fishing
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Vermont updates fishing regulations
Vermont’s fishing regulations will look different on Jan. 1, 2022. But don’t worry, most of the new regulations have been simplified and provide additional fishing opportunities.
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Matthew Dickerson: Local, free-range, and antibiotic-free
“Any luck?” It’s a common question one hears when fishing. I’m sure I’ve asked it as often as I’ve heard it.
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Let’s Go Fishing seeks instructors
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is seeking volunteers to become “Let’s Go Fishing” instructors and pass on Vermont’s fishing tradition to the next generation of…
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Junior Fishing Derby starts this weekend
VERGENNES — This year the annual Vergennes Junior Fishing Derby, which seeks to introduce young people to the benefits and enjoyment of fishing and to encourage them to…
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Matthew Dickerson: Big boat, small lake
It’s the day before my birthday. I stand on the bow of my brother’s new boat. Since he moved from Alaska back to coastal Maine a few years…
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Free Fishing Day is June 12
MONTPELIER — Vermont’s annual statewide Summer Free Fishing Day is Saturday, June 12, this year, which will also be opening day of the regular bass fishing season.“Vermont’s Free…
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Matthew Dickerson: Signs of trout abound
I took my dog for a short walk this afternoon. As I circled back through the woods into my yard from the opposite side, a small patch of…
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Trout season opens on April 10
MONTPELIER — Vermont’s traditional trout fishing season opens Saturday, April 10, and despite lingering snow cover, the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says anglers can still have fun…
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Wildlife Department to simplify fishing rules
MONTPELIER — The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department wants to make it easier for people to go fishing by simplifying its fishing regulations. Fishing regulations have become increasingly…
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Matthew Dickerson: Fishing porn and the year that wasn’t
My good friend David O’Hara introduced me to the term “fish porn.” At the time, we were collaborating on our 2014 book “Downstream: Reflections on Brook Trout, Fly…