Airport Marsh Reservoir, New Hampshire: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Airport Marsh Reservoir is a Coos County water, New Hampshire side. Beyond the shoreline you have pine and birch. Surface area runs to about 12 acres — small enough to read in one session. Supplies mean a trip to Whitefield, 2.7 miles off. Then Jefferson, 5.4 miles, and Lancaster, 8.5 miles. No boundary runs near, so the county rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Airport Marsh Reservoir

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Across Coos County, recorded fish include rainbow trout, brown trout and rainbow smelt. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. At Airport Marsh Reservoir the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 66°F and January near 14°F. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near mid April. The open-water window runs from around mid April to about early December in an average year. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Airport Marsh Reservoir.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. There is recorded parking some half a mile off. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Little Cherry Pond is 1.7 miles off. Treat Airport Marsh Reservoir as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.