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 (EBT) |
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 (Nelson) Silver Lake (Harrisville),
Granite Lake (Stoddard) |
| Landlocked Salmon |
None at this time. |
| 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) |
| 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), Contoocook
River. |
| 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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