Weatherhead Hollow Pond in Windham County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  In Vermont, Weatherhead Hollow Pond falls inside Windham County. The surroundings are pine and birch. At about 31 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Nearest town is Bernardston, 5.8 miles off. The nearest city of size is Springfield, 44 miles away. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Weatherhead Hollow Pond

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Across Windham County, recorded fish include brook trout, white sucker and brown trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Weatherhead Hollow Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 69°F and January near 20°F. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early April. Averages suggest open water from about early April through to roughly mid December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. That shapes the year on Weatherhead Hollow Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. There is a mapped slipway roughly half a mile away. Parking is mapped about half a mile from the bank. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, Sweet Pond is 1.4 miles off. Check the current arrangement for Weatherhead Hollow Pond.