Quality Trout Fisheries in N.H.
The N.H. Fish and Game Department manages selected
waters to provide quality trout fishing experiences, meaning anglers
have an opportunity to catch trout that are larger than average
size (>12 inches) and/or at higher than average catch
rates (>0.75 trout/hour). In most cases, New Hampshire
waters managed to provide quality trout fisheries have special regulations
such as reduced daily bag limits, minimum length limits, and/or
fishing tackle restrictions.
| Waterbody |
Town or location |
| Archery Pond* |
Allenstown |
| Cole Pond* |
Enfield |
| Dublin Lake (Monadnock Pond) |
Dublin |
| Hall Pond, Upper* |
Sandwich |
| Lime Pond* |
Columbia |
| Mountain Pond |
Brookfield |
| Profile Lake* |
Franconia |
| Shawtown Pond* |
Freedom |
| Sky Pond* |
New Hampton |
| Winona Lake |
New Hampton |
| Androscoggin River |
From the Errol dam to the markers at Bragg Bay and from the
Saw Mill Dam to NH/Me boundary. |
| Ashuelot River, South Branch |
From the Iron Bridge, in East Swansey to the Farrar Pond dam
in Troy. |
| Big Brook Bog |
North of the highway leading from the 1st to 2nd Connecticut
Lakes, Pittsburg. (Note: Big Brook Bog will
not be stocked in 2009 because of earthen dam structural issues) |
| Cocheco River |
From the Watson Road dam downstream to the head of tide. |
| Connecticut River* |
From the dam at 2nd Connecticut Lake to the upstream side
of the logging bridge on Magalloway Road. |
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From the Magalloway Road bridge to the inlet at Green Point
on 1st Connecticut Lake. |
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From 1st Connecticut Lake dam to the signs on Lake Francis. |
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From a point 1,600 feet upstream from the bridge in North
Stratford upstream to a point 250 feet below the Lyman Falls
Dam in North Stratford. |
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From the Samuel Moore Dam downstream to the Route 18 bridge. |
| Contoocook River |
From a point 2,500 feet above the former paper mill dam in
West Henniker, marked by signs and wire, upstream approximately
one mile to a point marked by signs and wire. |
| Ellis River* |
From the covered bridge in Jackson to the Iron Bridge in Glen. |
| Isinglass River |
From the Rte. 125 bridge downstream to the confluence of the
Cocheco River |
| Lamprey River |
From Wiswall dam to the first railroad trestle downstream
of Packers Falls. |
| Mascoma River* |
From the Rte. 4 bridge south of the Mascoma Lake dam downstream
to the covered bridge. |
| Newfound River* |
The area from West Shore Road to the dam adjacent to Crescent
Street in Bristol. |
| Pemigewasset River |
From the posts 150’ below the Eastman Falls dam in Franklin
to the Rte. 3 & 11 bridge in Franklin. |
| Perry Stream* |
From the Happy Corner bridge to the Connecticut River. |
| Piscataquog River, South Branch |
From a point 300 feet upstream of the Lyndeboro Road bridge
downstream to the Rte. 13 bridge in New Boston. |
| Saco River* |
From a point at Lucy Brook marked by a sign, downstream to
a similar sign at the confluence with Mill Brook. |
| Souhegan River |
From a point 300 feet upstream of the green bridge on Old
Wilton Road in Greenville to a point 300 feet downstream of
the Route 31 bridge in Wilton. |
| Sugar River* |
From the Kellyville bridge to the so-called Oak Street bridge. |
| Swift River* |
From the Rte. 113A bridge downstream to the Rte. 113 bridge. |
