Cone Pond Fishing near Thornton, New Hampshire

• Overview

  The Grafton County end of New Hampshire holds Cone Pond. The land about it is pine and birch. This is a pocket water of some 9 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It sits higher than most water we list in New Hampshire. You are 3.6 miles from Thornton. After that come Woodstock at 6.5 miles and Plymouth at 11 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Cone Pond

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Grafton County records list rainbow trout, brook trout, smallmouth bass and brown trout among the fish reported. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Fish Cone Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 67°F and January near 17°F. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Cone Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Chickenboro Brook Reservoir at 2.4 miles is the sensible second choice. For Cone Pond, the notice at the access point is the final word.