Jacks Pond in Hillsborough County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Jacks Pond sits within Hillsborough County in New Hampshire. This is pine and birch ground. It covers about 6 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Hillsborough County list holds plenty of bigger water. For supplies, Harrisville is 3.7 miles out. The big place round here is Manchester, 29 miles distant. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Jacks Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Across Hillsborough County, recorded fish include rainbow trout, largemouth bass, brown trout, smallmouth bass and bluegill. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Treat Jacks Pond as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 67°F for July and 20°F for January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Once it clears, about early April, the fishing comes on quickly. On the long-run averages the water opens up around early April and starts locking again about mid December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. On Jacks Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Part of this sits inside or beside William McGreal Forest, so read the notices. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Shadrach Pond is 0.7 miles distant. Check the current arrangement for Jacks Pond.