Olympus Pool, Vermont: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Rutland County, Olympus Pool is a Vermont water. The surface lies 561 feet up. It covers about 2 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Rutland County list holds plenty of bigger water. Start from Rutland, 4 miles down the road. The big place round here is Albany, 78 miles distant. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Olympus Pool

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Rutland County records list bluegill, brook trout and brown trout among the fish reported. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. The shape of Olympus Pool decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 69°F at the top of summer and 19°F at the bottom of winter. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near early April. Climate figures give an open season running early April to mid December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Anyone fishing Olympus Pool regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Public data has parking about half a mile from the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Reynolds Reservoir is 0.6 miles off. Treat access at Olympus Pool as something to verify.