Bourn Pond Fishing near Manchester Center, Vermont

• Overview

  Bourn Pond is set in Bennington County, Vermont. Height above sea level is 2,559 feet. It runs to roughly 57 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Bank access stretches around 1.1 miles in total. Few waters listed in Bennington County are bigger. The nearest place of any size is Manchester Center, 5.7 miles away. The big place round here is Albany, 49 miles distant. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Bourn Pond

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Bennington County list brook trout, brown trout and white sucker. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. On Bourn Pond a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 66°F and January near 17°F. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid April. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly early December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. It holds true on Bourn Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping shows a campsite some half a mile from the water. There are toilets half a mile off. Lye Brook Wilderness covers this ground, which means extra rules to check. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Stratton Pond, 1.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Bourn Pond.