Newark Pond

Newark Pond sits at 1,834 feet in the hills of Caledonia County, one of the higher fishable ponds in the Northeast Kingdom. It spans 156 acres with an average depth around 14 feet and a 31-foot hole near the western end. Vermont Fish and Wildlife stocks it under the trophy trout program — 200 two-year-old rainbows in 2026 — and brook trout round out the salmonid fishery alongside smallmouth bass and perch.

The pond's moderate depth makes it an ideal fly fishing stillwater: most of the basin is within reach of a sinking line, and the weedbed near the fishing access concentrates food and fish. Chironomid fishing carries the spring, damselflies and Callibaetis take over in early summer, and the trout podded up over the deep hole respond to leeches and buggers on overcast days. Trout go deep in the warmest weeks, then spread back across the flats in September.

Clear, cool water at high elevation over gravel and weedbeds, averaging about 14 feet deep with a single 31-foot basin. The elevation keeps water temperatures trout-friendly longer than valley ponds.

Open to ice fishing; rainbows and perch are the usual winter catch.