Joes Pond fishing: Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout

Target species: Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Joe's Pond.

The lake

Joes Pond covers 405 acres in Vermont, across Washington County. It is a lake: 92.8% of it is 55 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 89.9 feet (27.4 m). Our records hold 13 species for this water.

Depth: down to 89.9 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 89.9 ft (27.4 m). 92.8% of the water is 55 feet or shallower. We hold 30 depth contours for this water, drawn from 46,220 soundings.

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  • 0–5 ft: 18.6% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 16.5% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 17.2% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 15.8% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 6.7% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 3.8% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 3% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 2.9% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 2.9% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 2.4% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 3% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 4.4% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 1.5% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 1.5% of the water

7 target fish, led by Smallmouth Bass

  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Brook Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Chain Pickerel — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
  • Yellow Perch — Feeding water: 45–75°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.

Also recorded here: Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Longnose Sucker, White Sucker, Brown Bullhead, Golden Shiner.

Stocking: 29,478 fish, 2009–2026

Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department records list 29,478 fish released into this water from 2009 to 2026.

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  • Brown Trout: 15,381 in 2009–2026
  • Rainbow Trout: 14,097 in 2009–2026

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Joe's Pond — restrooms. Danville, F&W. website vtfishandwildlife.com/access-areas-map.cfm

The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

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Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 7.7–16.1 feet on our readings, averaging 12.4 feet, from 66 readings. Our water temperature readings average 55°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.7. These readings span 2017–2025.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

Where this data comes from

  • Vermont DEC — Vermont DEC: depth soundings: class A, a survey of the bottom.
  • Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.