Copps Pond, New Hampshire: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Copps Pond in Carroll County, New Hampshire. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. With some 95 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. There is roughly 1.6 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Tuftonboro sits 3 miles from the bank. It is 48 miles to Manchester, the nearest city. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Copps Pond

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Reported across Carroll County: rainbow trout, brown trout and smallmouth bass. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Fish Copps Pond to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 67°F and January near 18°F. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early April. The lid tends to go about early April and return around early December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. It holds true on Copps Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Copps Pond Conservation Area covers this ground, which means extra rules to check. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Lower Beech Pond is 3.5 miles off. What applies at Copps Pond may have changed since it was mapped.