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The recent rain, over 2.5” at my house in Williston, has made huge differences in river levels. Last Sunday the Lamoille in Georgia was at 160cfs. Today it was 868cfs. I fished below Peterson Dam both days. Last Sunday yielded two white perch. Today saw a 16 walleye and two beautiful 18” salmon, one egg laden hen and on feisty buck.

If you have a favorite fall fishing hole, now is the time to get out there.

We all know it's been dry and everything is really low. A recent trip up to the Lamoille really brought that home: what's usually a really big pool in the middle section of the river is reduced to a big rocky beach. There were fish in there, but the water was super-skinny. It was good to get a look at what would be underwater structure during normal times, I guess.

I checked water temps after the recent cool down. Though quite low, water is cooling off. Monday, 8/18, Huntington at the gorge was 70, Winooski at the Duxbury RR Treastle was 70 and Ridley Brook was 60. Today , August 19, the Winooski at the Trestle was 65.

We are heading into early Fall fishing conditions. Keep your thermometers at the ready.

With high temperatures - both air and water - putting a damper on trout fishing, CVTU is taking aim at a little streamside cleanup. A meet-up to clean-up is planned for August 16th at the Lamoille River access in Milton. At the same time, conversation turned to other locations that might need a little tender loving care, places where unthinking people have left bottles, cans, night crawler tubs, and heaven-knows-what beside the water. Often the worst are in public boat ramps and parks, areas where older fishers and folks with young anglers rely on easy access. If you've been to such a place recently, hit "Comment" and tell us about it. Hopefully we can call attention to it and maybe get some volunteers together.