PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) - Some 26,000 new salmon are now swimming in Lake Champlain. A fish biologist with New York’s Department of Environmental Conservation says the goal is for salmon to ...

After reaching a high of 99 sea lamprey woundings per 100 lake trout in 2006, the rate dropped to 23 per 100 in 2022, and has hovered around the cooperative's target of 25 per 100 for the last two ...

In Lake Champlain, mature fish can measure 18-24 inches. Prized as game and food, specimens bigger than 10 pounds are considered trophy fish in Vermont, according to the Fish and Wildlife website.

PLATTSBURGH — Lake Champlain, long known anecdotally as one of the best fisheries in the nation, has gained official recognition of such a title. FishingBooker, one of the world’s largest ...

In 2006, 99 out of 100 lake trout in Lake Champlain had sea lamprey wounds. The rate dropped to 23 per 100 in 2022 and has since hovered around the cooperative’s target of 25.

For the first time in decades, scientists are not going to stock Lake Champlain with hatchery lake trout. That's because wild fish are finally spawning and sustaining their populations again.

After reaching a high of 99 sea lamprey woundings per 100 lake trout in 2006, the rate dropped to 23 per 100 in 2022, and has hovered around the cooperative's target of 25 per 100 for the last two ...

For the first time in decades, scientists are not going to stock Lake Champlain with hatchery lake trout. That's because wild fish are finally spawning and sustaining their populations again.

May 01, 2025 — There’s some big news for the eastern part of our region. Lake trout have been restored to Lake Champlain. The native species was decimated by pollution, overfishing and the ...

For the first time in decades, scientists are not going to stock Lake Champlain with hatchery lake trout. That's because wild fish are finally spawning and sustaining their populations again.