🤫 Secret fishing spot
🎣 Passumpsic River
Lyndon Outing Club · 🌊 river near Lyndonville, VT
The Passumpsic flows through Lyndonville itself, and the state stocks a trophy stretch with rainbow and brown trout averaging 14-20 inches, with holdover browns present into fall and winter. The Land Trust access provides easy bank and wading entry - the Northeast Kingdom's signature trout river.
🐟 Fish you'll find: rainbow trout, brown trout, brook trout
🎣 Stocked by VT Fish & Wildlife: rainbow trout, brown trout - 2026 VT F&W trophy trout plan: Passumpsic River (St. Johnsbury stretch) stocked weeks of May 4 and May 18 with 700 two-year-old rainbow and 300 two-year-old brown trout; F&W's Eagle Lake rainbow program also covered the Lyndon/St. Johnsbury/Barnet reaches (https://anrweb.vt.gov/FWD/FW/FishStockingSchedule.aspx)
🥾 Getting there: Passumpsic Valley Land Trust fishing access on River Road in Barnet; bank fishing also available along the river in town.
Vermont fishing licenses are required for anglers 15 and older - check current regulations with Vermont Fish & Wildlife before you go.