Wild lake trout are making a resurgence on Lake Champlain after the native species was eradicated more than a century ago. Anglers and fisheries biologists are celebrating the revival, but the fish ...

Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife fisheries biologist Bernie Pientka holds up a wild juvenile lake trout during a population survey on Lake Champlain. Hatchery fish have clipped fins, but wild ...

After decades of restoration work, the lake’s native top predator was deemed capable of sustaining itself without human ...

After decades of work, wild lake trout have been restored in Lake Champlain and there's no longer a need to stock the lake with hatchery-reared fish, the Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management ...

The final round of lake trout stocking in Lake Champlain in Spring 2025. Courtesy of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department A decades-long effort to increase wild lake trout stock has recorded a ...

LAKE CHAMPLAIN, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The lake trout population has been restored in Lake Champlain, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) announced on Tuesday. The ...

The Patrick Leahy-Lake Champlain Basin Program has issued its 2024 State of the Lake and Ecosystems Indicators report. Produced every three years, it documents efforts to manage the lake, its ...

RUTLAND — Vermont Fish and Wildlife announced that a Longnose Gar taken by a bow fishing angler in 2023 had been certified as a new state record. In May of 2023, Pennsylvania angler Jeremy Bicking was ...

BENSON - Treating Lake Champlain for sea lamprey appears to be paying off for fishermen. Anglers are reporting larger, healthier fish and fewer injuries from sea lamprey from last summer through early ...