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Lake
Champlain Walleye Association
Walleye Assoc Raffle-Win A Vexilar F-12
Ultra pack Tri beam ice fishing sonar
tickets avaible soon $5.00 each or 3 for $10.00 This will be drawn at
the Yankee Sportsman Classic on Jan 22 2012
Tickets for the Walleye Assoc.Annual banquet
will go on sale Jan 1st 2012 at $35.00 each we will also as in the
past be offering sponser tickets at $285.00.The banquet will be held at
the Elks club on North Ave. in Burlington.The first Saturday in March
2012 the 3rd.Tickets for this event go fast so contact an offiecer or
board member to get your ticket. Menu will follow.
VERMONT FISH & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
PRESS RELEASE
For Immediate Release: April 14, 2011
Media Contacts: Chet MacKenzie, 802-786-3864; Eric Palmer, 802-241-3700
Vermont’s Walleye Fishing Starts Soon
WATERBURY, VT – The best walleye fishing in New England is about to
begin in several Vermont rivers and lakes, according to the Vermont Fish
and Wildlife Department. The department is reminding anglers that
walleye fishing season starts in much of the state on the first Saturday
in May, the 7th this year, and that regulations vary, depending on the
water you are fishing.
In all waters of Vermont except Lake Carmi, Chittenden Reservoir and the
Connecticut River, walleye and sauger have an 18” minimum length
requirement and 3-fish daily limit. The open season is from the first
Saturday in May to March 15.
Lake Carmi has a slot limit for walleye because of the lake’s high
productivity and high rate of walleye harvest. The minimum length is 15
inches, all walleye between 17 and 19 inches must be released. The daily
limit is five walleye, but only one may be over 19 inches long. The
season is open May 7 through March 15.
Chittenden Reservoir has special walleye regulations in order to produce
large walleye that can help control its over-abundant yellow perch
population and provide anglers with an opportunity to harvest a trophy
walleye. The minimum length is 22 inches, the daily limit is two, and
the season is open June 1 through March 15.
Connecticut River walleye fishing rules are set by New Hampshire.
Excellent walleye fishing opportunities occur each spring in the lakes
mentioned above as well as in Lake Champlain and its tributaries: the
Missisquoi River, Lamoille River, Winooski River, and Otter Creek. The
Northeast Kingdom also offers walleye fishing opportunities in Salem
Lake, Island Pond, Clyde Pond, and the Clyde River. Vermont’s state
record walleye weighed 14.55 lbs. and was caught in Lake Champlain by
Richard Levesque of Swanton in 2010.
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Caption for attached photo:
Photo by Wayne Laroche
These anglers were having good luck fishing for walleyes in the
Missisquoi River during a previous spring. Vermont’s walleye fishing
season begins May 7, in most of the state.
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The Lake
Champlain Walleye Association was founded by a small group of
local fisherman in reaction to the rapidly declining Walleye population
in the Lake Champlain Basin. In the early 1980’s this small group of
individuals formed the association and began the important task of
creating a Walleye restoration program in Lake Champlain.
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The group became active and
began to raise Walleye Fry in ponds to produce Fingerlings for stocking.
Realizing that the State of Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department should be
involved the group became politically active. As a result of their
political actions a legislative mandate was issued that there would be a
Walleye restoration plan by Vermont Fish & Wildlife. The Vermont Fish &
Wildlife Department in conjunction with LCWA created the first five year
Walleye Plan. Since that time enormous progress has taken place. Please
take the time to review the program descriptions here on our website you
will see how much has been accomplished.
LCWA was incorporated in 1984 as
a non-profit and received a 501 C-3 federal status in 1994. LCWA is an
all volunteer organization. We have no paid staff and rely solely on our
membership for all of our accomplishments. We welcome your
participation. If you would like to participate in the Walleye
restoration effort, please contact one of our Officers or Directors
listed on this site.
We will make every effort to
keep current and useful information available to you.
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