Hogback Pond near Greenfield: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Look for Hogback Pond in the Hillsborough County part of New Hampshire. The setting is pine and birch. Surface area runs to about 9 acres — small enough to read in one session. It is a small entry by Hillsborough County standards. Greenfield is the closest town at 0.6 miles. Then Francestown, 4.1 miles, and Antrim, 6 miles. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Hogback Pond

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Hillsborough County list rainbow trout, largemouth bass, brown trout and smallmouth bass. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Hogback Pond the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 68°F, the coldest about 20°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early April. From about early April to around mid December, expect open water on the long-run figures. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Hogback Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is a mapped slipway roughly half a mile away. A carry of half a mile from the nearest parking is the price of fishing here. Part of this sits inside or beside Emma Gipson Forest, so read the notices. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Failing this one, try Mud Pond, 0.3 miles away. The position on Hogback Pond is worth confirming on the day.