OTTER CREEK from Danby - Rutland VT
The Otter Creek is a mixed fishery with wild and stocked for Brook, Rainbow and Brown Trout. Otter Creek’s drainage area is 307 square miles! Starting as the outlet of Emerald Lake in Danby, It flows north 112 miles into Lake Champlain near Vergennes. My focus and provided intel is only from Danby to Center Rutland. Significant hatches include: Red Quills, Tan Caddis, Lt. Cahill and Fall Caddis.
Otter Creek Trophy Area harvesting and limits regulations in Danby, VT
From the Vermont Railway bridge north of the fishing access upstream (approximately 2 miles) to the Danby–Mt. Tabor Forest Road bridge (Forest Road #10).
Brook, Brown, and Rainbow Trout: season, second Saturday in April to Oct. 31; length limit, none; daily limit, total number of brook trout, brown trout, and rainbow trout, no more than 2
Most Vermont waters are open year around for catch & release fishing with flies & artificial lures. This includes all of Otter Creek from Lake Champlain to Emerald Lake.
TRIBUTARIES to Otter Creek
Mill Brook
Big Branch
Baker Brook
Roaring Brook
Mill River
Cold River
East Creek
Clarendon River
USGS Link for real time water levels
Otter Creek VT F & G state access in Clarendon Vermont which is north of Wallingford
Otter Creek Trophy Area in Danby, Vermont
Upper Otter Creek Trophy Area
Otter Creek canoe put in access
Wallingford Little League field where I do a lot of instructionals if you are staying at Killington / Rutland, VT
