Wildlife Watch: Spawning season in Lake Champlain

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BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) – With spring in full swing, many fish in Lake Champlain including bass, perch, and pan fish are leaving their breeding grounds and heading to warmer parts of the lake to spawn.

In this week’s Wildlife Watch, Ike Bendavid spoke with officials at the ECHO, Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, about spawning and how climate change is having an impact on timing.