Trout Fishing in New Hampshire

Trout fishing in the "New Hampshire" is in every type and color from a graceful multi-colored brook trout, a jumping rainbow trout or feisty brown, there is a pond or stream within a decent driving distance for most anglers.  

New Hampshire boasts a number of trout ponds that are managed strictly for trout and are closed to ice fishing.  Ponds managed for trout may be stocked with one or more species of trout,  with age classes ranging from yearlings (8-12 inches) to 2-year olds (12-15 inches), with weights up to 1-1.5 pounds!

There is over 12,000 river miles of stocked trout rivers and streams available for anglers provided by the state's generous fish stocking program.  Wild trout do exist and await the angler who is willing to take a walk on the wild side to get to them with nearly 50 remote trout ponds that N.H. Fish and Game annually stocks with fingerling brook trout via helicopter.  These fingerling brook trout often grow to 8-10 inches by their second growing season, and it's not unusual to pull in a monster 15 inches or longer. Trophy, remote-pond brook trout (three or more years old, some in excess of 17 inches) can be caught in select backcountry waters.

 

NH Lakes and Ponds Stocked with Trout and Open Year Round

WATERBODY TOWN COUNTY FISH SPECIES Akers Pond, Big Errol Coos Rainbow Trout Armington Lake Piermont/Warren Grafton Rainbow Trout Beaver Lake Derry Rockingham Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout Beech Pond, Lower Tuftonboro/Wolfeboro Carroll Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Bog Pond Campton Grafton Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout Bow Lake Strafford Strafford Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Canaan Street Lake Canaan Grafton Rainbow Trout Canobie Lake Windham Rockingham Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout Catamount Pond Allenstown Merrimack Brook Trout Cedar Pond Milan Coos Rainbow Trout Chocorua Lake Tamworth Carroll Rainbow Trout Christine Lake Stark Coos Brown Trout Clark Pond Canaan Grafton Rainbow Trout Conservation Pond Wentworth Grafton Brook Trout Copps Pond Tuftonboro Carroll Brook Trout Crystal Lake Gilmanton Belknap Rainbow Trout Crystal Lake Eaton Carroll Brown Trout Crystal Lake Enfield Grafton Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Cummins Pond Dorchester Grafton Brown Trout Dan Hole Pond, Little Ossipee Carroll Brook Trout Davis Pond Madison Carroll Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Deering Reservoir Deering Hillsborough Rainbow Trout Durand Pond Randolph Coos Brook Trout Fish Pond Columbia Coos Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout Forest Lake Winchester Cheshire Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Franklin Pierce Lake Hillsborough Hillsborough Rainbow Trout / Brown trout French Pond Haverhill Grafton Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Gould Pond Hillsborough Hillsborough Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Gustin Pond Marlow Cheshire  Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Higher Ground Pond Wentworth Grafton Brook Trout Highland Lake Andover Merrimack Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout Horace Lake Weare Hillsborough Brown Trout Hutchins Mill Pond Effingham Carroll Brook Trout Iona Lake Albany Carroll Rainbow Trout Island Pond Washington Sullivan Brown Trout Island Pond, Big Derry Rockingham Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Joe Coffin Pond Sugar Hill Grafton Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout Kezar Lake Sutton Merrimack Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Kolelemook Lake Springfield Sullivan Brown Trout Laurel Lake Fitzwilliam Cheshire Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Loon Lake Freedom Carroll Rainbow Trout Lougee Pond Barnstead Belknap Brown Trout Lovell Lake Wakefield Carroll Rainbow Trout Manning Lake Gilmanton Belknap Brook Trout Martin Meadow Pond Lancaster Coos Rainbow Trout Mascoma Lake Enfield/Lebanon Grafton Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Massabesic Lake Auburn/Manchester Rockingham Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Mill Pond Ossipee Carroll Brook Trout Mirror Lake Woodstock Grafton Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Moody Pond Ossipee Carroll Brook Trout Newell Pond Alstead Cheshire Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Ogontz Lake Lyman Grafton Rainbow Trout Opechee Lake Laconia Belknap Rainbow Trout Pea Porridge, Big Madison Carroll Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Pea Porridge, Little Madison Carroll Brown Trout Pearl Lake Lisbon Grafton Rainbow Trout Pleasant Lake Deerfield Rockingham Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Post Pond Lyme Grafton Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Pout Pond Belmont Belknap Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout South Pond Stark Coos Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout Stinson Lake Rumney Grafton Rainbow Trout Streeter Pond Sugar Hill Grafton Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Sunapee Lake, Little New London Merrimack Rainbow Trout Tarleton Lake Piermont Grafton Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Tewksbury Pond Grafton Grafton Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Tower Hill Pond Auburn/Candia Rockingham Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Warren Lake Alstead Cheshire Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Waukewan Lake Meredith Belknap Rainbow Trout Webster Lake Franklin Merrimack Rainbow Trout / Brown Trout Wentworth Lake Wolfeboro Carroll Rainbow Trout White Lake Tamworth Carroll Brook Trout Whitten Pond Tuftonboro Carroll Brook Trout Willand Pond Somersworth Strafford Rainbow Trout Winnepocket Lake Webster Merrimack Rainbow Trout Winona Lake New Hampton Belknap Brook Trout / Rainbow Trout

 

For more information about the great fishing in New Hampshire visit https://wildlife.state.nh.us/fishing/

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Here is a video on fishing by the state . https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=blw3OkYL4aw&feature=emb_logo