Spring Lake Fishing near Clarendon, Vermont

• Overview

  Spring Lake is a Rutland County water, in Vermont. It sits at 1,496 feet above sea level. It runs to roughly 67 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The full circuit measures close to 1.5 miles on foot. Clarendon lies 2.9 miles from the water. Then Mount Holly, 5.6 miles, and Rutland, 8.4 miles. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Spring Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Rutland County names bluegill, brook trout, brown trout and white sucker. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. At Spring Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 67°F, while January sits near 18°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly early April. Expect the water usable from around early April until roughly early December. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. The season on Spring Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Elfin Lake, 4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Spring Lake as something to verify.