Franklin Pierce Lake Fishing in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  In New Hampshire, Franklin Pierce Lake falls inside Hillsborough County. It sits in rolling bush. This is sizeable water at about 483 acres, and a boat opens up most of it. At about 7.2 miles of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It ranks high for size among our Hillsborough County listings. Hillsborough sits 3 miles from here and is the nearest stop. It is 26 miles to Manchester, the nearest city. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Franklin Pierce Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Survey and observation records for Hillsborough County include rainbow trout, largemouth bass, brown trout, smallmouth bass and bluegill. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Franklin Pierce Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 68°F for July and 20°F for January. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Count the season from break-up, usually early April. Averages suggest open water from about early April through to roughly mid December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. The season on Franklin Pierce Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Campbell Pond is 1.1 miles distant. For Franklin Pierce Lake in particular, ask before you travel.