Eagle Pond Fishing in Merrimack County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Within Merrimack County, New Hampshire, you have Eagle Pond. The water sits 659 feet up. It runs to roughly 34 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Wilmot lies 1.6 miles from the water. For a city, Manchester is 39 miles off. Within a short drive: Cold Pond lies 1.7 miles on, Mud Pond within 2.7 miles, Tannery Pond lies 2.9 miles on, White Pond within 3.1 miles and Chase Pond lies 3.3 miles on. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Eagle Pond

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Merrimack County names rainbow trout, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, brown trout and rainbow smelt. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Work Eagle Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 68°F for July and 18°F for January. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Once it clears, about early April, the fishing comes on quickly. The water is typically free of ice between early April and mid December. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Time your trip to Eagle Pond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Cold Pond at 1.7 miles is the sensible second choice. Treat Eagle Pond as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.