Bear Pond in Sullivan County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Bear Pond belongs to Sullivan County, New Hampshire. It sits in lake country bush country. It covers about 12 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is a small entry by Sullivan County standards. Nearest town is Lempster, 6 miles off. The big place round here is Manchester, 36 miles distant. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Bear Pond

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Sullivan County names rainbow trout, smallmouth bass and Arctic charr. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. The shape of Bear Pond rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from 18°F in January up to 66°F in July. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Ice clears near mid April and comes back about early December in a typical year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Anyone fishing Bear Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Some banks are open only from a marked point. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. North Pond sits 0.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Bear Pond for certain.