Browns and steelhead also make seasonal migrations into some of the lake's tributaries and offer great sport and a challenge on the Lamoille and Winooski rivers and Lewis Creek. In the Northeast Kingdom, Lake Memphremagog will continue to offer fine opportunities for both rainbows and browns, and its tributaries, the Clyde River in Newport and Barton River near Orleans (which includes the Willoughby River), will no doubt draw their share of spring and fall anglers looking for lake-run trout.

The region is also home to some of the top trout lakes in the state, including Caspian Lake, Seymour Lake and Lake Willoughby to name but a few, and the Connecticut River between Bloomfield and Canaan should continue to produce excellent angling for rainbows and browns.

Central Vermont contains some of the best trout streams in the state, and these waters are specifically managed for browns and rainbows, and in some cases, brook trout.

The Lamoille River between Wolcott and Johnson offers good rainbow trout fishing, as does the Winooski River between Middlesex and North Duxbury. The Dog River below Northfield is prime water, too. Also, the Waits River from Topsham to about Bradford, and the Wells River in Groton and Ryegate offer a mixed bag of browns, rainbows and brookies.

For more information, contact the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department at (802) 241-3700, or visit the agency's Web site at www.anr.state.vt.us/fw/fwhome. Ask for the Vermont Guide and Map to Fishing.

MASSACHUSETTS
Massachusetts will be stocking another 500,000 trout this year, continuing one of the most aggressive stocking programs of any state in New England.

What is impressive is that a high percentage of those brown, rainbow and brook trout will be 12 inches or longer, which means anglers should find good numbers of catchable-sized fish waiting for them.

While Massachusetts has few large lakes, it does have miles of rivers where trout fishing is available, including a dozen waters managed as catch-and-release areas.

Sections of the Deerfield River near Rowe, the Swift River in Belchertown and the East Branch Westfield River in Chesterfield are among the best known in the western district, but catch-and-release areas are also available in the northeast, southeast, central and Connecticut Valley districts as well.

A list of stocked waters and catch- and-release areas in the state is available on the MassWildlife Web site.

Many of the state parks in Massachusetts offer good trout fishing as well, and MassWildlife is making an effort to increase angling opportunities at many of them by increasing the number of trout or the size of trout released.

Anglers can expect to find good lake trout fishing at Quabbin Reservoir and good fishing for lakers and rainbows at Wachusett Reservoir.

At Quabbin, lakers may be found just about everywhere in April and May, while the best fishing starting in mid-July generally occurs around the barrels on the Gate 8 side. Landlocked salmon are also a possibility.

On the Wachusett, spring and fall are typically the best times for lake and rainbow trout.

For access and fishing information on Quabbin Reservoir, call the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) at (413) 323-7221. Information on Wachusett Reservoir may be obtained by calling the MDC station at (978) 365-3272.

For more information on trout fishing in Massachusetts, call MassWildlife at (508) 792-7270, or visit the agency's Web site at www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw.