North Pond, Vermont: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for North Pond in Rutland County, Vermont. Height above sea level is 2,510 feet. It covers about 5 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. On size it sits at the modest end of our Rutland County list. 4.2 miles away sits Chittenden, the nearest town. Then Mendon, 7 miles, and Rutland, 11 miles. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on North Pond

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name bluegill, brook trout, brown trout, white sucker and largemouth bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At North Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 65°F on average, January about 15°F. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The open-water window runs from around mid April to about early December in an average year. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. It holds true on North Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Chittenden Reservoir, 1.7 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at North Pond as something to verify.