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Lake Champlain (Vermont), VT
Lake in Chittenden County, Vermont. The 120-mile-long lake forming the Vermont-New York border is one of the most diverse fisheries in the Northeast and a world-class smallmouth bass destination. The Vermont shore from Burlington and the Champlain Islands holds trophy smallmouth and largemouth bass, plus lake trout and landlocked Atlantic salmon in the cold mid-lake water, walleye, and northern pike in the weedy south end and bays. Yellow perch and panfish are abundant. The lake fishes year-round, with strong ice fishing in the bays.
Overall bite score
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What swims here
9 tracked species in Lake Champlain (Vermont), with the months each fishes best.
Water facts
Public boat launches at Burlington (Perkins Pier), Mallets Bay, and the Champlain Islands. USGS gauge 04294500 (Lake Champlain at Burlington) provides live surface water temperature. Lake Champlain has its own regulation table separate from Vermont's inland-waters defaults: salmon and lake trout carry a 15 in minimum here.
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