Lary Pond Fishing in Grafton County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Set in Grafton County, Lary Pond is a New Hampshire water. The bank is 1,184 feet above sea level. With some 64 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 1.6 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Enfield lies 8.6 miles from the water. It is 57 miles to Manchester, the nearest city. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lary Pond

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Grafton County names rainbow trout, brook trout and smallmouth bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. On Lary Pond the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 17°F and July at about 67°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid April. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It holds true on Lary Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Derby Pond is 3.1 miles distant. The position on Lary Pond is worth confirming on the day.