Lake Saint Catherine fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Channel Catfish, Lake Trout, Brown Trout
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Saint Catherine.

The lake

Lake Saint Catherine covers 887 acres in Vermont, across Rutland County. It is a lake: 95.7% of it is 60 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is 65 feet (19.8 m). Our records hold 17 species for this water.

Depth: down to 65 ft at the deepest measured point

Deepest measured point: 65 ft (19.8 m). 95.7% of the water is 60 feet or shallower. We hold 36 depth contours for this water, drawn from 55,460 soundings.

  • 0–5 ft: 5.6% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 8.6% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 7.3% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 4.6% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 9.1% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 8.6% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 14.5% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 10.8% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 4.4% of the water

7 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Channel Catfish — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
  • Lake Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.

Also recorded here: Lake Whitefish, Black Crappie, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, Emerald Shiner, Alewife, Golden Shiner, Banded Killifish.

Stocking: 96,624 fish, 2009–2026

Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department records list 96,624 fish released into this water from 2009 to 2026.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2023
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2023 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • Brown Trout: 82,754 in 2009–2026
  • Rainbow Trout: 13,870 in 2010–2026

Water and conditions

Water clarity runs 11.2–17.4 feet on our readings, averaging 14.5 feet, from 162 readings. Our water temperature readings average 62°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.9. These readings span 2017–2025.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Lake Saint Catherine — restrooms. Wells, F&W. website anrweb.vt.gov/FWD/FW/FishingAccessAreas.aspx?aa=Lake%20Saint%20Catherine

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.