Vermont’s colorful autumn offers some of the best fishing opportunities of the year, according to the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Water temperatures are cooling. There’s more solitude — fewer people will be on the water. Bass and northern pike go on feeding binges. And lake trout, landlocked salmon, brown trout, and brook trout are preparing to spawn.

The cooler water temperatures of fall stimulate Vermont’s largemouth and smallmouth bass as well as northern pike to feed heavily, bringing some of the best fishing of the year at a time when you won’t see much competition from other anglers.

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