Burke Pond Fishing in Rockingham County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Burke Pond sits within Rockingham County in New Hampshire. The surface lies 30 feet up. The water measures roughly 10 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Rockingham County. The closest town, Rye, is 2.1 miles distant. Manchester is the closest city, 34 miles away. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Burke Pond

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Work the tide here — moving water feeds, slack water rests. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Rockingham County names rainbow trout, largemouth bass, brown trout, bluegill and smallmouth bass. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Burke Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 71°F and January near 25°F. Neither winter nor summer shuts things down for long. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. April and May are the settled weeks, with October close behind. The season on Burke Pond rarely departs from it. Water temperature lags the air by a week or so.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. A car park sits roughly half a mile away. Mapping records toilets within half a mile. This sits inside Jim Raynes Forest, so read the reserve notices first. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Locke Pond, 0.3 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Burke Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.