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Best chain pickerel lakes in Vermont

39 Vermont waters hold chain pickerel. 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. The eastern esox — a lie-in-wait weed-bed assassin that bites all year, including through the ice.

1. Harriman Reservoir — 180 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout
2. Somerset Reservoir — 85 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout
3. Seymour Lake — 167 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout
4. Arrowhead Mountain Lake — 30 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
5. Green River Reservoir — 93 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
6. Echo Lake — 129 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
7. Great Hosmer Pond — 57 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
8. Lake Eden — 40 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
9. Berlin Pond — 59 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
10. Wrightsville Reservoir — 19 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
11. Holland Pond — 39 ft max · Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Brown Bullhead
12. Lake Elligo — 100 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
13. Lake Derby — 19 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
14. Miles Pond — 55 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
15. Clyde Pond — 20 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Bluegill
16. Lake Rescue — 95 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
17. Lake Ninevah — 12 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
18. Sadawga Lake — 10 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel, Brown Bullhead
19. Little Hosmer Pond — 9 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
20. Stiles Pond — 33 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
21. Lake Parker — 45 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
22. Curtis Pond — 31 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
23. Lake Raponda — 12 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
24. Greenwood Lake — 41 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
25. Neal Pond — 35 ft max · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Bluegill

…plus 14 more Vermont waters holding chain pickerel.

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When to fish chain pickerel in Vermont

• Spring 2–10 ft — Early spawner: post-spawn fish prowl warming, weedy bays and eat everything that moves.
• Summer 3–15 ft — Classic ambush game: weed edges, pad fields and dock shade — flashy, steady retrieves.
• Fall 4–15 ft — Feeding hard around the last green weeds as water cools.
• Winter 5–18 ft — One of ice fishing's most reliable biters — shiners on tip-ups over weed flats.

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