May Pond is a lake in Vermont, near Orleans County.
Stocking records show that the following fish or strains were stocked here. A historical stocking does not by itself prove that a self-sustaining population remains today.
May Pond covers 90 acres in Orleans County, Vermont. The recorded maximum depth at the pond is 31 feet. The documented storage volume is about 810 acre-feet.
The verified 31-foot maximum gives the pond enough depth for fish to move away from the bank without turning the lake into a purely open-water fishery.
Fish reported from the pond include brook trout and pumpkinseed. At this May fishery, stocking also supports brook trout already reported from the pond. On this 90-acre May basin, stocking describes management activity at the pond; it does not guarantee those fish at every spot or on every trip.
For May in Orleans County, bluegill and other sunfish in the pond take worms, crickets and tiny jigs along shade and vegetation.
For brook trout in the pond at this May fishery, use a small spoon, inline spinner, trout magnet or natural bait on light line. On this 90-acre May basin, trout often move from shallow spring water toward cooler or deeper water in the pond as temperatures rise.
For May in Orleans County, choose three different structural stops before changing sections on the pond. At this May fishery, compare vegetation, shade and firm-bottom changes around the pond before searching open water.
On this 90-acre May basin, spring at the pond favors warming coves, feeder mouths and protected spawning banks. For May in Orleans County, once summer heat settles over the pond, work the deepest active cover instead of assuming every fish has moved to the bottom. At this May fishery, windblown points on the pond become worth checking when autumn baitfish move shallow.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.