Fishing at Collins Pond, Lamoille County, Vermont

• Overview

  Collins Pond is listed under Lamoille County, Vermont. It lies 1,214 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 20 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. You are 6.2 miles from Morrisville. The nearest city of size is Sherbrooke, 62 miles away. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near. About 2,000 people live in Morrisville.

• Where to Fish on Collins Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Lamoille County list pumpkinseed, brook trout, yellow perch and white sucker. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Anyone new to Collins Pond should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 66°F and January about 14°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and early December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. It holds true on Collins Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Overnight stays are possible half a mile away. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Clear Pond, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Collins Pond should be assumed from this page alone.