Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Colton Pond is a lake or reservoir in Vermont, listed as Trophy / quality trout water by Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department.
1 shop nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Manchester & the Battenkill.
Colton Pond is a lake or reservoir in Vermont. Our destination hub Manchester & the Battenkill is 39 mi away in a straight line.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Colton Pond or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Colton Pond
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Colton Pond in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
Map of 3 restrooms near Colton Pond
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 3 restrooms near Colton Pond, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Trophy / quality trout waterThe falls on Otter Creek at Vergennes, Vermont. Photo: Ahale (English Wikipedia), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Vermont · about 12 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Kent PondMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Kent Pond.
Vermont · about 2 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lefferts PondRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lefferts Pond.
Vermont · about 4 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Smith PondLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Smith Pond.
Vermont · about 12 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Spring LakeSunrise over Lake Marion from Santee State Park, South Carolina. Photo: Andrew Parlette from Elkridge,MD, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Spring Lake.
Vermont · about 15 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Amherst LakeSunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Amherst Lake.
Vermont · about 16 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.
On the Trophy Trout Ponds list (Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, read 2026-10-20). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-04) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped shoreline. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
1.1 of 1.1 mi of shoreline on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
From the agency’s own plan (Fish Stocking Plan (proposed, trophy trout waters), Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, read 2026-11-04), listed as Colton Pond (Killington). Check the agency for this season.
Agency plan, not a schedule
2026 plan: Brook Trout (trophy size), 200 fish.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
No guide within 40 miles yet.
The hatch and season chart for this water's region.
8 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.
Blue Quill (April) · Hendrickson (April) · Quill Gordon (April) · Green drake (May) · Mayflies (best hatches) (May) · Mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies (June to September) · and 2 more on the chart
Manchester sits in the valley of the Battenkill in southern Vermont, with the Mettawee and Walloomsac rivers and Otter Creek nearby and the West River over the mountains to the east.
Destination hub · 39 mi away in a straight line
A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.
9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes
Open the checklistChironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Colton Pond.
No stories from here yet.
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Colton Pond” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Trophy / quality trout waterThe falls on Otter Creek at Vergennes, Vermont. Photo: Ahale (English Wikipedia), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Kent PondMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Kent Pond.
Vermont · about 2 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lefferts PondRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lefferts Pond.
Vermont · about 4 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Smith PondLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Smith Pond.
Vermont · about 12 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Spring LakeSunrise over Lake Marion from Santee State Park, South Carolina. Photo: Andrew Parlette from Elkridge,MD, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Spring Lake.
Vermont · about 15 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Amherst LakeSunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Amherst Lake.
Vermont · about 16 mi
