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Lake Champlain is a public lake in Grand Isle County, Chittenden County, Franklin County and Addison County, Vermont, managed by Vermont Fish & Wildlife. It is public water managed for fishing by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Public access confirmed via marquee water.
Lake Champlain — Vermont's inland sea, shared with New York and Quebec. Walleye, smallmouth and largemouth bass, lake trout, landlocked salmon, northern pike and a strong panfish fishery in the bays; one of the best bass fisheries in the Northeast.
Lake Champlain covers about 172,800 acres in the Champlain Valley region. Anglers here mostly fish for walleye, northern pike, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass; lake trout, landlocked salmon, yellow perch, black crappie are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Charcoal Creek Pond and Little Otter Creek Pond.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, VTFW trout designations and hand research.
Night fishing: Vermont allows night fishing on most waters, though some trout ponds and streams have seasonal or hours restrictions — check the current VT F&W fishing guide for this water.
Boats: Lake Champlain and the larger lakes take full-size boats; most VT F&W fishing access areas have a hand-carry, canoe or small-trailer ramp. A greeter/boat-wash AIS check applies at many Lake Champlain and Northeast Kingdom lake accesses.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at Vermont state parks (many on the best lakes — Lake Bomoseen, Lake St. Catherine, Lake Champlain's islands) and Green Mountain National Forest campgrounds along the trout streams.
Boat ramps: 20 mapped — Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat Launch, Shelburne Bay Boat Ramp and others nearby.
Camping: 20 sites mapped nearby — Campsite, Paddlers Site, Carry Bay Campground, Eagle Camp Inc, Woods Island State Park Primitive Camping, Grand Isle State Park Campground and others.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 15 or older needs a Vermont fishing licence — the resident annual is about $28, the non-resident annual about $60, with non-resident 1-day (~$18) and 7-day (~$41) licences also sold. Vermont residents 66 and older, and legally blind residents, need no licence. Buy from VT Fish & Wildlife at vtfishandwildlife.com. A Vermont fishing licence covers this water — it has a Vermont Fish & Wildlife developed fishing access area.
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