Gumpas Pond Fishing Guide, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Look for Gumpas Pond in the Hillsborough County part of New Hampshire. Salt water lies 26 miles off. Around 93 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. The bank runs about 1.9 miles all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our New Hampshire listings. Pelham sits 1.9 miles from here and is the nearest stop. Hudson is 4.7 miles and Tyngsboro 4.9 miles. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Gumpas Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. The arms fish better than the open middle whenever the water is up. Public occurrence data for Hillsborough County names rainbow trout, largemouth bass and brown trout. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. Fish Gumpas Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 71°F at the top of summer and 23°F at the bottom of winter. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late March. The open-water window runs from around late March to about late December in an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Gumpas Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Gumpus Pond Canoe/Kayak Access Parking gives parking half a mile away. This sits inside Bennie Eaton Hill Family Memorial Forest, so read the reserve notices first. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Long Pond is 2.5 miles off. Treat Gumpas Pond as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.