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Lamoille River Anglers River Clean-Up
The Lamoille River Anglers Association will be holding our annual river clean-up Saturday April 24.
We will be drifting the Lamoille from Wolcott to Morrisville. We are going to meet in Wolcott at the fire hydrant parking area off Elmore Pond Road at 9:00am. Family and friends are welcome. Bring canoes and other forms of floatation. Waders or rubber boots are a good idea along with work gloves. Please let me know if you are attending and if you have a canoe we can use.
After the clean-up we will be having a BBQ at the pond at 10 Bends. John Dolan will once again be the grill master. Bring a side dish, beverages, or other goodies. John will be taking care of the grilling items.
I hope everyone can attend and it should be a lot of fun. Let me know if you have any questions. thanks, Willy
Willy Dietrich / Owner Guide
Catamount Fishing Adventures
The Annual MadDog TU Banquet
May 1, 20210 at the Best Western in Waterbury,VT! Please send your request for tickets and checks to Bill Jolley: 6 Parkside Drive Montpelier, VT 05602 or email him at: dwjolley@myfairpoint.net. We'll have the usual array of fishing related items, items of popular interest and yes, indeed the quilt raffle! The program is a medley of fly fishing films from around the planet! Plan on this again! See you there!
Dog River Regs
Conservation
December 18, 2009
Dog River Trout Regulation
Background:
The Dog River has long been considered one of Vermont’s best wild trout streams with a reputation for
abundant wild rainbow trout and large brown trout. Electrofishing surveys and angler creel surveys
conducted through the 1990’s confirmed this reputation observing high trout densities, excellent natural
reproduction, good growth rates and angler catch rates. Rainbow trout have not been stocked in the Dog
River since 1961 and all stocking in the Dog River and its tributaries was discontinued in 1992.
The Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife has been conducting annual trout population surveys on
the lower Dog River since 1991 (Figures 1 & 2). Consistently high wild trout densities were observed for
much of the first 9 years. A decline in adult wild trout densities was initially observed in 2000, and then
rebounded slightly in 2001, only to decline further in 2002 through 2004. Another slight rebound was
noted in 2005 followed by four years of very low densities. In one station, population estimates of wild
trout > 6 inches exceeded 1000 trout/mile in 6 of 9 years from 1991-1999 while from 2000-2009,
estimates exceeded 200 trout/mile in only 2 of 9 years.
During the same time period we have measured population declines there have been concerns expressed
by anglers on fishing quality and observations of reduced fishing activity. Reports of large wild rainbow
and brown trout being harvested annually, particularly in the spring, are still being received from anglers
and field wardens.
Regulation: A temporary catch and release or “no-kill” regulation has been approved to reduce the
limited harvest presently occurring in an attempt to bolster or stabilize fish population densities. During
this time period, additional efforts to evaluate potential limiting factors and enhance habitat conditions
will occur. The restriction of fishing to the use of artificial flies and lures is based upon extensive studies
which have shown that trout caught with natural baits have a much higher mortality rate after being
released (Figure 3).
Location: Northfield Falls in Northfield to the Junction Road Bridge in Montpelier
(~8.1 miles)
Daily Limit: 0, all fish must be released immediately
Gear: Artificial flies and lures only
Time Period: April 10, 2010 – October 31, 2015
For further information contact:
Rich Kirn, Fisheries Biologist; Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife
rich.kirn@state.vt.us; (802) 485-7566
DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
District Fisheries Office
3902 Roxbury Road
Roxbury, Vermont 05669
(802) 485-7566
*For more details on Dog River trout populations follow link*
http://www.vtfishandwildlife.com/newrules//Fishing/Dog%20River%20regulation%20summary.pdf
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