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Suggested Fishing Locations: Monadnock Region/Southwest N.H.

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

Connecticut River below Vernon (Vernon, VT) and Bellows Falls (Walpole, NH) Dams.

Black Crappie

Scott Pond (Fitzwilliam), Connecticut River, Contoocook Lake (Jaffrey), Meetinghouse Pond (Marlborough), Monomonac Lake (Rindge), Highland Lake (Stoddard), Surry Mtn. Pond (Surry), Pisgah Reservoir (Winchester), Powdermill Pond (Greenfield/Bennington), Weare Reservoir (Weare), Lake Joe Sylvia (Hopkinton), Stumpfield Marsh (Hopkinton), Clement Pond (Hopkinton), Lake Todd (Bradford), Halfmoon Pond (Washington)

Bluegill

Connecticut River, Child’s Bog (Harrisville), Cheshire Pond (Jaffrey), Meetinghouse Pond (Marlborough), Grassey Pond (Rindge), Center Pond & Island Pond (Stoddard), Swanzey Lake & Wilson Pond (Swanzey), Baboosic Lake (Amherst), Halfmoon Pond (Hancock), MacDowell Lake (Peterborough), Waterloom Pond (New Ipswich) and other small warm water ponds.

Brook Trout

Witches Spring and Flint’ Brooks (Hollis), Sand Brook (Hillsborough), Meadow Brook (Sharon), Caldwell Pond (Alstead), Chapman Pond (Sullivan), Dublin Lake (Dublin), Spoonwood Lake (Nelson), Roaring Brook (Richmond), Shaker Brook (Marlborough), Spaulding Brook (Brookline), County Farm Brook (Wilton), Moose Brook (Hancock), Town Line Brook (Peterborough), Whittemore Lake (Bennington), Beards Brook, (Hillsborough), Baboosic Brook (Merrimack), Coldspring Pond (Stoddard), Swanzey Lake (Swanzey), Sand Pond (Marlow), Blood Brook (Wilton), Mill and Partridge Brooks (Westmoreland), Frenches Pond (Henniker), Nissitissit River (Brookline), Willard Pond (Antrim), Souhegan River (Greenville/Amherst), Stone Pond (Marlborough), Firehouse Pond (Bow), Stoney Brook (Lyneboro/Wilton), Mont Williams Pond (Weare), Smith Pond (Washington)

Brown Trout

Ferrin Pond (Weare), Cold River (Alstead/Walpole), Contoocook River (Hillsborough/Jaffrey/Henniker), Forest Lake (Winchester), Gilmore Pond (Jaffrey), Laurel Lake (Fitzwilliam), Newell Pond (Alstead), Warren Lake (Alstead), South Branch Ashuelot River (Swanzey/Troy), Ashuelot River (Gilsum/Marlow/Surry/Winchester), Blackwater River (Webster), Cold River (Alstead/Walpole), Souhegan River (Greenville/Amherst), Beards Brook (Hillsborough), Piscataqoug River (Goffstown), South Branch Piscataqoug River (New Boston), Island Pond (Washington).

Hornpout

Connecticut River, Howe Reservoir (Dublin), Grassey Pond (Rindge), Child’s Bog (Harrisville), Meetinghouse Pond (Marlborough), Island Pond (Stoddard), McDowell Lake (Peterborough), Mud Pond (Dublin), Baboosic Lake (Amherst), and most other lakes, ponds and rivers

Carp

Connecticut River, Horseshoe Pond (Merrimack)

Chain Pickerel

Connecticut River. Ellis Reservoir (Sullivan), Fullam Pond (Chesterfield), Warren Lake (Alstead), Forest Lake (Winchester), Hubbard Pond (Rindge), and Millen Pond (Washington), May Pond & Lake Ashuelot (Washington), Crescent Lake (Acworth), Rockwood Pond (Fitzwilliam) and most other warm water lakes and ponds

Fallfish

Connecticut River, Ashuelot River (Swanzey/Winchester)

Lake Trout

Nubanusit Lake & Spoonwood Pond (Hancock/Nelson) Silver Lake (Harrisville), Granite Lake (Stoddard)

Landlocked Salmon

Nubanusit Lake (Hancock/Nelson)

Largemouth Bass

Baboosic Lake (Amherst), Deering Reservoir & Dudley Pond (Deering), Connecticut River, Center Pond (Nelson), Damon Res. (Rindge), Stumpfield Marsh (Hopkinton), Monomonac Lake (Rindge), Highland Lake (Stoddard), Harrisville Pond & Skatutakee Lake (Harrisville), Spofford Lake (Chesterfield), Warren Lake (Alstead), Pleasant Lake & Shattuck Pond (Francestown), Horace Lake (Weare), Scott Pond (Fitzwilliam), Crescent Lake (Acworth) and most warm water ponds.

Northern Pike

Connecticut River and backwaters (Woodsville to Mass. border), Spofford Lake (Chesterfield), Wilson Pond (Swanzey) and Skatutakee Lake (Harrisville).

Pumpkinseed

Most lakes, ponds and large rivers

Rainbow Trout

Pleasant Lake (Deerfield), Cold River (Alstead/ Acworth), Gustin Pond (Marlow), Center Pond & Nubanusit Lake (Nelson), Laurel Lake (Fitzwilliam), Warren Lake (Alstead), Forest Lake (Winchester), Granite Lake (Nelson/Stoddard), Silver Lake (Harrisville), Spofford Lake (Chesterfield), Mont Williams Pond (Weare), North Branch River (Antrim), Willard Pond (Antrim), Beards Brook (Hillsborough), Piscataquog River (Goffstown), So. Branch Piscataquog River (Goffstown/New Boston), West Branch Piscataquog River (Weare), Whittemore Lake (Bennington), Contoocook River (Hillsborough/Bennington/Henniker), Gilmore Pond (Jaffrey), Blackwater River (Webster), Frenches Pond (Henniker), Warner River (Warner), Swanzey Lake (Swanzey), Mont Williams Pond (Weare), Emerald Pond (Hillsborough), Souhegan River (Greenville/Amherst), Ashuelot River (Gilsum/Marlow/Winchester)

Rock Bass

Island Pond (Stoddard), Spofford Lake (Chesterfield), Connecticut River

Smallmouth Bass

Connecticut River, Gustin Pond (Marlow), Spoonwood Pond & Nubanusit Lake (Nelson), Laurel Lake (Fitzwilliam), Warren Lake (Alstead), Granite Lake & Highland Lake (Stoddard), Spofford Lake (Chesterfield), Pisgah Reservoir (Winchester), Contoocook River (Hillsborough/Bennington/Peterborough), Emerald Pond (Hillsborough), Deering Res., Weare Res., Gregg Lake (Antrim), Pleasant Lake (Francestown)

Walleye

Connecticut River (Woodsville south to Mass. border).

White Perch

Connecticut River, Laurel Lake (Fitzwilliam), Spofford Lake (Chesterfield), Highland Lake & Island Pond (Stoddard), Contoocook Lake (Jaffrey/Rindge), Franklin Pierce Lake (Hillsborough), Pleasant Lake (Francestown)

Yellow Perch

Nearly all lakes, ponds and medium to large rivers.

 
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