Fishing Swimming Boating
Before you fish
Fishing rules, water conditions, and access change without notice. State fish-and-game agencies update regulations annually — sometimes mid-season for emergency closures. Real-time flow, water temperature, and stocking data are pulled from USGS, NOAA, and state agencies on a delay. The Outdoors App is not the regulating authority. Confirm current regulations with the state agency, check flow on the USGS gauge, and verify access if a section flows through private land. You are responsible for compliance.
- Depth from:
- State DNR survey
About
Lake Champlain spans the Vermont–New York border and extends north into Québec. Total surface area is ~1,127 km² (435 sq mi) including the Canadian portion (per the Lake Champlain Basin Program); the U.S. side alone is ~1,037 km². Maximum depth 122 m (400 ft) at "The Broad Lake" off Split Rock Point per USGS / VT DEC. Among the largest natural freshwater lakes in the United States outside the Great Lakes. The lake supports a diverse cold- and warmwater fishery including landlocked Atlantic salmon, lake trout, walleye, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, and northern pike. Joint management across Vermont Fish & Wildlife, New York DEC, and Québec MFFP — a Lake Champlain reciprocal-license arrangement lets a VT or NY license fish either state's waters. The lake hosts the largest spawning run of walleye in the Northeast each spring.
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