Local Waters

← Around Portsmouth

Lake / pond Open — VT trout season

Batten Kill

Arlington, VT · about 3 hours from Portsmouth (typical, off-peak)

Official public lot from the state access map. Confirm the sign on site and the current rule. We have not written a full card for this water yet.

Salt River / stream Lake / pond Shop (desk) Guide only Parking Stay State access Private — ask first

Around now

Most likely in this drive this week. Not a guarantee — confirm the official rule.

  • Trout Trout
  • Landlocked salmon Landlocked salmon
  • Smallmouth bass Smallmouth bass

Also worth a thought: Chain pickerel.

Season
Harvest typically Apr 11 through October. Confirm this stretch. Official rule
License
Vermont fishing license
Park
Red Mill fishing access, Arlington
Wednesday conditions

N 5 mph around dawn. Fine to go.

Sky
⛅ 64° partly
Sun and moon
Rise 7:12 · 🌔 Waxing gibbous · Set 6:02
Wind at dawn
N 5 mph · Sunny · 46°F
Wind later
  • dawn: N 5 mph
  • 10am: N 5 mph
  • 2pm: NE 6 mph
  • dusk: NE 3 mph
Notes
Official public access. Confirm VT regulations.
Maps Call shop

Log this trip

Private. On this phone, and in your test book if you signed in on Journal.

N 5 mph · Sunny

How did it go

Pictures only — no video.

Opens a map. Locate finds you, then tap to drop or drag the pin. Private — not the public map.

Shops

Orvis Manchester

4180 Main St, Manchester Center, VT 05255
Call the store

The Battenkill door. Lessons and a full fly counter.

Call Website

Guides

Shop desks, plus a few independents who fish public water. We do not take a cut. Call them.

No desk pinned yet. Ask the shop above who they trust here.

If this isn’t the day