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Angling: The taking of fish by line in hand or rod in hand to which
is attached a cast of artificial flies, or an artificial bait, or hooks, or
other devices for the attachment of bait. A person may use up to
two lines. Rod holders are permitted.
Bag and creel limit: The number or weight of any kind of wildlife
permitted to be killed in a specified time.
Brook trout: Brook, Rainbow, Brown and Golden trout, Loch Leven
trout and all their hybrids.
Closed Season: That period of time during which fish, game, wild or
fur-bearing animals or marine species may not be taken or killed,
and all periods of time not included within the open season.
Culling: The act of exchanging a fish for one of the same species
already in possession.
Cusk fishing device: A device for storing line in a manner which
is not free-running and is securely attached to the device and to
which is attached a sinker, weighing at least one ounce, not more
than 6 inches above, and independent of, an attached single hook
for bait. The weight must rest on the bottom of the lake. Device
shall be plainly marked with name and address of person using it.
Fly: A hook dressed with feathers, hair, thread, tinsel or any similar
material to which no spinner, spoon or similar device is added.
Fly-fishing: Fishing by trolling or casting with only fly rod, fly reel,
and fly line combination with an artificial fly attached, and does
not include the use of spinning, spincast, and casting rods and reels
and lead core lines.
Ice fishing: Taking freshwater fish during the open season through
man-made openings in the ice by the use of ice fishing devices.
Ice fishing device: Any device used to take fish through the ice,
including a tip-up, jig stick, rod in hand or handline, exclusive of a
cusk fishing device.
Ice-in: That period when the surface of a body of water or a portion
thereof is covered with sufficient ice to safely support a person.
Inclusion of dates: Whenever a period is named during which an act
is permitted or prohibited, both the first and second dates named
shall be included within such period.
Man-made opening: A hole in the ice made by an ice cutting tool,
including but not limited to augers, chisels, and saws. Man-made
openings shall not include areas that remain ice-free due to current
and movement created by dock aerators and similar devices.
Minimum length or minimum total length: The shortest total length of
a fish allowed to be taken.
Net: Any open fabric constructed of string, cord, thread, or wire
knotted or woven together in such a way as to be capable of entraining
or entrapping finfish.
Open Season: That period of time during which wildlife may be
legally taken or killed.
Set line: An unattended line placed in the fresh waters of the state
(including through the ice) for the purpose of taking fish, which is
not under the direct view and control of the person placing the line.
Single hook artificial lure: An artificial lure with one single hook with not more than 3 hook
points.
Snagging, snatching, or lifting: The taking or attempting to take of any fish by foul hooking;
that is, hooking the fish in any part of the body other than inside the mouth.
Take or Taking: Includes pursuing, shooting, hunting, killing, capturing, trapping, snaring,
and netting wildlife, and all lesser acts, such as disturbing, harrying, worrying, wounding,
or placing, setting, drawing, or using any net or other device commonly used to take wildlife,
whether they result in taking or not. Includes every attempt to take and every act of assistance
to every other person in taking or attempting to take wildlife, provided that whenever
taking is allowed by law, reference is had to taking by lawful means and in lawful manner.
Tip-up: A fishing device for storing line, designed to be set through the ice and to indicate
when something has disturbed the bait attached thereto.
Total length: The greatest possible length of the fish with mouth closed and caudal (tail) fin
rays squeezed together to give the maximum overall measurement. For all fish that have a total
length limit, the head and tail must remain intact while on or leaving the waters of the state.
Tributary: Any waters flowing directly or indirectly into a waterbody.
Trout water: Water designated as trout water by the executive director
• While taking fish in open water, two hooks may be used for
bait per line, one with a single hook point and the other with
no more than three hook points.
• A person may use up to 2 lines for open-water fishing.
• Possession and Use of Live Fish for Bait: Only the following
species shall be possessed and used as live fish for bait when
fishing any freshwaters of the state: rainbow smelt (Osmerus
mordax), longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae), blacknose
dace (Rhinichthys atratulus), northern redbelly dace (Phoxinus
eos), lake chub (Couesius plumbeus), creek chub (Semotilius
atromaculatus), fallfish (Semotilius corporalis), golden shiner
(Notemigonus crysoleucas), common shiner (Luxilus cornutus),
emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides), spottail shiner (Notropis
hudsonius), silvery minnow (Hybognathus nuchalis), creek
chubsucker (Erimyzon oblongus), longnose sucker (Catostomus
catostomus), white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) and killifish/
tomcod (Fundulus sp.).
• Fishing tournaments on New Hampshire waters require a
permit. Applications are taken on a first-come, first-served basis
and are available from the New Hampshire Fish and Game
Department (except for bass tournaments).
• Bass fishing tournaments: Applications are accepted beginning
October 1 for permits requested for the following year. Applications
for each bass tournament event received between October 1
and December 1 will be assigned a random computer-generated
number. Applications received after December 1 will be issued a
sequential number on a first-come, first-served basis. When there
are multiple requests for bass tournaments on the same date and
waterbody, preference will be given to the application(s) for bass
tournament(s) with the lowest assigned number(s).
• Shiners may be taken for personal use by licensed anglers with
up to six traps not over 18 inches long each, with an opening
not over one inch in diameter, or a circular drop net not over
48 inches in diameter; or a square net of equal area. Each trap
must have the angler's name and address on it.
• Commercial harvesting of bait fish is permitted with a bait
dealer’s license and under specific rules. The license is available
from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department.
• The taking of brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, lake
trout, trout hybrids, and salmon between two hours after
sunset and one hour before sunrise is prohibited.
• Traps, nets, fish houses, holding boxes or other receptacles
used to take, hold or to keep live bait fish in public waters must
be marked with the name and address of the owner and user.
UNLAW FUL ACTIO NS
• The sale of freshwater fish is prohibited.
• Snagging fish in freshwaters is prohibited. Any fish accidentally
snagged must be immediately released to the water.
• No fish may be taken by use of a set line (as defined on page 7)
in freshwater.
• Exceeding daily bag limits of fish is prohibited, whether taken
from one or several water bodies.
• No person may have in his possession at one time more wildlife
than he may lawfully take in 2 days.
• No person shall have live fish in their possession when leaving
the freshwaters of the state, except those species allowed to be
possessed and used as live fish for bait or the person is participating
in a permitted fishing tournament.
• Release of fish in waters other than where caught is prohibited.
Fish must be returned to the water where taken.
• Culling of fish, except during permitted bass tournaments, is
prohibited.
• The water surrounding any dam containing a fishway is closed
to fishing. (See Rivers and Streams with Special Rules on pages
19–22).
• The use of alewives, carp or goldfish as live bait while fishing
is prohibited. The use of shad or whitefish as bait for cusk is
prohibited.
• Importation of fish or their eggs, including bait fish, is prohibited
without a special permit.
• Except as otherwise specifically permitted, it is unlawful to use
or have in possession a set line, net, fishing otter, trawl, grapple,spear, jack, jack light, poisons, explosives or electrical device
or any other device for killing or stunning fish.
• To counsel or aid another in violating a fishing rule is prohibited.
• The use of lead sinkers (1 ounce or less) and jigs (less than
1 inch along its longest axis) is prohibited in all freshwater. Sale
of lead sinkers (1 ounce or less) and jigs (less than 1 inch along
its longest axis) is prohibited.
• The use of a gaff to take fish in any fresh waters of the state is
prohibited.
GE NERAL FIS HING RULES
General Fishing Rules apply to most lakes and ponds in the state.
Follow the seasons, bag limits, length limits, and important comments
listed with each species in the chart on the facing page.
LAKES & PO NDS WIT H SPE CIAL RULES — Pages 12–17
This section has information on lakes and ponds with Special
Rules. These waterbodies have rules that may differ from, or be in
addition to, the General Fishing Rules for Lakes & Ponds.
Turn to Lakes & Ponds: Special Rules on pages 12–17. If you
find the waterbody you intend to fish in the table, look to the right
for the waterbody’s designation under the “Special Rules” column.
It will either be a Lake Trout and/or Salmon Lake, a Fly-Fishing-
Only Pond, a Trout Pond, a Wild Trout Pond, or a miscellaneous
special regulation water.
This page (see below) has information on season dates, bag
limits, length limits and other species information for these special
waters.
LAKE TROUT AND/OR SALMO N LAKES
Several waterbodies are managed for lake trout and/or landlocked
salmon, and are open year-round subject to restrictions listed
below. For information on bag and length limits for species other
than trout and salmon in this waterbody, see Lakes & Ponds:
General Rules on the next page.
1. The taking of brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, lake
trout, trout hybrids, and salmon between two hours after sunset
and one hour before sunrise is prohibited.
2. Minimum Length:
—— Brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout and their hybrids:
15 inches.
—— Lake Trout: 18 inches
—— Landlocked Salmon: 15 inches.
3. From January 1 to March 31:
—— Fish may be taken by ice fishing only;
—— The combined daily bag limit for all trout species, including
lake trout, is 2 fish;
—— Closed to the taking of landlocked salmon (salmon season
is from April 1 to September 30);
—— Two (2) ice fishing devices are allowed per person. Single
hook point for bait, or an artificial lure or flies shall be used
to take fish through the ice;
—— Six (6) cusk fishing devices may be used to take cusk (see
page 27).
4. From April 1 to September 30:
—— The combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon, brook trout,
rainbow trout, brown trout and their hybrids is 2 fish;
—— Open to the taking of all species, except no smelt may be
taken from March 15 to June 15.
5. From October 1 until December 31:
—— Closed to the taking of lake trout, salmon, brook trout,
brown trout, rainbow trout and shad (whitefish).
6. From April 1 through December 31, no person may take fish
through the ice, from the ice, or from any object supported
by the ice.
TROUT PO NDS
Designated Trout Ponds are managed for trout, and are open to
fishing for all species from the fourth Saturday in April through
October 15. Fishing for any species is prohibited from October 16
until the fourth Saturday in April the following year. For information
on bag and length limits for species other than trout, see
Lakes & Ponds: General Rules on next page.
1. The taking of brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, lake
trout, trout hybrids and salmon between two hours after sunset
and one hour before sunrise is prohibited.
2. Trout ponds open this year on April 24. Closed to salmon
October 1 and to all species October 16.
3. The daily combined limit for trout is 5 fish or 5 pounds, whichever
limit is reached first.
4. The use or possession of live fish, or their eggs, for bait is
prohibited. The use of salmon eggs, however, is permitted.
FLY -FISHING-ONLY PONDS
All rules listed above for Trout Ponds apply. In addition, fish may
be taken only by fly-fishing (fishing by trolling or casting with
only fly rod, fly reel, and fly line combination with an artificial fly
attached, and does not include the use of spinning, spincast, and
casting rods and reels and lead core lines).
WILD TROUT PO NDS
All rules listed above for Trout Ponds apply, except:
1. Season dates are from the fourth Saturday in April through
Labor Day (April 24–September 6, 2010);
2. All fish shall be immediately released;
3. Only single hook, barbless artificial lures and flies shall be
used.
General Fishing Rules for Lakes & Ponds
SPECIES Season Bag Limits & Minimum Lengths Im portant Notes
Black Bass
(Smallmouth Bass &
Largemouth Bass)
Ice-in to May 14 and
June 16 to June 30 2 fish daily limit; no length limit.
May 15 to June 15 Catch and release only. Artificial lures and flies only.
July 1 to ice-in 5 fish daily limit; no length limit.
Brook Trout, Brown
Trout, Rainbow Trout
and their hybrids
Open water
(ice-out to ice-in)
5 fish or 5 pounds daily limit, whichever is
reached first; no length limit.
Many waterbodies with trout have special rules—see
page 10. Designated trout ponds and fly-fishing-only
ponds open Apr. 24 and close Oct. 15. Lake Trout and
Salmon Lakes are closed to taking trout from Oct. 1
to Dec. 31.
Through the ice 2 fish daily limit; no length limit. Designated trout ponds are closed to ice fishing.
Lake Trout
Open water season:
April 1 to September 30 2 fish daily limit. Minimum length 18 inches.
Daily bag limit for lake trout and salmon is 2
fish (2 lake trout, 2 salmon, or 1 of each).
Lake Trout and Salmon Lake rules are on page 10.
Ice-fishing season:
January 1 to March 31
Landlocked Salmon April 1 to September 30
2 fish daily limit. Minimum length 15 inches.
Daily bag limit for lake trout and salmon is 2
fish (2 lake trout, 2 salmon, or 1 of each).
Most waterbodies with landlocked salmon are
designated as Lake Trout and/or Salmon Lakes;
see page 10. Taking landlocked salmon from Oct. 1
through March 31 is prohibited.
Pickerel No closed season. 10 fish daily limit; no length or weight limits. See illustration on page 30.
Northern Pike No closed season. 1 fish daily limit; minimum length 28 inches. See illustration on page 30.
Walleye No closed season. 2 fish daily limit; minimum length 18 inches;
no weight limit.
White & Yellow Perch,
Black Crappie, Sunfish,
Horned Pout
No closed season.
25 fish each species daily limit; no more
than 50 fish total combined; no length or
weight limits.
Rock Bass No closed season. No daily limits; no length or weight limits.
Carp No closed season. 10 fish daily limit; no length or weight limits.
In addition to angling and ice fishing, carp may be
taken by bow and arrow with a cord attached from the
Merrimack River and Mascoma Lake.
Cusk No closed season. No daily limits; no length or weight limits. See Ice Fishing, page 27.
American Shad No closed season. 2 fish daily limit; no length or weight limits.
Shad (Whitefish) No closed season. 2 fish daily limit; no length or weight limits.
Smelt For smelt angling rules and waterbodies open to the taking of this species by dip net, see page 29.
Suckers
No closed season for
angling, ice fishing or
traps.
No daily limits; no length or weight limits.
Suckers may be taken for personal use with two traps,
not more than 50 inches long, 30 inches wide, with an
opening no smaller than 3½ inches in diameter.
All traps or holding boxes will have the name and
address of the owner.
March 1 to May 31 No daily limits; no length or weight limits.
Suckers may be taken by hand dip nets not over
18 inches in diameter, drop nets not over 48 inches in
diameter, spears or bow and arrow with cord attached.
Suckers taken by spear or bow and arrow must not be
left in, or adjacent to, the body of water.
Airport Marsh Whitefield 12 EBT, HP Trout Pond Cartop
Archery Pond Allenstown 1 EBT, RT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Daily limit for brook trout is 2 fish Shorebank No boats
Back Lake Pittsburg 348 EBT, RT, BT,
HP, SMB, LMB Trout Pond Ramp
10 MPH speed
limit some
areas
Barbadoes Pond Dover, Madbury 16 EBT, RT Trout Pond Shorebank
Basin Pond Chatham 40 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No motors
Bean Pond Ossipee 11 EBT Trout Pond
Cartop: subject
to gates and
bars
Bear Brook Pond,
Big Errol 12 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
Bear Brook Pond,
Little Wentworths Location 5 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Remote Walk-in
Belknap Recreation
Area Pond Gilford 4 EBT, RT Trout Pond Shorebank
Big Brook Bog Pittsburg 36 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Remote Walk-in No motors
Black Mountain
Pond Sandwich 7 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Black Pond Lincoln 5 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Blue Pond Madison 7 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Bog Pond, Little Odell 34 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
Boundary Pond Pittsburg 20 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Remote Walk-in No motors
Bragg Pond Millsfield 14 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Butterfield Pond Wilmot 12 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Caldwell Pond Alstead 30 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Campton Pond
(unnamed) Campton 37 EBT, RT
1) This waterbody is open to the taking of
all species, except salmon and smelt,
January 1 through October 15.
2) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or
from any object supported by the ice is
prohibited.
Shorebank No motors
Carr Pond Clarksville 11 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Carter Pond Beans Purchase 1 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Center Pond Nelson 31 EBT, RT, LMB,
HP Trout Pond Ramp No motors
Chapin Pond Newport, Claremont 14 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Shorebank
Clarksville Pond Clarksville 22 EBT, HP Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Cartop
No petroleum
motors; electric
motors limited
to trolling speed
Clough Pond Loudon 44 EBT, RT, BT Trout Pond Ramp
Cold Spring Pond
(Abbott Forest
Pond)
Stoddard 30 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No motors
Coldrain Pond New Durham 18 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Remote Walk-in
Cole Pond Enfield 18 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only
No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16
inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16
inches shall be immediately released
unharmed. The daily limit for brook trout
shall be 2 fish, of which only one may be
over 16 inches.
Remote Walk-in No boats
Connecticut Lake,
First Pittsburg 3,071 LLS, LT Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
From April 1 through September 30, the
combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon,
brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and
their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more
than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon.
There is no minimum length for brook trout,
rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids.
Yellow perch cannot be used for bait.
Ramp
Connecticut Lake,
Second Pittsburg 1,102 EBT, LLS, LT Lake Trout and/
or Salmon Same as First Connecticut Lake, above. Ramp
Connecticut Lake,
Third Pittsburg 231 RT, LT Lake Trout and/
or Salmon Same as First Connecticut Lake, above. Ramp
Connor Pond Ossipee 85 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
No petroleum
motors;
headway speed
limit
Conservation Pond Wentworth 3 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Conway Lake Eaton 1,316 RT, LLS, SMB,
LMB, ECP, HP
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
The area of the lake that lies within 500
feet of the outlet dam shall be closed to all
fishing from Oct. 16 through Dec. 31.
Ramp No houseboats
Coon Brook Bog Pittsburg 19 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Cartop No motors
Corser Pond Errol 5 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Cranberry Bog
Pond Columbia 4 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Dan Hole Pond, Big Tuftonboro, Ossipee 443 EBT, LLS, LT,
ECP, HP
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
From April 1 through September 30, the
combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon,
brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and
their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more
than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon.
There is no minimum length for brook trout,
rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids.
Yellow perch cannot be used for bait.
Ramp
(at campground)
Devils Washbowl Odell 5 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Diamond Pond, Big Stewartstown 181 RT, LT, LMB Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
From April 1 through September 30, the
combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon,
brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and
their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more
than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon.
There is no minimum length for brook trout,
rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids.
Yellow perch cannot be used for bait.
Ramp
Diamond Pond,
Little Stewartstown 60 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp No motor over
10 HP
Dublin Lake
(Monadnock Pond) Dublin 240 EBT, LMB,
SMB, HP Trout Pond The daily limit for brook trout is 3 fish or 5
pounds, whichever limit is reached first. Ramp 10 MPH speed
limit
Dummer Pond, Big Dummer 114 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
Dummer Pond,
Little Dummer 31 EBT, BT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Duncan Lake Ossipee 83 EBT, RT Trout Pond Shorebank 6 MPH speed
limit
Dustin Pond Wentworths Location 5 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
East Inlet Pittsburg 92 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
Echo Lake Franconia 38 EBT Trout Pond Ramp
Ethan (Willey) Pond Bethlehem 6 EBT Wild Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Exeter Reservoir
(Water Works
Pond)
Exeter 20 EBT, RT Trout Pond Shorebank
Falls Pond Albany 8 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Ferrin Pond Weare 18 BT, LMB Trout Pond Shorebank No motors
Fish Pond Columbia 39 EBT, RT, LMB Trout Pond Ramp
Flat Mountain Pond Waterville Valley 28 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Four Mile Pond Dixs Grant 4 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Francis, Lake Pittsburg 1,934 RT, BT, LLS,
LT, ECP
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
From April 1 through September 30, the
combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon,
brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and
their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more
than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon.
There is no minimum length for brook trout,
rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids.
Yellow perch cannot be used for bait.
Ramp
French Pond Henniker 39 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp No motors over
5 HP
Gilmore Pond Jaffrey 125
EBT, RT, BT,
SMB, LMB,
ECP, HP, WP
Trout Pond Ramp No wake area
Granite Lake
(Munsonville Pond) Nelson, Stoddard 238 EBT, RT, LT,
SMB, ECP, HP
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
From April 1 through September 30, the
combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon,
brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and
their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more
than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon.
There is no minimum length for brook trout,
rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids.
Yellow perch cannot be used for bait.
Ramp
Greeley Pond,
Upper Livermore 3 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Greenough Pond,
Big Wentworths Location 234 EBT, LT Lake Trout and/
or Salmon Cartop
Greenough Pond,
Little Wentworths Location 42 EBT Wild Trout Pond Cartop
Guinea Pond Sandwich 13 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Halfmile Pond Enfield 9 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Hall Pond, Lower Sandwich 13 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Hall Pond, Middle Sandwich 6 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Hall Pond, Upper Sandwich 23 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only
No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16
inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16
inches shall be immediately released
unharmed. The daily limit for brook trout
shall be 2 fish, of which only one may be
over 16 inches.
Cartop No motors
Harris Pond Pittsburg 3 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
Hatch Pond
(Hidden Pond) Eaton 19 EBT, HP Trout Pond Cartop
Hellgate Pond Second College Grant 2 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Hildreth Pond Warren 38 EBT, BT Trout Pond Cartop
Hogback Pond Greenfield 19 EBT, HP Trout Pond Cartop
Hopkins Pond
(Adder Pond) Andover 27 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp No motors
Hot Hole Pond Concord, Loudon 27 EBT, RT, LMB Trout Pond Ramp No petroleum
motors
Hoyt Pond Madbury 1 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Shorebank
Hunkins Pond Sanbornton 16 RT, BT Trout Pond Cartop No motors
Hunts Pond Hancock 50 EBT, BT, SMB,
LMB, ECP, HP Trout Pond Cartop
Jacquith Pond Pittsburg 1 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Jericho Lake Berlin 127 SMB, LMB, HP,
NP, BC
1) This waterbody is open to the taking of
all species, except salmon and smelt, all
year-round by all legal methods.
2) The daily limit for northern pike is 3 fish.
3) The minimum length for northern pike is
20 inches.
Ramp
No petroleum
motors; Electric
motors no
greater than
3 HP; 5 MPH
speed limit
Jones Pond Middleton 12 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only The daily limit for brook trout is 2 fish. Remote Walk-in
Judd Pond Clarksville 3 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Kiah Pond Sandwich 8 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Ledge Pond Madison 14 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Lime Pond Columbia 15 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only
No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16
inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16
inches shall be immediately released
unharmed. The daily limit for brook trout
shall be 2 fish, of which only one may be
over 16 inches.
Remote Walk-in
Little Pond Sandwich 21 EBT, LMB, ECP,
HP Trout Pond Shorebank No motors
Lonesome Lake Lincoln 12 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Long Pond Benton 96 EBT Trout Pond Ramp No motors
Long Pond Eaton 24 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
Long Pond Errol 33 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
Long Pond Lempster 121 EBT, LMB, HP Trout Pond Ramp
6 MPH speed
limit near
islands
Long Pond Millsfield 28 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
Long Pond
(Coniston Lake) Croydon 130 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp
Lucas Pond Northwood 40 EBT, RT, BT,
TT, LMB Trout Pond Cartop No motors
Merrymeeting Lake New Durham 1,233 RT, LLS, LT,
SMB, ECP, HP
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon Ramp
Middle Pond Pittsburg 8 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No motors
Millen Lake Washington 134 EBT, RT, BT,
SMB, ECP, HP Trout Pond Cartop
10 MPH speed
limit certain
times
Millsfield Pond, Big Millsfield 165 EBT, SMB Trout Pond Ramp
Millsfield Pond,
Little (Moose Pond) Millsfield 29 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Remote Walk-in
Mirror Lake (Blake
Pond) Dalton, Whitefield 54
EBT, RT, BT,
SMB, LMB,
ECP, HP
Trout Pond Ramp
Moose Falls
Flowage Pittsburg 25 EBT Trout Pond Shorebank No motors
Moose Pond Pittsburg 10 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Cartop No motors
Morey Pond Andover 7 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
Mount William
Pond Weare 32 EBT, RT, LMB Trout Pond Ramp No petroleum
motors
Mountain Pond Brookfield 12 EBT Trout Pond
No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16
inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16
inches shall be immediately released
unharmed into the waters from which
taken. The daily limit for brook trout shall
be 2 fish, of which only one may be over 16
inches. Only single hook artificial lures and
flies shall be used and all hooks shall be
barbless or have all barbs pinched.
Remote Walk-in No motors
Mountain Pond Chatham 83 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Mountain Pond Lyman 6 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Mud Pond Easton 4 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Munn Pond Errol 45 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Nathan Pond Dixville 22 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Newfound Lake
Alexandria,
Bridgewater, Bristol,
Hebron
4,450
RT, LLS, LT,
LW, SMB, ECP,
HP
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
The minimum length for lake trout is 15
inches. The area of the lake that lies within
500 feet of the Cockermouth River and
Fowler River shall be closed to all fishing
from Oct. 16 through Dec. 31.
Ramp
6 MPH in some
areas; Other
restrictions
Nubanusit Lake Hancock, Nelson 722 RT, LLS, LT,
SMB, ECP, HP
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
From April 1 through September 30, the
combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon,
brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and
their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more
than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon.
There is no minimum length for brook trout,
rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids.
Yellow perch cannot be used for bait.
Ramp
Oliverian Pond Benton 33 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No motors
Orange Pond Orange 24 EBT, RT Trout Pond Shorebank No petroleum
motors
Ossipee Lake Freedom, Ossipee 4,024
RT, BT, LLS,
LT, SMB, LMB,
ECP, HP, WP,
BC
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
The area of the lake that lies within 500 feet
of the Bearcamp River shall be closed to all
fishing from Oct. 16 through Dec. 31.
Ramp
Headway
speed in some
areas; Other
restrictions
Peaked Hill Pond Thornton 15 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Perch Pond Campton 45 EBT, RT, HP,
WP Trout Pond Shorebank
Perch Pond Lisbon 16 RT, NP Trout Pond Cartop
Perry Pond Pittsburg 12 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Remote Walk-in
Phillips Pond Odell 71 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only
Cartop - subject
to gates and
bars
Pike Pond Stark 14 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
Pleasant Lake New London 602 EBT, LLS,
SMB, ECP, HP Trout Pond Use or possession of rainbow smelt for bait
shall be permitted. Ramp
Pond of Safety Randolph 18 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Profile Lake Franconia 13 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only
No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16
inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16
inches shall be immediately released
unharmed. The daily limit for brook trout
shall be 2 fish, of which only one may be
over 16 inches.
Cartop
Province Pond Chatham 10 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Rand Pond Goshen 48 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp 10 HP or less
Rocky Pond Wentworth 20 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Round Pond Errol 42 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
Round Pond Pittsburg 59 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
Russell Pond Woodstock 41 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No motors
Saco Lake Carroll 7 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Shorebank No motors
Saltmarsh Pond Gilford 40 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp Electric motors
only; no wake
Sand Pond (Echo
Lake) Marlow, Lempster 161 EBT, BT, SMB,
LMB, HP Trout Pond Ramp
Sawyer Pond Livermore 40 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Sawyer Pond, Little Livermore 11 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Scott Bog Pittsburg 88 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Cartop No motors
Sessions Pond Dummer 41 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Shaw Pond
(Shawtown) Freedom 13 EBT, LMB Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only
No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16
inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16
inches shall be immediately released
unharmed. The daily limit for brook trout
shall be 2 fish, of which only one may be
over 16 inches.
Cartop No petroleum
motors
Shehan Flowage
Pond Clarksville 19 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Shoal Pond Lincoln 5 EBT Wild Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Signal Pond Errol 5 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Silver Lake Madison 969 RT, LT, LW,
SMB, ECP, HP
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon Ramp No houseboats
Silver Lake Nelson, Harrisville 333 RT, LT, SMB,
ECP, HP
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
From April 1 through September 30, the
combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon,
brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and
their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more
than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon.
There is no minimum length for brook trout,
rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids.
Yellow perch cannot be used for bait.
Ramp Headway speed
certain times
Simmons Pond Warner 22 EBT Trout Pond Shorebank
Sky Pond New Hampton 14 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only
No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16
inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16
inches shall be immediately released
unharmed. The daily limit for brook trout
shall be 2 fish, of which only one may be
over 16 inches.
Cartop No motors
Smith Pond Washington 28 EBT Trout Pond Ramp
Solitude Lake Newbury 7 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
South Pond Stark 124
EBT, RT, LT,
SMB, LMB,
ECP, HP
The minimum length for lake trout is 15
inches. Cartop
Spectacle Pond Groton, Hebron 53 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp
No petroleum
motors; 10
MPH speed
limit
Spofford Lake Chesterfield 739
RT, SMB, LMB,
ECP, HP, WP,
NP, BG
1) The waterbody shall be closed to the
taking of all fish October 16 through
March 31.
2) The open season for taking all species
except brook trout, brown trout, rainbow
trout, trout hybrids and smelt shall be
from April 1 through October 15.
3) The open season for taking brook trout,
brown trout, rainbow trout, and trout
hybrids shall be the 4th Saturday in April
through October 15.
4) Smelt shall be taken by angling only.
5) The open season for taking smelt shall be
June 16 through October 15.
6) The daily limit for brook trout, brown
trout, rainbow trout, or their hybrids is
2 fish.
7) The minimum length for brook trout,
brown trout, rainbow trout, or their
hybrids is 15 inches.
8) From April 1 through October 15 no
person shall take fish through the
ice, from the ice or from any object
supported by the ice.
Ramp 40 MPH day,
20 MPH night
Spoonwood Pond Nelson 167 EBT, LT, SMB,
ECP, HP Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No petroleum
motors
Squam Lake
Holderness,
Center Harbor,
Moultonborough,
Sandwich
6,791
RT, LLS, LT,
LW, SMB, LMB,
ECP, HP, WP
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
The area of the lake that lies within 500
feet of Barville Brook shall be closed to all
fishing from Oct. 16 to Dec. 31.
Ramp Speed and other
restrictions
Squam Lake, Little Ashland, Holderness 454
RT, LLS, LT,
LW, SMB, ECP,
HP
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon Ramp Speed and other
restrictions
Stirrup Iron Pond Salisbury 2 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Shorebank
Stone Pond Marlborough, Dublin 76 EBT, BT, SMB,
HP Trout Pond Ramp
Stonehouse Pond Barrington 13 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Cartop No petroleum
motors
Stratford Bog Pond Stratford 33 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No petroleum
motors
Stub Hill Pond Pittsburg 3 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Success Pond Success 282 EBT, RT, BT,
SMB, LMB Trout Pond Ramp
Sunapee Lake New London,
Newbury, Sunapee 4,136 LLS, LT, SMB,
ECP, HP
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
1) The area of the lake that lies within 500
feet of Otter Brook shall be closed to all
fishing from Oct. 16 to Dec. 31.
2) All tributaries will be closed to fishing
Oct. 16 to May 31.
Ramp Speed and other
restrictions
Swains Pond Wentworth 8 EBT Trout Pond Cartop
Swanzey Lake Swanzey 112 EBT, RT, SMB,
ECP, HP, BG Trout Pond Cartop
Sweat Pond Errol 10 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Terrill Pond (West
Branch Pond) Pittsburg 18 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Cartop
Three Ponds, Lower Ellsworth, Warren 2 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Three Ponds,
Middle Ellsworth, Warren 13 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Three Ponds, Upper Ellsworth, Warren 11 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Trio Pond, Lower 1
and 2 Odell 69 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Trio Pond, Upper 3 Odell 20 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Remote Walk-in No motors
Trout Pond Lyme 12 EBT Trout Pond Shorebank
Trout Pond (Stacy
Pond) Freedom 21 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
Unknown Pond Pittsburg 6 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Remote Walk-in
Wachipauka Pond
(Meader Pond) Warren 28 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors
Waukeena Lake
(Pleasant Pond) Danbury 56 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp No petroleum
motors
Waukewan, Lake
(Measley Pond)
Meredith, New
Hampton 927 RT, SMB, ECP,
HP, WP
The daily limit for brook trout, rainbow
trout, brown trout, and their hybrids shall
be 2 fish.
Ramp Restrictions
near intake
Weeks Crossing
Pond Warren 5 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No motors
Whitcomb Pond Odell 19 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in
White Pond Ossipee 46 EBT, RT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Ramp 6 MPH speed
limit
White Pond Wilmot 11 EBT Trout Pond Shorebank No motors
Whittemore Lake Bennington,
Greenfield 41 EBT, RT, BT Trout Pond Ramp No motors
Willard Pond Antrim 108 EBT, RT, TT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Ramp No petroleum
motors
Winnipesaukee,
Lake
Alton, Gilford,
Laconia, Meredith,
Moultonborough,
Tuftonboro, Wolfeboro
44,424
EBT, RT, LLS,
LT, LW, SMB,
LMB, ECP, HP,
WP, BC, BG
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
The following two areas of the lake are
closed to all fishing October 1 through
March 31:
1) the area of Paugus Bay which lies
between the railroad trestle at its south
end and the Lakeport Dam in Laconia;
2) the area of open water (the area not
normally covered by ice in winter) at
Weirs Channel. The areas of the lake
that lie within 500 feet of Gunstock
River, Poor Farm Brook, Melvin River,
Merrymeeting River, Mink Brook, and
Smith River are closed to all fishing from
Oct. 16 to Dec. 31.
Ramp
No wake area
and other
restrictions
Winnisquam Lake
Belmont, Laconia,
Meredith, Sanbornton,
Tilton
4,214
RT, LLS, LT,
SMB, LMB,
ECP, HP, WP,
BG
Lake Trout and/
or Salmon
The area of the lake that lies within 500 feet
of the Winnipesaukee River shall be closed
to all fishing from Oct. 16 to Dec. 31.
Ramp Speed and other
restrictions
Winona Lake
Center Harbor,
Meredith,
New Hampton
148 RT, EBT, LMB,
SMB, ECP, BC
The daily limit for brook trout, rainbow
trout, brown trout, and their hybrids shall
be 2 fish.
Ramp
Wright Pond Pittsburg 5 EBT Trout Pond;
Fly-fishing only Remote Walk-in
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