Spend the night on Lake Willoughby's frozen surface to land a burbot, visit Brighton State Park and hit the hard water of southern Lake Champlain with ice fishing legend David Genz.

Paddle the water in search of bass, spend a night camping at Emerald Lake State Park and hook up with a couple of first class trout bums.

Hike the backwoods for beaver ponds teeming with native brook trout, visit Alburg Dunes State Park and spend a day hauling in nets full of fish on Lake Champlain.

Host Marianne Eaton joins kayak guide, Jamie Mittendorf, for a paddling adventure down the Otter Creek and a trip out into Lake Champlain. Then, we visited the "Champlain Discovery" program that teaches teenagers with almost no woodworking experience how to build their own kayaks. Also, we look at a unique project that uses water control structures to properly manage beaver dam water levels. Lastly, Host Lawrence Pyne, and angler Michael Hahn, tackle the Willoughby in search of two feet of steelhead.

Host Lawrence Pyne and author Peter Shea hike the Long Trail to get to Little Rock Pond in search of "brookies." Then, We spend a day at Camp Kehoe on Lake Bomoseen to get a first-hand look at the summer fun and the learning experience of conservation camp. Also, host Marianne Eaton joins members of the Green Mountain Orienteering Club on one of their outings and navigates her way through the wilderness. Lastly, We visited last year's New England Rendezvous that was held in Pawlet, Vermont, for a step back in time.

Host Lawrence Pyne joined John Marshall of "River Excitement" in Hartland Four-Corners for a day of fishing from his "McKenzie" on the Connecticut River. Then, we tag along with two Vermont Wildlife Fisheries Biologists to see how a stream is surveyed. Also, we spent some time with a class at the Waterfront Diving Center in Burlington to get a first-hand look at what it takes to scuba dive. Lastly, host Marianne Eaton spent a day on Lake Champlain aboard a Friendship Sloop from the Whistling Man Schooner Company in Burlington and learned some of the basics of sailing.

Host Marianne Eaton takes a skijoring lesson at the Eden Mountain Lodge and enters a race sponsored by the New England Sled Dog Club. Then, we spend some time with a group of teachers to learn a little about the world around us in winter. Lastly, Host Lawrence Pyne heads out onto Lake Champlain in search of a tasty winter meal of panfish.

When host Lawrence Pyne joins pike enthusiast Drew Price on Bristol Pond (Winona Lake) for a day of pike fishing, they break out the fly rods in pursuit of these great predators. Then, we accompanied a young hunter and his mentor to witness the experience of a first hunt. Lastly, Outdoor Journal visits to see what students learned from raising fish and then attend the release, complete with ceremonial reading of poems by the students.

Host Lawrence Pyne and angler Leighton Wass journey to Seyon Pond and Caspian Lake during the hex hatch to experience the rewards of what Leighton calls "hexitis." Then, host Marianne Eaton accompanies members of the National Wildlife Federation and the Vermont Institute of Natural Science on a banding operation at the Rattlesnake Cliffs in Salisbury that is part of the Peregrine Falcon Recovery Project. Lastly, host Marianne Eaton steps into the gondola of aeronaut Chuck Baraw at the Stoweflake Hot Air Balloon Festival to rise above it all.

Host Marianne Eaton joins a class to learn the ins and outs of sculling and what the attraction is to this sport of "leverage." Then, Outdoor Journal visits with Eric Hanson and the kids of Vermont Audubon's "Take Part Program" as they demonstrate what they have done to increase the loon population. Lastly, Host Lawrence Pyne joins longtime bass guide Rod Start of Tinmouth, Vermont for a mid-September outing on Lake St. Catherine, one of several outstanding bass lakes in southwestern Vermont.