Cedar Pond in Coos County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Cedar Pond is one of the Coos County listings for New Hampshire. The ground around here is lake country bush. It runs to roughly 79 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. With about 1.4 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. For supplies, Milan is 4.3 miles out. The big place round here is Sherbrooke, 64 miles distant. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Cedar Pond

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Coos County include rainbow trout, brown trout, rainbow smelt, Atlantic salmon and brook trout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Treat Cedar Pond as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 65°F in July and bottom out at 13°F in January. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about early December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Plan any trip to Cedar Pond around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. The nearest recorded ramp is Cedar Pond Boat Access, half a mile out. A car park sits roughly half a mile away. There is a toilet block some half a mile out. State or provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Nay Pond, 1.6 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Cedar Pond as something to verify.