Best crappie lakes in Vermont
6 Vermont waters hold crappie, 6 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. 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. Schooling panfish that suspends around timber, brush and creek channels.
- Lake Champlain — 392 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
- Lake Champlain — Inland Sea and Malletts Bay — 143 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
- Lake Champlain — South Lake — 29 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
- Lake Champlain — Missisquoi Bay — 14 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike, Crappie
- Lake Dunmore — 106 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
- Lake Hortonia — 58 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Walleye, Northern Pike
When to fish crappie in Vermont
- Spring 2–8 ft — The famous spring bite: brush, timber and docks in protected shallow pockets.
- Summer 10–25 ft — Find suspended schools over channel-edge brush piles and deep timber.
- Fall 8–20 ft — Schools follow shad into creeks; fish channel bends with cover.
- Winter 15–35 ft — Tight schools in deep holes and channel bends; slow presentations.
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