Holland Pond

Holland Pond lies at 1,430 feet in the remote northeast corner of Orleans County, a broad, shallow-to-moderate-depth pond reaching about 39 feet at its deepest hole. Vermont Fish and Wildlife manages it under the trophy trout program, stocking 500 two-year-old rainbow trout in 2026, and the pond also supports brook trout that concentrate near the Holland Brook inlet and spring seeps.

The pond fishes like a classic Northeast Kingdom stillwater: chironomid emergences from late May onward, damselflies working the weed edges in early summer, and steady leech and Woolly Bugger fishing whenever nothing is showing on top. Because the trophy rainbows go in as substantial fish, hookups run noticeably larger than typical pond stockers. A canoe or cartop boat opens up the whole pond; the eastern shoreline ledges and the deep hole off the south end hold fish through the heat of summer.

Clear water over granite bedrock, boulders, and sand beaches, with contours stepping gradually to a 39-foot hole. Spot depths in the 30s line the eastern half of the pond.

Open to ice fishing; rainbows and brook trout are taken on jigged midge larvae and small spoons in early winter.