Little Long Pond Fishing in Strafford County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Set in Strafford County, New Hampshire, this is Little Long Pond. Height above sea level is 256 feet. It covers about 19 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our New Hampshire listings. 3.3 miles away sits Barrington, the nearest town. The big place round here is Manchester, 29 miles distant. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Little Long Pond

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Strafford County, recorded fish include rainbow trout, brown trout, largemouth bass, rainbow smelt and smallmouth bass. The county list is broader than any single water. Anyone new to Little Long Pond should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 69°F in July and bottoms out near 21°F in January. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early April. Average temperatures cross freezing around early April in spring and again near mid December in autumn. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Time your trip to Little Long Pond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. 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. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Preston Pond, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Little Long Pond for certain.