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Best brown bullhead lakes in Vermont

65 Vermont waters hold brown bullhead. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Night-feeding catfish of weedy, mud-bottomed lakes — the classic after-dark shoreline bite across the east and Canada.

1. Lake Bomoseen — 65 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
2. Harriman Reservoir — 180 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout
3. Waterbury Reservoir — 100 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
4. Somerset Reservoir — 85 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout
5. Seymour Lake — 167 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
6. Arrowhead Mountain Lake — 30 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
7. Norton Pond — 30 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Bluegill
8. Green River Reservoir — 93 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
9. North Hartland Reservoir — 36 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
10. Echo Lake — 129 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
11. Great Hosmer Pond — 57 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
12. Lake Eden — 40 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
13. Shelburne Pond — 25 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie, Bluegill
14. Berlin Pond — 59 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
15. Wrightsville Reservoir — 19 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
16. Holland Pond — 39 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Brown Bullhead
17. East Long Pond — 105 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
18. Lake Elligo — 100 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
19. Lake Derby — 19 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
20. Miles Pond — 55 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
21. Clyde Pond — 20 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Bluegill
22. Glen Lake — 68 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
23. Lake Rescue — 95 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
24. Lake Ninevah — 12 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
25. Sadawga Lake — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Brown Bullhead

…plus 40 more Vermont waters holding brown bullhead.

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When to fish brown bullhead in Vermont

• Spring 2–8 ft — First warm rains pull bullheads into black-bottomed bays and creek mouths — the classic spring shore bite.
• Summer 3–12 ft — Day fish hold on deeper mud and weed edges; after dark they spread across the shallows to feed by smell.
• Fall 5–15 ft — Fish slide toward deeper soft bottoms as the shallows cool — the evening bite shortens with the days.
• Winter 10–25 ft — Bullheads pod up half-dormant in the deepest mud basins; a long soak with bait on bottom is the lone play.

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