Childs Pond in Orange County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Childs Pond in Orange County, Vermont. Land around it is lake country bush. At 10 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is a small entry by Orange County standards. Some 1.9 miles away sits Lyme, the nearest settlement. For a city, Manchester is 68 miles off. The county line runs close by, so rules can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Childs Pond

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Across Orange County, recorded fish include brook trout, rainbow trout, white sucker, longnose sucker and redbreast sunfish. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Childs Pond light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 17°F in January to roughly 68°F in July. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early April. The lid tends to go about early April and return around early December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Childs Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Parking is not close: half a mile from the bank, and no nearer option is mapped. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Post Pond is 2.1 miles distant. For Childs Pond in particular, ask before you travel.