Fishing at Greenwood Lake, Washington County, Vermont

• Overview

  Greenwood Lake lies in Washington County, in Vermont. The ground around here is lake country bush. The water covers some 92 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge runs 3.0 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Start from Hardwick, 4.2 miles down the road. The big place round here is Sherbrooke, 70 miles distant. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Greenwood Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name brook trout, rainbow trout and white sucker. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Read Greenwood Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 14°F in January up to 65°F in July. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from mid April. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around early December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Greenwood Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. A boat ramp sits half a mile away, so trailered boats can get on. Public data has parking about half a mile from the shore. Greenwood Lake Access Area is the mapped fishing point, half a mile out. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. The nearest alternative is Walton Pond, 0.9 miles out. Check the position on Greenwood Lake before loading the car.