Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Lake Shaftsbury is a lake or reservoir in Vermont, listed as Trophy / quality trout water by Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department.
2 guides nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is Manchester & the Battenkill.
Lake Shaftsbury is a lake or reservoir in Vermont. Our destination hub Manchester & the Battenkill is 11 mi away in a straight line.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Lake Shaftsbury 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 Lake Shaftsbury
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 Lake Shaftsbury 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 the restroom near Lake Shaftsbury
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 1 restroom near Lake Shaftsbury, 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
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.
Catch and releaseThe Battenkill in Arlington, Vermont. Photo: Gplefka, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Trophy / quality trout waterThe Walloomsac River at the Silk Road Covered Bridge, Bennington, Vermont. Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Vermont · about 8 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Warm BrookThe Mettawee River near Whitehall, New York, from a canoe. Photo: MJPlante1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Warm Brook.
Vermont · about 2 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lake ParanMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Paran.
Vermont · about 7 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Adams ReservoirRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Adams Reservoir.
Vermont · about 12 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterDeerfield River in Massachusetts · not this reachThe Deerfield River from the Monroe Bridge, Massachusetts. Photo: CobberCorsair, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not this reach.
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 Lake Shaftsbury (Shaftsbury). Check the agency for this season.
Agency plan, not a schedule
2026 plan: Rainbow 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.
Arlington, VT · 6 mi
Wade trips · Euro nymphing · Battenkill & Walloomsac
Nearby
Pownal, VT · 16 mi
Float trips · Wade trips · Battenkill & Walloomsac
Nearby
No shop nearby yet.
What 2 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 2 nearby guide websites
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 · 11 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.
Not sponsored All videos on stillwater
Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Lake Shaftsbury.
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 “Lake Shaftsbury” (reservoir) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Catch and releaseThe Battenkill in Arlington, Vermont. Photo: Gplefka, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Trophy / quality trout waterThe Walloomsac River at the Silk Road Covered Bridge, Bennington, Vermont. Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Warm BrookThe Mettawee River near Whitehall, New York, from a canoe. Photo: MJPlante1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Warm Brook.
Vermont · about 2 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lake ParanMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Paran.
Vermont · about 7 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterRepresentative photo · not Adams ReservoirRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Adams Reservoir.
Vermont · about 12 mi
Trophy / quality trout waterDeerfield River in Massachusetts · not this reachThe Deerfield River from the Monroe Bridge, Massachusetts. Photo: CobberCorsair, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not this reach.
Vermont · about 16 mi
