The 10 Biggest Salmon Ever Caught in Lake Champlain this season

Dan Delucia, fisheries technician with VTFWD, showing off a big 28-inch hook-jawed male collected last week on the Lamoille River. What a kype Dan Delucia, fisheries technician with VTFWD, showing off a big 28-inch hook-jawed male collected last week on the Lamoille River. What a kype

Kurt Heim with USFWS with a 29-inch salmon collected in early October during a salmon assessment on the Saranac River Kurt Heim with USFWS with a 29-inch salmon collected in early October during a salmon assessment on the Saranac River

Bryan Ross, USFWS fish biologist, shows off a Bouquet River landlocked Atlantic Salmon collected last week Bryan Ross, USFWS fish biologist, shows off a Bouquet River landlocked Atlantic Salmon collected last week

USFWS fisheries technician Izzy Croteau with a 27-inch Bouquet River salmon USFWS fisheries technician Izzy Croteau with a 27-inch Bouquet River salmon

Dylan Jennison with the USFWS caught this big male salmon during a recent spawning assessment on the Saranac River Dylan Jennison with the USFWS caught this big male salmon during a recent spawning assessment on the Saranac River

VTFWD fisheries biologist Bernie Pientka says the runs are looking very good this year on the Lamoille River, as he displays a quality salmon collected this week during a survey below Peterson Dam VTFWD fisheries biologist Bernie Pientka says the runs are looking very good this year on the Lamoille River, as he displays a quality salmon collected this week during a survey below Peterson Dam

Zach Eisenhauer with the USFWS collected this 13.4-lb Atlantic Salmon during a survey on the Bouquet River Zach Eisenhauer with the USFWS collected this 13.4-lb Atlantic Salmon during a survey on the Bouquet River

Bryan Ross, USFWS, with a beast of a salmon from the Saranac River Bryan Ross, USFWS, with a beast of a salmon from the Saranac River

This fall VTFWD fisheries crews have been monitoring the runs on the Lamoille River (seen in this photo) as well as the Winooski, Missisquoi, and Hatchery Brook This fall VTFWD fisheries crews have been monitoring the runs on the Lamoille River (seen in this photo) as well as the Winooski, Missisquoi, and Hatchery Brook