Lake Carmi fishing: Northern Pike, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass

Target species: Northern Pike, Walleye, Smallmouth Bass, White Sucker, Bluegill, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch
Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct for Northern Pike
Second window: May, Jun, Sep, Oct for Walleye
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Carmi.

The lake

Lake Carmi covers 1,406 acres in Vermont, across Franklin County. It is a lake: 90.6% of it is 30 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 33.2 feet (10.1 m). Our records hold 14 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
  • Walleye — Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Best months: Jun, Sep.
  • White Sucker — Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
  • Bluegill — Best months: Jul, Aug.
  • Rock Bass — Best months: Jun, Sep.
  • Yellow Perch — Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct.

Also recorded here: Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Alewife, Golden Shiner, Banded Killifish, Fathead Minnow, American Eel.

Lake Carmi, Franklin, Vermont.jpg
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Depth: down to 33.2 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 33.2 ft (10.1 m). 90.6% of the water is 30 feet or shallower. We hold 25 depth contours for this water, drawn from 112,640 soundings.

  • 0–2 ft: 1.1% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 6.1% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 4.4% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 5.3% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 6.5% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 7.7% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 8.5% of the water
  • 24–26 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 26–28 ft: 8.6% of the water
  • 28–30 ft: 10% of the water
  • 30–32 ft: 9.5% of the water

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 3.6–11.2 feet on our readings, averaging 6.7 feet, from 470 readings. Our water temperature readings average 65°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 35°F and the warmest is 81°F; the warmest monthly average is 76°F. pH averages 8.2. These readings span 2016–2025.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp and 1 shore access point.

  • Lake Carmi — Franklin, F&W. website vtfishandwildlife.com/node/476

Shore access for bank fishing

  • Lake Carmi Access Area website vtfishandwildlife.com/node/476

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 places in this list: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.

What is hard here

Clarity swings from 3.6 to 11.2 feet between our readings — the water you meet is not the water someone photographed. 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.