Laurel Lake near Fitzwilliam: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Laurel Lake lies in Cheshire County, New Hampshire. It lies 1,102 feet above sea level. With some 180 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The edge runs 2.2 miles or so, easy to work in an afternoon. It is among the larger waters listed here for Cheshire County. Some 2.9 miles away sits Fitzwilliam, the nearest settlement. Royalston follows at 4.6 miles, then Troy at 6 miles. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Laurel Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Cheshire County list rainbow trout, brown trout, smallmouth bass and largemouth bass. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. On Laurel Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 68°F; the cold one sits at 20°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. From about early April to around mid December, expect open water on the long-run figures. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That is the shape of the year on Laurel Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, 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. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Sportsman Pond is 1.2 miles distant. Confirm before you fish Laurel Lake.