12-003 Code Vt. R. 12-010-003-X - BAIT FISH PROCUREMENT AREA - CLOSED TROUT WATERS

Section 106 Minnow nets, traps transporting and use

A minnow net not exceeding seventy-five feet in length may be used to take minnows for bait from waters not listed as closed trout waters in Section 121 of these regulations, except for the following named portions of Closed Trout Waters where a minnow net not exceeding seventy-five feet in length may be used to take minnows:

1. Black River - River and Setbacks

Netting bait fish will be allowed within the Black River and setbacks from the upstream abutments of the Bartlow Bridge located on T.H. #32 designated as Bridge #1 downstream to the mouth of the river.

2. Clyde River

Netting bait fish will be allowed in the Clyde River and its setbacks from the interstate access bridge bearing highway designation number F-341-5(4) to the mouth of the river.

3. Johns River

Netting bait fish will be allowed within lower portion of the Johns River from its confluence with Laxe Memphremagog upstream to the downstream end of the twin culverts located on Town Highway #6. Said culverts are designated as Highway Bridge #19.

4. Barton River - River and Setbacks

Netting bait fish will be allowed within the Barton River and setbacks from its confluence with South Bay to the Interstate 91 bridge having the highway designation Interstate Bridge #108. Said bridge is the first interstate bridge located north of Orleans village across the Barton River.

A minnow trap may be used for taking minnows for bait in water inhabited by trout, provided such trap does not exceed eighteen inches in length and the aperture therein for the entrance of fish does not exceed one inch in diameter.

A person shall not transport more than two quarts of minnows without a permit from the commissioner. The commissioner may issue permits to persons who deal commercially in bait fish within the state to authorize transportation of minnows in excess of two quarts.

A person shall not use or transport either dead or alive any spiny rayed fish, members of the pike family, carp, goldfish, or lamprey for the use as bait; provided, however, that these species may be used as bait in those waters where taken.

Section 121 Closed Trout Waters

(a) The following lakes and ponds or portions thereof are hereby designated closed trout waters and shall be closed to all fishing except during the open season for trout as provided in Table A of section 122 of these regulations.

COUNTIES:

Addison

Goshen Dam - Goshen

Lake Dunmore - Salisbury and Leicester

Except from sucker Brook to the island south, which shall be open.

Silver Lake - Leicester

Bennington

Beebe Pond - Sunderland

Bourn Pond - Sunderland

Branch Pond - Sunderland

Red Mill Pond - Woodford

Caledonia

Bean's Pond - Sutton

Beck Pond - Newark

Brown Pond - Westmore

Bruce Pond - Sheffield

Center Pond - Newark

Ewell Pond - Peacham

Harvey's Lake - Barnet

Except for the area described as starting from the dam at West Barnet Village and extending south for 1900 feet to a point on the dam and extending 220 feet to a point on the west shore of said lake and then extending to the point established on the east side of said lake.

Levi Pond - Groton

Marle Pond - Sutton

Martin's Pond - Peacham

Newark Pond - Peacham

Noyes Pond - Groton

Peacham Pond - Peacham

Pigeon Pond - Groton

Vail Pond - Sutton

Wheeler Pond - Barton and Sutton

Cow Mountain Pond - Granby

Dennis Pond - Brunswick

Dolliff Pond - Brighton

Forest Lake - Averill

Great Averill Pond - Averill

Lewis Pond - Lewis

Little Averill Pond - Averill

Maidstone Lake - Maidstone

Norton Lake - Norton

Notch Pond - Ferdinand

Paul Stream Pond - Brunswick

South America Pond - Ferdinand

Unknown Pond - Averys Gore

Unknown Pond - Ferdinand

West Mountain Pond - Maidstone

Lamoille

Little Elmore Pond - Elmore

Mud Pond - Hyde Park

Perch Pond - Hyde Park

Zack Woods - Hyde Park

Orange

Long Pond - Newbury

Miller Pond - Strafford

Rood Pond - Brookfield and Williamstown

Orleans

Baker Pond - Barton

Bald Hill Pond - Westmore

Beaver Pond - Holland

Brown's Pond - Westmore

Caspian Lake - Greensboro

Crystal Lake - Barton

Echo Lake - Charleston

Hartwell Pond - Albany

Holland Pond - Holland

Job's Pond - Westmore

Long Pond - Westmore

May Pond - Barton

Round Pond - Holland

Seymour Lake - Morgan

Shadow Lake - Glover

Sweeney Pond - Glover

Willoughby Lake - Westmore

Rutland

Beaver Pond - Mendon

Colton Pond

Lefferts Pond - Chittenden

Little Rock Pond - Wallingford

Smith Pond - Proctor

Spring Lake - Shrewsbury

Sunset Lake - Benson

Washington

Bancroft Pond - Plainfield

East Long Pond - Woodbury

Nelson Pond - Calais and Woodbury

Nichols Pond - Woodbury

Windham

Marlboro South Pond - Marlboro

Stratton Pond - Stratton

Windsor

Ansel Pond - Bethel

Colby Pond - Plymouth

Knapp Brook Pond No. 1 - Reading and Cavendish

McIntosh Pond

Stoughton Pond - Weathersfield

(b) All streams are hereby designated closed trout waters and shall be closed to all fishing except during the open season for trout as provided in Table A of section 122 of these regulations, provided that this subsection shall not apply to the following streams or portions of streams, which are hereby designated open streams:

CONNECTICUT RIVER TRIBUTARIES

Passumpsic River

From the Roy Brother Manufacturing Company Dam, so called, in East Barnet to the Connecticut River.

Waits River

From the Central Vermont Power Dam in Bradford to the Connecticut River.

Ompompanousuc River

From the flood control dam in Union Village in the Town of Thetford to the Connecticut River.

White River

From the Route 107 bridge, so called in the Town of Royalton to the Connecticut River.

Black River

From the dam at Gould's Mill, so called, in the Town of Springfield to the Connecticut River.

Williams River

From the lower end of a natural falls at Brockway Mills Falls, so called, in the Town of Rockingham to the Connecticut River.

West River

From the highway bridge on Route 8 in the Town of Jamaica to the Connecticut River.

Wells River

From the Route 302 bridge furthest downstream to the Connecticut River.

LAKE CHAMPLAIN TRIBUTARIES

Poultney River

From the Central Vermont Power Dam at Carver Falls in West Haven to Lake Champlain.

Otter Creek

From Center Rutland Falls to Lake Champlain.

Winooski River

From Bolton Dam in the Town of Bolton to Lake Champlain.

Lamoille River

From the Central Vermont Power Dam at Fairfax Falls in the Town of Fairfax to Lake Champlain.

Missisquoi River

From the Rixford Manufacturing Dam in East Highgate in the Town of Highgate to Lake Champlain.

Notes

12-003 Code Vt. R. 12-010-003-X

Effective Date: August 9, 1991 (Secretary of State Rule Log #91-46)
AMENDED: November 1, 1997 (Secretary of State Rule Log #97-50)
August 11, 1998 (Secretary of State Rule Log #98-53)

Statutory Authority: 10 V.S.A. § 4083