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Suggested Fishing
Locations: Lakes/Central Region
PLEASE NOTE: This is not intended to
be an exhaustive list of all available fishing locations. It
is a list
of suggested
locations compiled by fisheries biologists who live
and work in the region.
| American Eel |
Winnipesaukee, Silver (Lochmere), Winnisquam, Opechee lakes;
Merrimack, Winnipesaukee rivers. |
| Black Crappie |
Balch, Milton-3/Northeast, Spectacle (Meredith), Pine River
ponds; Belleau, Great East, Pemigewasset, Wickwas, Hermit,
Winnipesaukee lakes. |
| Bluegill |
Numerous warmwater ponds; Winnipesaukee, Wickwas lakes; Lees
Mills Pond; Connecticut, Merrimack rivers. |
| Brook Trout |
Most headwater/mountain brooks (wild fish); designated trout
ponds; Pleasant (Elkins), White (Tamworth), Highland (Andover)
lakes; Tewksbury, Saltmarsh, Perch, Spectacle ponds; Sky, Upper
Hall ponds (fly only); Pemigewasset (Lincoln, Campton,
Thornton),
East Branch Pemigewasset rivers. |
| Brown Bullhead |
Nearly all lakes, ponds, and medium to large rivers. |
| Brown Trout |
Crystal (Eaton), Mascoma, Webster, Mirror (Woodstock), Tarleton
lakes; Big and Middle Pea Porridge, Lower Beech ponds; Mascoma,
Connecticut, Pemigewasset (southern) rivers. |
| Carp |
Mascoma Lake; Merrimack, Connecticut rivers. |
| Chain Pickerel |
Nearly all lakes, ponds, and medium to large rivers; Merrimack,
Connecticut rivers and oxbows. |
| Cusk (Burbot) |
Winnipesaukee, Winnisquam, Newfound lakes. |
| Fallfish |
Winnipesaukee, Opechee, Silver, Winnisquam, Chocorua lakes;
numerous medium to large rivers. |
| Lake Trout |
Newfound, Winnisquam, Winnipesaukee, Sunapee, Silver (Madison),
Merrymeeting, Tarleton, Great East lakes; Big Dan Hole Pond. |
| Lake Whitefish |
Winnipesaukee, Silver (Madison), Big Squam lakes. |
| Landlocked Salmon |
Big and Little Squam, Winnipesaukee, Winnisquam, Conway,
Merrymeeting, Newfound, Ossipee, Pleasant (Elkins), Sunapee
lakes; Big Dan Hole Pond. |
| Largemouth Bass |
Numerous warmwater lakes, ponds, and medium to large rivers;
Winnipesaukee, Big and Little Squam, Waukewan, Wickwas, Pemigewasset,
Crystal (Gilmanton), Hermit, Conway lakes; Milton-3/Northeast,
Balch ponds; Merrimack, Connecticut rivers and oxbows. |
| Northern Pike |
Connecticut River and oxbows; Upper and Lower Baker ponds. |
| Pumpkinseed |
Nearly all lakes, ponds, and medium to large rivers. |
| Rainbow Trout |
Designated trout ponds; Winnipesaukee, Newfound, Winnisquam,
Big and Little Squam, Crystal (Enfield), Mascoma, Waukewan,
Winona, Lovell, Stinson, Tarleton, Little Sunapee, Highland,
Wentworth lakes; Tewksbury, Saltmarsh, Lower Beech ponds; Newfound
(fly only), Winnipesaukee, Pemigewasset, Connecticut rivers. |
| Rock Bass |
Mascoma, Sunapee, Crystal (Enfield), Pleasant (Elkins), Canaan
Street lakes; Merrimack, Connecticut rivers. |
| Round Whitefish |
Newfound Lake |
| Smallmouth Bass |
Winnipesaukee, Big and Little Squam, Winnisquam, Newfound,
Wentworth, Little Sunapee, Pleasant (Elkins), Merrymeeting,
Lovell, Manning, Webster, Ossipee, Waukewan, Opechee, Sunset,
Crystal (Gilmanton), Conway, Great East lakes; Goose, Grafton,
Rust ponds; Pemigewasset, Winnipesaukee, Merrimack rivers. |
| Walleye |
Connecticut River |
| White Perch |
Winnipesaukee, Winnisquam, Big Squam, Opechee, Waukewan,
Wentworth, Mascoma, Silver (Lochmere), Ossipee lakes; Goose,
Upper and Lower Baker ponds. |
| Yellow Perch |
Nearly all lakes, ponds, and medium to large rivers. |
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