RUTLAND, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) - Anglers might want to keep an eye on East Creek, as they may have a change to catch large rainbow trout there starting mid-October.

This year, officials with Vermont Fish & Wildlife have decided to bring fish there, in the trophy trout section as part of a pilot fall stocking program. VTF&W Fish Biologist Austin Galinat says that they are trying something new and stocking 150 big, year-and-a-half-old rainbows in the fall as well.

"We want to give anglers an opportunity to stay out on East Creek through peak foliage and hopefully harvest one last trophy trout before the season switches to catch-and-release only in November.”

These will be the first fish released as part of the pilot fall program in East Creek, Fish & Wildlife reports. They aim to learn more a

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