Little Rock Pond, Vermont: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Rutland County in Vermont is where Little Rock Pond sits. The country here is pine and birch. The water measures roughly 20 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Compared with other Vermont water on our list, it sits high. The closest town, Danby, is 4.2 miles distant. Albany sits 66 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one county, one set of rules.

• Where to Fish on Little Rock Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Rutland County names bluegill, brook trout and brown trout. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Little Rock Pond responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 66°F; the cold one sits at 17°F. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid April. Climate figures give an open season running mid April to early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It sets the rhythm of the year at Little Rock Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Mapping shows a campsite some half a mile from the water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Wallingford Pond, 2.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Little Rock Pond for certain.