Lake Morey fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, White Sucker, Bluegill, Rock Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Morey.

The lake

Lake Morey covers 554 acres in Vermont, across Orange County. It is a lake: the deepest point measured is 42.3 feet (12.9 m). Our records hold 12 species for this water.

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Chain Pickerel — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • White Sucker — Feeding water: 50–70°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

Also recorded here: Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Redbreast, Brown Bullhead, Golden Shiner.

Lake Morey VT 10-27-25.jpg
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Depth: down to 42.3 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 42.3 ft (12.9 m). We hold 28 depth contours for this water, drawn from 66,247 soundings.

  • 0–3 ft: 1.9% of the water
  • 3–6 ft: 3.5% of the water
  • 6–9 ft: 4% of the water
  • 9–12 ft: 4% of the water
  • 12–15 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 15–18 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 18–21 ft: 4.5% of the water
  • 21–24 ft: 5% of the water
  • 24–27 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 27–30 ft: 7.1% of the water
  • 30–33 ft: 9.6% of the water
  • 33–36 ft: 13.7% of the water
  • 36–39 ft: 19.4% of the water
  • 39–42 ft: 13.2% of the water

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 13.1–26.2 feet on our readings, averaging 20.4 feet, from 94 readings. Our water temperature readings average 69°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 46°F and the warmest is 83°F; the warmest monthly average is 77°F. pH averages 8. These readings span 2017–2025.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Lake Morey — restrooms. Fairlee, F&W. website anrweb.vt.gov/FWD/FW/FishingAccessAreas.aspx?wb=Lake%20Morey

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.