trout population in Lake Champlain is now self-sustaining, according to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. That means DEC ...

Lake trout populations in Lake Champlain are now self-sustaining, eliminating the need for stocking. This success follows a decades-long program to control sea lamprey, a parasitic fish harming ...

The restoration is the result of a decades-long fish stocking program. Lake Champlain’s native lake trout were extirpated by the late 1800s. In 1972, NYSDEC, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife ...

FISHING ‘GREAT THROUGHOUT’ SEASON In naming Lake Champlain as one of the best, FishingBooker said, “To start with, you’ll get to chase after big lake trout, landlocked Atlantic salmon ...

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The Vermont Fish and Wildlife has now advised the public to stay off Lake Champlain "due to unsafe ice conditions resulting from our recent warm weather," in a Facebook post. "On inland waters ...

Lake Champlain is 125 miles long and has more than 587 miles of shoreline. It’s also home to 318 species of birds, 81 fish species ... or around the edge of a big field. This loop has a nice ...

Recreational fishing in Lake Champlain generates about $474 million in economic activity annually, DEC said. Continued sea lamprey control will also support restoration of other native fish species.

PLATTSBURGH — Lake Champlain, long known anecdotally as one of the best fisheries in the nation, has gained official ...