As winter sets in, many people are preparing for one of the most popular cold-weather traditions in the northeast, ice fishing.

VTF&W photo Danielle McAree with a nice 29 ½-inch walleye she caught last year while trolling off South Hero in Lake Champlain.

The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says anglers are finding good ice fishing on many lakes throughout the state.

Despite the raging rivers, this pulse of water will pull salmon up the Clyde River, the Winooski, the Lamoille, the Missisquoi, and a bunch of other smaller Vermont tributaries.

Sea lamprey are native to the Connecticut River basin and play a vital role in the ecosystem.

Vermont Fish And Wildlife Department is offering a New Instructor Training Course for people interested in volunteering on April 13, 2019, in Essex, Vermont.

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Vermont’s “Trophy Trout” stocking program for 2018 includes eight river sections and 15 lakes and ponds receiving the two-year old trout, some over 18 inches long.

Vermont Fish & Wildlife say anglers can be successful early in the season by fishing low and slow.