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Seymour Lake Fishing Report

Updated Fri, Oct 23, 2026 from live gauge and weather data

Seymour Lake: a 1,769-acre Northeast Kingdom lake that Vermont Fish and Wildlife counts among its lake trout and landlocked salmon waters.

2/5
Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.
Water temp
~55 F est.
Air / High
46 / 47 F
Wind
N 7 mph

Sources: Open-Meteo, solunar calculated for these coordinates.

Satellite view
Friday
23
October 2026

Today's Fishing Report

Generated this morning from live readings: gauge, weather model, sun and moon. A fresh report is published here every morning.

2/5Slow. Work for them.Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Seymour Lake is in transition: bait on the move and predators following. Today brings clear skies, wind N around 7 mph, rising pressure near 1029 hPa and a high of 47. Water sits around 55 F for the season (estimated). With the waxing gibbous, the solunar majors run 9:21 AM-11:21 AM and 9:51 PM-11:51 PM: the windows to build the day around.

The plan, species by species

Rainbow troutExcellent

This band overlaps Vermont's 54-66Β°F stream preference: fish feed across riffles, runs and pocket water, and in lakes WDFW says spring and fall bring them near the surface.

Landlocked salmonGood

Spring after ice-out and the fall cool-down are the surface seasons, with fish near shore and at stream mouths feeding on smelt: troll or cast streamers and smelt imitations.

Lake troutGood

Spring and fall bring lakers into 10 to 30 feet of water (Michigan DNR), within reach of casters and shallow trollers; fall is also spawning time over rocky shoals.

Tomorrow: Similar at 51 F. The solunar majors shift about 50 minutes later.Next report: Sat, Oct 24, 6:30 AMHow this report is made β†’

Before you go

Vermont requires a fishing licence from age 15, from $28.00 for residents. What a Vermont licence costs and where to buy it β†’

Chasing landlocked salmon here? Check the size and bag limits with VTFW before you keep anything. The season dates for Vermont, read off the agency, are on the Vermont seasons page.

Water and weather

Live readings.

No live gauge on this water

Conditions here are modeled from weather, season and the nearest stations. Water readings appear when a USGS gauge is available.

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Right now

Latest readings

Air temp46 F
High / Low47 / 30 F
WindN 7-11 mph
Pressure1029.2 hPa, rising
Sky / Rain2% cloud, 0%
Sunrise / Sunset07:14 / 17:49
MoonWaxing Gibbous, 91%
Water temp (seasonal)~55 F est.

Bite planner

Hour-by-hour bite forecast for today. Tap a bar to see why.

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Which day to fish Seymour Lake this week

The best day on Seymour Lake this week looks like Sunday Oct 25, at 4 out of 5, against 2 today.

Best day this week: Sunday, Oct 25 β€” good at 4/5, falling pressure, usually the best window of a week.

Today, Oct 23 β€” Tough

Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Solunar majors
9:21 AM-11:21 AM and 9:51 PM-11:51 PM
Minor period
3:43 AM-4:43 AM
Sun
07:14 to 17:49
Moon
Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit
Sky and wind
Partly cloudy, 8 mph
Rain chance
0%

Forecast-based scores, less reliable further out: how the score is built.

Species guide

The species that matter on Seymour Lake: seasons, structure and how to fish each one. Today's ratings live in the report above.

Landlocked salmon illustration

Landlocked salmon

Spring and fall near the surface, deep in summer, and under the ice in winter

Landlocked salmon are Atlantic salmon that complete their whole life in fresh water, feeding mainly on rainbow smelt in cold lakes of Maine and the Northeast. Spring after ice-out and the fall cool-down are the surface seasons, with fish near shore and at stream mouths feeding on smelt: troll or cast streamers and smelt imitations.

Lake trout illustration

Lake trout

Spring and fall in shallow water, deep in summer, and through the ice in winter

Lake trout are slow-growing chars of large, deep, cold lakes, native from Alaska and northern Canada to New England and the Great Lakes, and introduced in many western lakes. Spring and fall bring lakers into 10 to 30 feet of water (Michigan DNR), within reach of casters and shallow trollers; fall is also spawning time over rocky shoals.

Rainbow trout illustration

Rainbow trout

Spring and fall in most lakes; rivers fish year-round while the water stays cool

A cold-water trout native to Pacific drainages from Alaska to Baja California, now stocked in most states and fished in rivers, tailwaters and lakes. This band overlaps Vermont's 54-66Β°F stream preference: fish feed across riffles, runs and pocket water, and in lakes WDFW says spring and fall bring them near the surface.

When to come: the Seymour Lake calendar

Activity by species and month, and how the water warms through the year. Tap any cell.

Species activity by month

1 = slow, 5 = peak. Current month highlighted.

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Landlocked salmon
Lake trout
Rainbow trout
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Water temperature through the year

Typical surface temperature for this water type; today is around 55 F (estimated, not a reading).

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Angler reports

Real reports from real anglers, reviewed before publishing. The water log below tracks each day automatically.

No angler reports yet this weekBe the first: your report helps every angler who checks Seymour Lake today, and we feature the best catch of the week.

Water log, last days

Auto-logged from live data
Thu, Oct 22

4/5 Good. Solid day ahead. Stable-to-falling pressure and workable wind line things up. Landlocked salmon led the card at excellent. High of 51 F, wind to 10 mph.

Wed, Oct 21

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 56 F, wind to 5 mph.

Tue, Oct 20

3/5 Fair. Fish the windows. A steady pattern: dawn and dusk carry the day. Rainbow trout led the card at excellent. High of 55 F, wind to 9 mph.

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Before you go

License

Vermont requires a valid fishing license for adults. Buy online from the state agency; one-day options exist for visitors.

Regulations

Vermont fishing license. Seymour Lake special rule (Index of Lakes and Ponds, updated Dec. 16, 2025): brook, brown, rainbow and lake trout plus landlocked salmon, 2 a day in aggregate. Statewide lake and pond rules still set lake trout at 18 inches and landlocked salmon at 17 inches, open second Saturday in April to Oct. 31 and Jan. 1 to March 15.

Access

The Vermont fishing guide marks Seymour Lake as having state-owned access.

About this water

A 1,769-acre lake in the towns of Morgan and Charleston, Orleans County, Vermont.

Fishing Seymour Lake: the full guide

A coldwater lake on the state's lists

Vermont's fishing guide lists Seymour Lake in Morgan and Charleston, Orleans County, at 1,769 acres with state-owned access. Vermont Fish and Wildlife names Seymour with Caspian, Maidstone and Willoughby as popular lake trout fisheries of the Northeast Kingdom, and lists it among the state's other landlocked salmon fisheries.

One shared limit for trout and salmon

Seymour has its own entry in the guide's Index of Lakes and Ponds: brook, brown, rainbow and lake trout and landlocked salmon together may not exceed 2 fish a day. For everything that entry does not change, the statewide lake and pond table applies, including an 18-inch minimum on lake trout, 17 inches on landlocked salmon, and open seasons from the second Saturday in April to October 31 and from January 1 to March 15.

Common questions

What does Vermont manage Seymour Lake for?

Vermont Fish and Wildlife lists it among the Northeast Kingdom's popular lake trout fisheries and among the state's landlocked salmon fisheries.

How many trout and salmon can I keep?

Two a day in total, counting brook, brown, rainbow and lake trout and landlocked salmon together, under the lake's special rule.

Can I fish through the ice?

Yes: the statewide lake and pond season for lake trout and landlocked salmon includes January 1 to March 15, and Seymour's 2-fish aggregate limit applies then too.

Is fishing good at Seymour Lake right now?

Check the daily report at the top of this page: it is regenerated every morning from live data. Today's read: Slow. Work for them. Conditions favor short windows and patient fishing.

Nearby waters

Clyde River10 miLake Willoughby11 miLake Memphremagog13 miFirst Connecticut Lake38 miAndroscoggin River43 miUmbagog Lake47 mi

Where this page's numbers come from

Weather and pressure
Open-Meteo forecast model
Queried at 44.8993, -71.9876 in this water's own timezone. A model, not an observation.
Moon and solunar windows
Calculated on this site
Astronomical calculation from these coordinates and the date, not a third-party feed. How much weight it deserves.
Pages checked
The facts in the written guide were checked against these pages, from the agencies and operators that manage the water, on October 8, 2026. Anything we could not verify was taken out.
The written guide on this page
Pablo Ruiz Quintero
How this page was made. The daily report is computed by our scoring engine from live readings; nobody types it. The written text was drafted with AI assistance from the official pages listed above, and its facts were checked against those pages by automated verification on October 8, 2026; anything that could not be verified was taken out. Pablo Ruiz Quintero sets every guideline, the data-verification system and the minimum standards a page must meet to be published, reviews page structure and approves what goes live; the responsibility is his, and the AI carries out the work. We work this way because it is how one person can keep every page current with named sources. Errors are published in the verification log; the full policy is in the editorial policy.

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