It's possible northerns may not be a species that can legally be planted in Vermont. I would check. I know they are present in Lake Champlain and probably other lakes and rivers of Vermont, but they considered a nonnative and invasive species in other New England states like Maine. Pike are doing a number on trout in the lakes of Maine and the Maine Department of Fisheries is seriously upset. They are spreading from one drainage to the next.
Trout purists of New England only want themselves to be the predators. I know because I used to be one of them.
