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  705 Spear Street
  South Burlington, Vermont 05403
  United States of America
  
  Phone: (802) 391-4135
  Email: femc@uvm.edu
  Website: www.uvm.edu/femc

Lake Champlain’s winter sports fishery is an important sector of the tourism industry in both New York and Vermont. Ice fishing remains a popular activity for Lake Champlain basin residents and visitors, but documentation about the fishery and how it has changed over the years is lacking. The Lake Champlain Sea Grant Program conducted this survey to learn more about fishing avidity, ice cover preferences, techniques, gear types, areas frequented, number of days fished, along with demographic information that would allow the characterization of this fishery and identification of potential trends

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• Location List: IceFishingSurveyLocations
• • Code: Chimney Point
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  • • Code: King Bay
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    • • Code: Bullwaga Bay
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      • • Code: Deep Bay
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        • • Code: Keeler Bay
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          • • Code: Mallets Bay
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            • • Code: “Cow Banks” / John Guilmette Ramp
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              • • Code: Sandbar State Park
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                • • Code: Kelly Bay
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                  • • Code: Dillenback Bay
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                  Attribute Name: Q6_DecreaseIceSinceFirstYrFishing
                  • Label: Average ice cover, thickness & duration on Lake Champlain has decreased since I started ice fishing
                  • Description: Average ice cover, thickness and duration on Lake Champlain has decreased since I started ice fishing
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                  Attribute Name: Q7_ChangeIceSinceFirstYrFishing_InfluenceNumberTrips
                  • Label: Changes in average ice cover, thickness and duration on Lake Champlain
                  • Description: Changes in average ice cover, thickness and duration on Lake Champlain have influenced my average annual number of trips since I started ice fishing
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                  Attribute Name: Q8_ChangeIceSinceFirstYrFishing_InfluenceFishingArea
                  • Label: Changes in average ice cover, thickness and duration on Lake Champlain have influenced my choice
                  • Description: Changes in average ice cover, thickness and duration on Lake Champlain have influenced my choice of fishing areas since I started ice fishing
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                  Attribute Name: Q9_ChangeIceSinceFirstYrFishing_InfluenceSpeciesPreference
                  • Label: Changes in average ice cover, thickness & duration on Lake Champlain have influenced my species pref
                  • Description: Changes in average ice cover, thickness and duration on Lake Champlain have influenced my species preferences since I started ice fishing
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                  Attribute Name: Q10_ChangeIceSinceFirstYrFishing_InfluenceFishingMethod
                  • Label: Changes in average ice cover, thickness & duration on Lake Champlain have influenced fishing methods
                  • Description: Changes in average ice cover, thickness and duration on Lake Champlain have influenced my fishing methods (i.e. jigs vs. tip-ups) since I started ice fishing
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