Great Hosmer Pond Fishing Guide, Orleans County, Vermont

• Overview

  The Orleans County end of Vermont holds Great Hosmer Pond. The country here is pine and birch. It measures about 147 acres, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. At about 4.4 miles of edge, most people work one arm at a time. The nearest place of any size is Hardwick, 13 miles away. For a city, Sherbrooke is 54 miles off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Great Hosmer Pond

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Orleans County names white sucker, pumpkinseed, brook trout, yellow perch and smallmouth bass. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. The near bank of Great Hosmer Pond is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 66°F; the cold one sits at 14°F. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid April. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly early December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Great Hosmer Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. A launch point is recorded some half a mile off. The nearest car park we can see is 0.9 miles out, so expect a walk with your gear. A pier 0.9 miles from here gives a platform over deeper water. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Heart Pond, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the position at Great Hosmer Pond before loading the car.