Fishery managers are declaring success in an almost 70-year effort to rehabilitate populations of a native apex predator that was almost extirpated from the largest Great Lake. Lake trout, a keystone ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fish stories come in all sizes and shapes. Some are even non-fiction. This week I'd like to share one, certified and true, that came to light this year. It's courtesy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...