Whitehouse Pond Fishing near Chelsea, Vermont

• Overview

  Whitehouse Pond is listed under Orange County, Vermont. The water sits 1,814 feet up. Surface area runs to about 3 acres — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Orange County list. Some 4 miles away sits Chelsea, the nearest settlement. Washington lies 8.6 miles off, Williamstown another 12 miles. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Whitehouse Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. The old creek line under the surface is the feature worth finding. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Species logged across Orange County include brook trout, rainbow trout, white sucker, longnose sucker and redbreast sunfish. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. The near bank of Whitehouse Pond is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 65°F, the coldest about 15°F. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around mid April. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near early December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Whitehouse Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Keyser Pond is 4.5 miles distant. Ask locally about Whitehouse Pond if anything is unclear.