Fishing Bancroft Reservoir in Cheshire County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  You will find Bancroft Reservoir in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Land around it is mixed forest. At 10 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Cheshire County are larger. Rindge is the closest place, 3.1 miles off. Manchester is the closest city, 30 miles away. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Bancroft Reservoir

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Public occurrence data for Cheshire County names rainbow trout, brown trout and smallmouth bass. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Bancroft Reservoir responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 20°F and July at about 67°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. Open water usually runs from early April until about mid December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Bancroft Reservoir fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Stump Pond sits 0.6 miles off and takes the overflow. Confirm access to Bancroft Reservoir locally before you travel.