Vermont Winter Vacation Guide 2008 - (Page 88) TRUE COMPANION SLED DOG RACE, JERRY SWOPE VT Farm Vacations • Customs Info. • Dog Sled Rides • Ice Fishing NEWFANE Newfane Country Store 802-365-7916 Newfane Market* 802-365-7775 NORTH BENNINGTON Powers Market 802-442-6821 POWNAL Village Market of Pownal 802-823-4020 PUTNEY Putney General Store 802-387-5842 READSBORO Readsboro General Store 802-423-5477 ROCKINGHAM Vermont Country Store 802-463-2224 SAXTONS RIVER Saxtons River Village Market* 802-869-2266 SOUTH LONDONDERRY Village Pantry 802-824-9800 SOUTH NEWFANE South Newfane General Store & Deli 802-348-7133 STAMFORD Billmont’s Country Store 802-694-1416 TOWNSHEND Lawrence’s Smoke Shop & Country Store 802-365-7372 WARDSBORO Wardsboro Country Store* 802-896-6411 WEST RUPERT Sherman’s Store 802-394-7820 WILMINGTON Hogback Mountain Gift Shop 802-464-5494 CUSTOMS INFORMATION For complete information on customs regulations write: U.S. Customs, P.O. Box 7407, Washington, D.C. 20044, tel. 202-482-6900; or the U.S. Customs District Office in St. Albans, VT 05478, tel. 802-524-6527. Information may also be obtained at pre-clearance offices in Montreal, tel. 514-636-3875; Toronto, tel. 905-676-2606 or www.customs.ustreas.gov/xp/cgov/travel. DOG SLED RIDES NORTH E R N VT NO RT H E R N VT CE NTR AL VT Eden Mountain Lodge 1390 Square Road Eden Mills, VT 05653 802-635-9070 CE NTRAL V T www.edenmountainlodge.com Hardscrabble Mountain Sled Dog Tours P.O. Box 322 N V T SOUTH ER Sheffield, VT 05866 802-626-9895 S TATE WIDE October Siberians Sled Dog 1088 Texas Hill SO UTH VT 05461 Hinesburg, ER N V T 802-482-3460 www.octobersiberians.com Vermont Dog Sledding S Shacksboro Road 930 TATE WIDE Shoreham, VT 05770 802-897-2311 www.vermontdogsledding.com Skijoring/Sled Rides Atii Sled Dogs P.O. Box 550 Moretown, VT 05660 802-496-3795 www.atiisleddogs.com ICE FISHING Vermont’s ice fishing action starts to pick up as colder weather builds ice on many small lakes and Lake Champlain bays in January. Where is the action? Lake Champlain along the state’s western border at over 100 miles long is ranked highly because of the quality and variety of fish you can catch including landlocked salmon, lake trout, brown trout, northern pike, yellow perch, white perch, walleye, crappie, and smelt. Traditional northern pike hotspots include Lake Champlain’s Kelly Bay, Missisquoi Bay, Dillenbeck Bay, Carry Bay, Keeler Bay, St. Albans Bay, and the main lake south of the Champlain Bridge from Addison to Ticonderoga, New York. Later, as more ice forms, landlocked salmon, yellow perch and smelt will be caught north of the Sandbar Causeway between Milton and South Hero, while the shallow flats south of the causeway normally produce northern pike. Yellow perch are being caught throughout Lake Champlain in any of the bays and in the shallows as well as on many other Vermont waters. If cold weather provides good ice on the deep-water portion of the lake, lake trout will be found off the west shore of Grand Isle and also in Converse Bay and Button Bay south to the Champlain Bridge. While walleyes can show up anywhere in Lake Champlain, the most consistent winter action can be found in the southern end of the lake off Benson and Orwell. For more information, contact the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, 103 South Main Street, Waterbury, VT 05671-0501. Telephone 802-241-3700 and email: fwinformation@state.vt.us. Ask for a Digest of Hunting, Fishing & Trapping Laws and a Fishing Guide Map. To locate places to stay, buy bait and rent ice fishing shanties, go to the Vermont Outdoor Guides Association website www.voga.org and click on “ice fishing.” For a list of Vermont approved bait dealers, go to www.vtfishandwildlife.com and look under fishing for “Find a Bait Shop in Vermont.” VERMONT FARMS! ASSOCIATION Planning your vacation at one of Vermont’s many farms offering accommodations, or visiting one of our wide variety of farms raising sheep, dairy cows, llamas, alpacas, or horses can greatly expand family and educational opportunities. Other farms offer products from Christmas trees to cheese. For more information call: 866-348-FARM or visit the Vermont Farms! Association at: www.vtfarms.org 88 Vermont Winter Vacation Guide 2008 www.vtchamber.com http://www.vtchamber.com
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