Knights Pond near Wolfeboro: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  New Hampshire holds Knights Pond, in Carroll County. The water sits 636 feet up. The water covers some 31 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Wolfeboro lies 3 miles from the water. Manchester sits 40 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Other water nearby: Trapper Pond within 1.1 miles, Rust Pond at 1.5 miles, Gilman Pond within 2.7 miles, Crescent Lake at 3.1 miles and Back Bay within 3.3 miles. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Knights Pond

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Carroll County list rainbow trout, brown trout, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Atlantic salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. The shape of Knights Pond rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 69°F and January near 19°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early April. Expect the water usable from around early April until roughly mid December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. On Knights Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Parking is not close: half a mile from the bank, and no nearer option is mapped. The water borders Knights Pond Conservation Area, so reserve rules are likely to apply. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Trapper Pond is 1.1 miles off. None of that is settled for Knights Pond in what we hold.