Gustin Pond, New Hampshire: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  This water sits in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. The water sits 1,286 feet up. It covers about 10 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Cheshire County. The town to know is Alstead, 5.8 miles out. Manchester sits 41 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Gustin Pond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. County-wide records name rainbow trout, brown trout and smallmouth bass. County records show the wider picture rather than this one place. At Gustin Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 67°F at the top of summer and 18°F at the bottom of winter. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid April. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at mid December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on Gustin Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Part of this sits inside or beside Feuer State Forest, so read the notices. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Arch Pond at 1 mile is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Gustin Pond in what we hold.