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Lake Willoughby is a public lake in Orleans County, Vermont, managed by Vermont Fish & Wildlife. It is public water managed for fishing by the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Public access confirmed via marquee water.
Lake Willoughby — a dramatic, glacially-carved lake between Mount Pisgah and Mount Hor in the Northeast Kingdom, deep and cold enough for a real lake trout and landlocked salmon fishery.
Lake Willoughby covers about 1,653 acres in the Northeast Kingdom region. Anglers here mostly fish for landlocked salmon, lake trout, rainbow trout, yellow perch; smallmouth bass, burbot, rainbow smelt are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Blake Pond and Duck Pond.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, VTFW trout designations and hand research.
Night fishing: Vermont allows night fishing on most waters, though some trout ponds and streams have seasonal or hours restrictions — check the current VT F&W fishing guide for this water.
Boats: Lake Champlain and the larger lakes take full-size boats; most VT F&W fishing access areas have a hand-carry, canoe or small-trailer ramp. A greeter/boat-wash AIS check applies at many Lake Champlain and Northeast Kingdom lake accesses.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at Vermont state parks (many on the best lakes — Lake Bomoseen, Lake St. Catherine, Lake Champlain's islands) and Green Mountain National Forest campgrounds along the trout streams.
Boat ramps: 1 mapped — Lake Willoughby Access.
Camping: 2 sites mapped nearby — White Caps Campground, Will-O-Wood Campground.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 15 or older needs a Vermont fishing licence — the resident annual is about $28, the non-resident annual about $60, with non-resident 1-day (~$18) and 7-day (~$41) licences also sold. Vermont residents 66 and older, and legally blind residents, need no licence. Buy from VT Fish & Wildlife at vtfishandwildlife.com. A Vermont fishing licence covers this water — it has a Vermont Fish & Wildlife developed fishing access area.
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