Bass fishing starts off strong

COLCHESTER — Bass fishing has gotten off to a strong start on Lake Champlain.
Spring flooding last year cost anglers in Vermont the first several weeks of the catch-and-release season.
WCAX-TV reports this year, the lake level is well below normal and the ice was gone early. Anglers have had success since the season opened on April 14.
Catch and release season ends on June 8. The largemouth and smallmouth bass season runs until Nov. 30.