Lac Wallace, Vermont: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lac Wallace is an Essex County water, Vermont side. The water sits 1,280 feet up. This is sizeable water at about 553 acres, and a boat opens up most of it. Around 4.3 miles of bank, which is a long day on foot. Few waters listed in Essex County are bigger. Colebrook lies 11 miles from the water. Sherbrooke sits 30 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Lac Wallace

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Essex County include rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout and white sucker. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Lac Wallace gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 12°F and July at about 64°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late November in a typical year. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Time your trip to Lac Wallace by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. A launch point is recorded some half a mile off. You can camp about half a mile away, going by the mapping. Facilities include toilets around half a mile from here. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. For a change of water, Forest Lake is 3.2 miles distant. Treat access at Lac Wallace as something to verify.