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Connecticut River is a public river in Essex County, Windham County, Windsor County, Orange County and Caledonia County, Vermont, managed by State of Vermont (public / navigable water). You can fish it on a Vermont fishing licence; bank access is at bridge crossings, VTFW access points and public parks. Vermont riverbeds are private property up to the ordinary high-water mark except on a few federally-declared-navigable reaches, so wading or bank fishing away from a public access point needs the landowner's permission. Public access confirmed via marquee water.
The Connecticut River along Vermont's eastern border — smallmouth bass, walleye, channel catfish and northern pike, with an ongoing Atlantic salmon restoration effort in the watershed.
It runs roughly 211 miles through the Central Vermont region. Anglers here mostly fish for smallmouth bass, walleye, channel catfish, northern pike; atlantic salmon (restoration), yellow perch are also on record. Live flow and gauge height come from the Connecticut River Near Dalton, Nh USGS station shown below. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Halls Brook and Blodgett 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 — Lemington Access, Bedell Bridge Boat Ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp and others nearby.
Camping: 18 sites mapped nearby — Patchen's Point, Harkdale Farm Campsite, Champion Meadow Campground, Roaring Brook Campsite, Sara Moore Canoe Lot, Underhill Campsite and others.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
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Live from USGS gauge 01131500 — Connecticut River Near Dalton, Nh. Full gauge data →
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 river under Vermont's public-trust doctrine for navigable waters.
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