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Suggested Fishing
Locations: Southeast NH/Merrimack Valley
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 Shad |
Merrimack River and Salmon Falls River. |
| Black Crappie |
Bear Hill Pond & Spruce Pond (Allenstown),
Merrimack River (Franklin to Hooksett), Big
Island Pond (Derry), Massabesic
Lake (Auburn), Pow Wow River (East
Kingston), Greenwood Pond & Country
Pond (Kingston), Scobie Pond (Londonderry),
Pawtuckaway Lake (Nottingham), Arlington Mill
Reservoir (Salem), Angle Pond
(Sandown), Canobie Lake (Windham),
Ayers Pond (Barrington),
Bellamy Reservoir (Madbury), Willand Pond
(Somersworth),
Turtletown Pond (Concord), Brindle Pond (Barnstead), Wheelwright
Pond
(Lee), Winkley Pond (Barrington), Contoocook River, and Hoit
Road Marsh (Concord). |
| Bluegill |
Big Island Pond (Rockingham), Massabesic Lake (Auburn), Lamprey
River (Deerfield, Northwood), Hood Pond & Beaver Lake (Derry),
Scobie Pond & Kendal Pond (Londonderry), Arlington Mill Reservoir
(Salem), Cobbetts Pond (Windham), Brindle Pond & Lily Pond
(Barnstead), Deer Meadow Pond (Chichester), Horseshoe Pond
(Concord), Kimball Pond (Dunbarton), Swain Pond (Barrington),
Bellamy Reservoir (Madbury), Contoocook River (Broad
Cove),
and Crooked Pond (Loudon), and other small warmwater ponds. |
| Brook Trout (EBT) |
Suncook River (Barnstead to Pembroke), Baboosic
Brook (Merrimack),
Archery Pond (Allenstown), Sanborn Brook (Chichester),
Little Suncook River (Epsom), Clough Pond
(Loudon), Hothole Pond (Loudon, Concord),
Soucook River (Loudon, Pembroke), Big Island
Pond (Derry), Massabesic Lake (Auburn), Exeter River (Sandown
to Exeter),
Exeter Reservoir
(Exeter), Lamprey River (Deerfield
to Durham),
Lucas Pond (Northwood), Stonehouse Pond (Barrington),
Isinglass River (Barrington,
Strafford), Beaver Brook (Derry to Pelham),
Winnicut River (N. Hampton to Greenland),
Beaver Lake (Derry), Canobie Lake
(Salem), Isinglass River (Barrington,
Strafford),
Big River (Barnstead, Strafford), Catamount Pond (Allenstown),
Barbadoes
Pond (Madbury), and Berry Brook (Rye). |
| Brown Trout |
Suncook River (Barnstead to Pembroke), Beaver Brook (Derry
to Pelham), Big Island Pond (Derry), Exeter River (Sandown
to Exeter), Lucas Pond (Northwood), Massabesic Lake (Auburn),
Bow Lake (Strafford), Lamprey River (Deerfield
to Durham),
Little Suncook River (Barnstead to Pembroke), Little Suncook
River (Epsom), Merrimack River (Concord), Soucook River (Epsom
to Pembroke), and Pleasant Lake (Deerfield). |
| Hornpout |
Hoit Marsh (Concord), Turtletown Pond (Concord),
Turkey Pond (Concord), Morrill Pond (Canterbury),
Harvey Lake (Northwood), Bow Lake (Northwood), Pawtuckaway
Lake (Nottingham), Kimball
Pond (Dunbarton), Beaver Lake (Derry), Powwow Pond (Kingston),
Onway Lake (Raymond), Swains Lake (Barrington), Merrymeeting
Marsh (New Durham), Ayers Lake (Barrington), Country Pond (Kingston),
Upper & Lower Suncook Lakes (Barnstead), and Arlington Mill
Reservoir (Salem). |
| Carp |
Merrimack River and Nashua River. |
| Chain Pickerel |
Arlington Mills Reservoir (Salem), Suncook Lake (Barnstead),
Lily Pond (Barnstead, Pittsfield), Blake Pond (Pittsfield),
Sanborn
Pond (Loudon), Heads (Lakins) Pond (Hooksett), Turkey Pond & Turtletown
Pond (Concord), Gorham Pond & Kimball Pond (Dunbarton), Deer
Meadow Pond (Chichester), Stumpfield Marsh (Hopkinton), Hood
Pond (Derry), Jenness Pond (Northwood), Freeses Pond & Shingle
Pond (Deerfield), World End Pond (Salem), Kendall Pond (Londonderry),
Cobbetts Pond (Windham), Lily Pond (Somersworth), Mendums Pond & Ayers
Pond (Barrington), Bellamy Reservoir (Madbury), Pawtuckaway
Lake (Nottingham), and Taylor River (Hampton). |
| Fallfish |
Numerous medium to larger sized rivers. |
| Largemouth Bass |
Brindle Pond & Lougee Pond & Suncook Lake (Barnstead),
Lily Pond (Barnstead, Pittsfield), Chestnut
Pond & Odiorne Pond
(Epsom), Crooked Pond (Loudon),
Deer Meadow Pond (Chichester),
Gorham Pond & Kimball Pond (Dunbarton), Heads
(Lakins) Pond
(Hooksett), Horseshoe Pond & Turkey Pond (Big) & Turtletown
Pond (Concord), Merrimack River, Morrill Pond
(Canterbury),
Wild Goose Pond (Pittsfield), Angle Pond (Sandown),
Arlington Mill Reservoir (Salem), Beaver Lake
(Derry), Big Island Pond
(Atkinson, Derry, Hampstead), Canobie Lake & Cobbetts
Pond (Windham), Harvey Lake & Jenness Pond
(Northwood), Massabesic
Lake (Auburn), Pawtuckaway Lake (Nottingham),
Pow Wow River Pond (East Kingston), Great
Pond (Kingston), Ayers Pond & Mendums
Pond & Swain Pond (Barrington), Wheelwright Pond (Lee), Willand
Pond (Somersworth), Country Pond (Kingston), Bellamy Reservoir
(Madbury), and Turee Pond (Bow). |
| Northern Pike |
Massabesic Lake (Auburn) and Powwow Pond (Kingston). |
| Pumpkinseed |
Most lakes, ponds and medium to large rivers. |
| Rainbow Trout |
Salmon River & Hunkins Pond (Sanbornton),
Suncook River/Lake (Barnstead to Chichester),
Little Suncook River (Epsom), Clough
Pond (Loudon), Hothole Pond (Loudon/Concord),
Soucook River (Loudon, Pembroke), Exeter River
(Sandown
to Exeter), Exeter
Reservoir (Exeter), Winnicut River (N.
Hampton to Greenland),
Lucas Pond (Northwood), Massabesic Lake (Auburn),
Big Island Pond
(Derry), Beaver Lake (Derry),
Lamprey River (Deerfield
to Durham),
Canobie Lake (Salem), Isinglass River (Barrington,
Strafford), Baboosic Brook (Merrimack), Archery Pond (Allenstown),
Isinglass
River (Barrington, Strafford), Beaver Brook (Derry
to Pelham),
Bow Lake (Strafford), Beaver Brook (Derry
to Pelham), Pleasant
Lake (Deerfield), and Willand Pond (Somersworth). |
| Rock Bass |
Nashua River and Contoocook River. |
| Smallmouth Bass |
Suncook Lake (Barnstead), Hermit Lake (Sanbornton), Merrimack
River, Rocky Pond (Loudon, Canterbury), Massabesic Lake (Auburn),
Big Island Pond & Beaver Lake (Derry), Jenness Pond (Northwood),
North River Pond (Northwood, Barrington, Nottingham), Onway
Lake (Raymond), Phillips Pond & Angle Pond (Sandown), Sunset
Lake (Hampstead), Northwood Lake (Northwood), Pawtuckaway Lake
(Nottingham), Arlington Mill Reservoir (Salem), Canobie Lake & Cobbetts
Pond (Windham), Country Pond (Kingston,
Newton), Greenwood
Pond (Kingston), Scobie Pond (Londonderry), Bow Lake (Strafford),
Mendums Pond & Ayers Pond (Barrington), Wheelwright Pond (Lee),
and Cocheco River (Dover). |
| Walleye |
Contoocook River and Merrimack River. |
| White Perch |
Suncook Lake & Brindle Pond (Barnstead), Gorham Pond (Dunbarton),
Eel Pond (Rye), Massabesic Lake (Auburn), Big Island Pond (Derry),
Northwood Lake & Harvey Lake (Northwood), Pleasant Lake (Deerfield),
Pawtuckaway Lake (Nottingham), Arlington Mill Reservoir (Salem),
Bow Lake (Strafford), Wheelwright Pond (Lee), Ayers Pond (Barrington),
Willand Pond (Somersworth), Contoocook River, Merrimack River,
and Harvey Lake (Northwood). |
| Yellow Perch |
Nearly all lakes, ponds and medium to large rivers. |
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