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Richard Levesque and his 14.55 pound walleye, a new Vermont record. Photo from Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department

Angler Catches Record Walleye

Richard Levesque, caught a whopper of a walleye through the Lake Champlain ice on February 10th using a tip-up baited with a golden shiner. The walleye, weighing in at 14.55 pounds, shattered the previous Vermont record of 13.44 pounds. The hefty fish, measured 32 ½ inches long with a 20 inch girth. Levesque was sitting in his shanty at about 9 PM when the fish hit. Fisheries biologist Chet MacKenzie speculated that the fish was at least twenty years old. The previous Vermont state record walleye weighed 13.44 pounds and came from the Clyde River in 1997. The catch reinforces the lake’s reputation as a great place to fish for walleye.