Vermont Fish and Wildlife is trying to get more people to go fishing during the fall and winter seasons this year. The agency wants to feed back from anglers. On Wednesday, Knapp Pond 2 in Cavendish was stocked with about 500 Brook Trout from the Roxbury Fish Hatchery. Rainbow Trout will be added to other ponds in the southern Vermont region including Knapp Pond 1, Lake Paran in Bennington, and Shaftsbury Lake. Sara Nebelecky is a fish culturalist with the Roxbury Fish Hatchery who shared more about the new trout in Knapp Pond 2. “These fish are considered advanced yearlings, so they’re a little bit smaller than they would be if we put them out in the spring as 2-year-olds,” she said. Fisheries biologist Lael Will said Vermont Fish and Game is looking for feedback from anglers during the fall and winter fishing seasons. “We’ll be interviewing the anglers that come out here,” Will said. “We’ll get information on their catch rates, so we’ll know how many fish they’re catching per hour, that gives us an indication of whether or not we’re successful.”According to Vermont’s general fishing regulations, the new trout should only be caught and released from Oct. 31 to Jan. 1. Will added that the new fish won’t have any major impacts on the environment or spring fishing.”We don’t believe that by taking a few of these fish and stocking them in the fall should not impact the catchability and the catch rates of the spring fishery. It’s a very small amount. It’s like 17% that we’re reallocatin,” Will said.Vermont Fish and Wildlife said they will be evaluating the feedback from anglers over the next two years.
Vermont Fish and Wildlife is trying to get more people to go fishing during the fall and winter seasons this year. The agency wants to feed back from anglers.
On Wednesday, Knapp Pond 2 in Cavendish was stocked with about 500 Brook Trout from the Roxbury Fish Hatchery. Rainbow Trout will be added to other ponds in the southern Vermont region including Knapp Pond 1, Lake Paran in Bennington, and Shaftsbury Lake.
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Sara Nebelecky is a fish culturalist with the Roxbury Fish Hatchery who shared more about the new trout in Knapp Pond 2.
“These fish are considered advanced yearlings, so they’re a little bit smaller than they would be if we put them out in the spring as 2-year-olds,” she said.
Fisheries biologist Lael Will said Vermont Fish and Game is looking for feedback from anglers during the fall and winter fishing seasons.
“We’ll be interviewing the anglers that come out here,” Will said. “We’ll get information on their catch rates, so we’ll know how many fish they’re catching per hour, that gives us an indication of whether or not we’re successful.”
According to Vermont’s general fishing regulations, the new trout should only be caught and released from Oct. 31 to Jan. 1. Will added that the new fish won’t have any major impacts on the environment or spring fishing.
“We don’t believe that by taking a few of these fish and stocking them in the fall should not impact the catchability and the catch rates of the spring fishery. It’s a very small amount. It’s like 17% that we’re reallocatin,” Will said.
Vermont Fish and Wildlife said they will be evaluating the feedback from anglers over the next two years.
