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 joins Barry Cahoon on a brisk February morning of fishing for big lake trout on Lake Whiloughby. Then, we visit the banquet at the Montpelier Elk's Club, where certified measurer Ron Boucher shows us how The Boone & Crockett Club maintains records for North America's big game animals. Lastly, host Marianne Eaton joins members of the Mad River Rocket Company for a hike up Granville Gulf and a run on the powder.

Host Marianne Eaton joins Eric Hanson from Northstar Canoe Rentals, to paddle a stretch of the Connecticut and spend the night at one of the primitive campsites along the river. Then, we join members of Green Mountain Power as they re-locate an osprey nest and we look at the osprey recovery efforts of Central Vermont Public Service and a concerned citizen on Lake Arrowhead in Milton. Lastly, Host Lawrence Pyne heads out onto Lake Champlain with Captain Dick Greenough of Sure Strike Charters in search of lakers.

Host Lawrence Pyne fishes with Denise Gibeault of Shoreham, VT, and visits the Halfway House Restaurant in Shoreham for a sample of these tasty fish, then we follow the brook trout journey from incubation to release on a wintry spring day in Morgan, and lastly host Marianne Eaton joins Guard member and Olympic biathlon racer Dan Westover on the range in Jericho for an introductory lesson to the sport of biathlon.

Host Marianne Eaton joins Dick Hall for a Telemark lesson. Then we visit the 30th Annual NATO Telemark Festival in Mad River Glen. Then, Outdoor Journal spends a day with a group of teachers as they venture into forests and streams to measure fish populations, examine insects, visit deer wintering yards and collect various plant and animal specimens. Lastly, host Lawrence Pyne joins avid fly fisherman Peter Burton for a day of fishing for brook trout in the Green Mountain National Forest.

Randy Colomb of Waltham, Vt., launches his boat for a thrilling day of winter fishing for lake trout and salmon; Each summer fisheries biologists trawl portions of the lake to get an estimate of the forage fish populations; Discover the sport of snowkiting! Skiers and snowboarders no longer need to wait in lift lines. With a little wind to fill their kites, they can cruise a frozen lake or field.