Pigeon Pond in Caledonia County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Pigeon Pond stands in Caledonia County, Vermont. The surroundings are pine and birch. Surface area is around 70 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Shoreline comes to about 1.3 miles, small enough to learn in a day. It is high ground by Vermont standards. 9.3 miles away sits Barre, the nearest town. Further out sit South Barre (10 miles) and Washington (11 miles). Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Pigeon Pond

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Caledonia County include rainbow trout, brook trout, pumpkinseed and white sucker. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Read Pigeon Pond for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 14°F to 64°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate averages put the opening at about mid April and the closing near early December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It holds true on Pigeon Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Noyes Pond sits 1.6 miles off and takes the overflow. The position on Pigeon Pond is worth confirming on the day.