I had a lot of fun with the Vermont Master Angler Program in 2016. There were two big challenges for me with it- add to the species total (I started the year at 29 species) and in 2016 the state launched the Bonus Challenge. Being an angler that is completely obsessed with this program (yep, total fanboy... I own it...) I had to get both of these done. And I ended up adding two new species and was only one of two people that got the bonus challenge.
The two species that I added were the American shad and the cisco. Both really neat fish and deserving their own post each, which will happen soon.
The Bonus Challenge was a different animal. 5 randomly picked species and there was a prize for the winners. So that drove me to chase those 5 species, species I had caught before but ones I may not have been quite so driven to chase without the program. More on that in another post soon...
So here all the entries are:
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| Yellow Perch 13", Lake Champlain |
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| White sucker, 20" Mill River |
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| Bowfin, 29", Lake Champlain |
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| Smallmouth bass |
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| American shad, 26", Connecticut River |
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| Northern Pike, 36", Lake Champlain |
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| Chain pickerel, 24", Lake Champain |
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| Longnose gar, 47", Lake Champlain |
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| Fallfish, 15", Otter Creek |
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| Brown trout, 23", 6 lbs, Lake Champlain |
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| Cisco, 16", Lake Champlain |
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| Landlocked Salmon, 25", Clyde River |
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| Lake trout, 30", Lake Champlain |
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| White perch, 13", Lake Champlain |
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