🤫 Secret fishing spot
🎣 Sterling Pond
Smugglers' Notch · 🏞️ pond near Stowe, VT
At roughly 3,000 feet, Sterling Pond is Vermont's highest-elevation trout pond - and the state has stocked it with brook trout for years. It sits between Smugglers' Notch Resort and Stowe Mountain Resort. The hike up is the price of admission to a true mountaintop fishing experience.
🐟 Fish you'll find: brook trout
🎣 Stocked by VT Fish & Wildlife: brook trout - general: stocked during the spring/early-summer stocking season
🥾 Getting there: Sterling Pond Trail, a 1.1-mile hike with about 1,000 ft of elevation gain from the Route 108 parking area; trout fishing allowed with a license.
Vermont fishing licenses are required for anglers 15 and older - check current regulations with Vermont Fish & Wildlife before you go.