Otter Creek
The rule for this water, with the receipt.
Special regulations for Otter Creek, as the state words them
Addison County · River · VT
The rules for this water, verbatimOfficial text
Straight from VT's official regulations. Rules in force today lead; out-of-season rows are dimmed. Nothing is paraphrased. Not legal advice: verify the posted rules at the water.
- All fishLake Champlain Boundaries
- Brook, Brown, and Rainbow Troutsecond Saturday in April to Oct. 31Daily limit total number of brook trout, brown trout, and rainbow trout, no more than 2Size none
- All fishBoundary: to the top of the dam in the city of Vergennes
Statewide base layerParsed
These defaults apply where the rules above do not modify them.
- Season
- second Saturday in April to Oct. 31This water
- Gear
- Each line may not have more than two baited hooks or three artificial flies or two lures with or without bait.Statewide
- Bait
- Not captured yet - consult the statewide regulations
- Poles
- A person may take fish only by using not more than two lines of which he or she has immediate control.Statewide
Where the verbatim rules above name a species, season, or limit, they replace the rows below. Each row is tagged with the layer it comes from.
| Species | Daily limit | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|
American Shad | 0 | min. NA | Statewide |
Anadromous Atlantic Salmon | 0 | min. NA | Statewide |
Lake Sturgeon | 0 | min. NA | Statewide |
trout | 2 trout | - | Statewide |
How this answer was assembled
- StatewideStatewide river rules are the base layer: default season, gear, bait, and limits.
- This waterSpecial rules written for this exact water replace the statewide defaults where they speak.
- Emergency orderEmergency orders in effect today override everything else. They sync quietly when the phone has coverage and never lock you out of the app.
Where this section begins and ends
The drawn shape is the named water, matched from the official list against OpenStreetMap and accepted only because the name resolved to a single feature in this water's county.
Different sections of this water can have different rules. The exact section boundaries are not marked on the map yet; each rule above describes in plain words where it starts and ends, and that written description is the authoritative boundary. Map boundaries come water by water, never as a guess.
Season at a glanceDerived
Next change: closes Nov. 1, 2026.
Sampled mid-month from the dated rows; short windows can slip between samples. The rows above are authoritative.
At the water nowContext
Streamflow: 178 cfs at otter creek at center rutland, vt (2026-10-13 04:45)
Forecast: National Weather Service. Flow: nearest active USGS gauge in this water's area, which may sit on a different reach. Conditions are context, not rules.
What are you fishing for here?Advice
Pick from the species named in Otter Creek's rules. Setups are checked against the gear rules in force today, and your picks are remembered on this device only. These are rule-aware suggestions, not a claim about what is biting; advice, not law, and the rules above govern.
You also need (Vermont)
- Who needs a license (age 15 floor). Everyone fishing in Vermont must be licensed unless they fall under a listed exception. Children under 15 never need a fishing license.
- Free Fishing Days and free mentored weekend. Two license-free days: the second Saturday in June and the last Saturday in January, open to residents and nonresidents, with all normal methods and limits still applying. Separately, over Labor Day weekend up to four unlicensed anglers aged 15 or older may fish alongside one licensed angler for the three-day period.
- Must be carried and shown on demand. You must carry your license while fishing or transporting fish, and show it on demand to a game warden, another enforcement officer, or the landowner whose land you are fishing. An electronic or digital copy is acceptable. The department also advises carrying a photo ID.
Checked against Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, 2026 Vermont Fishing Guide & Regulations (official eRegulations digest), License Information and License Fees sections on Aug. 4, 2026.
Receipts
Local services near Otter Creek
Tackle shops, guides, and boat launches that serve this water will appear here - a separate lane below the rules, so a local business can reach you without ever getting between you and the regulation.
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