Forest Pond Fishing in Belknap County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Forest Pond is one of the Belknap County waters in New Hampshire. Elevation runs to 610 feet. About 18 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Our Belknap County list holds plenty of bigger water. You are 3.1 miles from Meredith. Ashland is 5.2 miles away, with Holderness at 6.4 miles. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Forest Pond

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Belknap County cover rainbow trout, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Read Forest Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 68°F, while January sits near 18°F. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Once it clears, about early April, the fishing comes on quickly. Averages place the thaw at early April and the freeze at mid December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Anyone fishing Forest Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Wickwas Lake is 1.9 miles off. For Forest Pond in particular, ask before you travel.