Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Forest Lake is a lake or reservoir in Vermont, listed as Trophy / quality trout water by Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department.
Forest Lake is a lake or reservoir in Vermont. Vermont has 2 waters named Forest Lake in the USGS Geographic Names Information System; this page is the lake whose point is in Essex County, the one the agency list names.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Forest Lake 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 Forest Lake
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 Forest Lake 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.
No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.
Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.
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.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Little Averill LakeMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Little Averill Lake.
Vermont · about 3 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Holland PondRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Holland Pond.
Vermont · about 12 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Seymour LakeLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Seymour Lake.
Vermont · about 16 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Jobs PondSunrise over Lake Marion from Santee State Park, South Carolina. Photo: Andrew Parlette from Elkridge,MD, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Jobs Pond.
Vermont · about 20 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Center PondLake Greenwood, South Carolina. Photo: JCMLuis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Center Pond.
Vermont · about 22 mi
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Johns RiverThe Winooski River falls between Winooski and Burlington, Vermont. Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Johns River.
Vermont · about 22 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
On the Trout and salmon two-fish aggregate lakes (10 App. V.S.A. §122, 7.6(e)) list (Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department / Vermont Fish and Wildlife Board, read 2026-10-16). 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.
From the agency’s own plan (Fish Stocking Plan (proposed, trophy trout waters), Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department, read 2026-11-04), listed as Forest Lake (Averill). Check the agency for this season.
Agency plan, not a schedule
2026 plan: Rainbow Trout (trophy size), 100 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.
No shop nearby 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
None of our destination hubs is within 40 miles in a straight line. The trip planner builds a trip around the water itself: the guides and shops listed within 40 miles of it, its gauges and its nearest towns and airports.
No hub within 40 miles
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.
Not sponsored All videos on stillwater
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Forest Lake.
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 “Forest Lake” (lake) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Little Averill LakeMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Little Averill Lake.
Vermont · about 3 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Holland PondRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Holland Pond.
Vermont · about 12 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Seymour LakeLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Seymour Lake.
Vermont · about 16 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Jobs PondSunrise over Lake Marion from Santee State Park, South Carolina. Photo: Andrew Parlette from Elkridge,MD, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Jobs Pond.
Vermont · about 20 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Center PondLake Greenwood, South Carolina. Photo: JCMLuis, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Center Pond.
Vermont · about 22 mi
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Johns RiverThe Winooski River falls between Winooski and Burlington, Vermont. Photo: Ken Gallager, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Johns River.
Vermont · about 22 mi
Norton, Vermont
Fishing lodge · 0.2 mi
Canaan, Vermont
Fishing lodge · 3.9 mi
