Island Pond

Brown trout and walleye water; 4 stockings on the 2026 record.

Essex County · Vermont · see it on the national map

4 stockings 2026

Jun 15 last stocked

75,159 fish reported

614 acres (NHD)

The year here

stocked last 7 days announced ahead · tap a tick for details

What swims here

Brown trout 2 stockings

Walleye 2 stockings

Stocking record 2026

Date	Species	Fish	Status
Apr 28	Brown trout	1,000	completed
May 22	Brown trout	500	completed
Jun 12	Walleye	53,729	completed
Jun 15	Walleye	19,930	completed

Gear for this water

It has been a while since the trucks came. The holdovers have spread out and wised up; downsize and fish natural.

For the trout (brown trout stocked 2 times here in 2026, stillwater)

Dough bait rigs	floating dough bait 18 inches above a small egg sinker; hatchery fish know the smell
Casting spoons	1/8 to 1/4 oz in fluorescent or metallic; count down until you find the depth
Small crankbaits	trout-pattern cranks trolled or slow-retrieved off points

For the walleye (walleye stocked 2 times here in 2026, stillwater)

Jig and minnow	1/8 to 1/4 oz round jigs tipped live or plastic; drag the bottom slowly
Crawler harness	slow-trolled over flats and breaks once water warms
Medium spinning rod	6.5 to 7 ft medium, 8 lb line; sensitivity beats power here

Suggestions follow from what the state actually stocks here and what kind of water it is, nothing else. No sponsored placements.

Nearby stocked waters

The closest waters with stocking pages of their own, straight-line miles from this one.

Water	Distance	Most recent
Center Pond	6.8 mi	May 14
Bald Hill Pond	7.0 mi	May 31
Echo Lake	7.2 mi	Apr 28
Newark Pond	8.3 mi	May 22
Seymour Lake	8.5 mi	2026 season

Records from Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department (official page). Placement from USGS GNIS and the National Hydrography Dataset. Schedules change without notice. Seasons, limits, and licenses: Vermont fishing regulations.