Lake Dunmore fishing: Atlantic Salmon, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass
Target species: Atlantic Salmon, Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Lake Trout, White Sucker, Rock Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Magoon.
The lake
Lake Dunmore covers 1,035 acres in Vermont, across Addison County. It is a lake: 90.3% of it is 70 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 106 feet (32.3 m). Our records hold 12 species for this water.
Depth: down to 106 ft at the deepest measured point
Deepest measured point: 106 ft (32.3 m). 90.3% of the water is 70 feet or shallower. We hold 16 depth contours for this water, drawn from 124,407 soundings.
- 0–10 ft: 47.9% of the water
- 10–20 ft: 9.8% of the water
- 20–30 ft: 5.9% of the water
- 30–40 ft: 4.9% of the water
- 40–50 ft: 5% of the water
- 50–60 ft: 7% of the water
- 60–70 ft: 9.8% of the water
- 70–80 ft: 6.2% of the water
- 80–90 ft: 2.6% of the water
- 90–100 ft: 1% of the water
7 target fish, led by Atlantic Salmon
- Atlantic Salmon — Feeding water: 45–60°F.
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Lake Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
- Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Golden Shiner, Banded Killifish.
Stocking: 58,369 fish, 2009–2026
Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department records list 58,369 fish released into this water from 2009 to 2026.
- Lake Trout: 17,598 in 2009–2026
- Rainbow Trout: 16,090 in 2009–2026
2 more species on the stocking list.
Water and conditions
Water clarity runs 13.1–19.7 feet on our readings, averaging 16.4 feet, from 123 readings. Our water temperature readings average 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 8.1. These readings span 2017–2025.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.
- Magoon — restrooms. Salisbury, 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.
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.
