Round Pond Fishing in Orleans County, Vermont

• Overview

  You will find Round Pond in Orleans County, Vermont. What surrounds it is rolling bush. At roughly 14 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Our Orleans County list holds plenty of bigger water. Lyndonville lies 12 miles from the water. Lyndon is 13 miles away, with Hardwick at 16 miles. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Round Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Orleans County include white sucker, pumpkinseed and brook trout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Read Round Pond for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 65°F and January at 13°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Look for the thaw near mid April; the fishing lifts straight after. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near early December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. The season on Round Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. A parking area is marked roughly half a mile out. Perry Holbrook Memorial State Park takes in this water; protected-area rules will apply. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Long Pond sits 0.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Rules at Round Pond are worth checking on the day.