Little Pond Fishing near Meredith, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Little Pond is one of the Belknap County waters in New Hampshire. The surface lies 620 feet up. Surface area is around 29 acres, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Meredith sits 1.8 miles from here and is the nearest stop. It is 47 miles to Manchester, the nearest city. Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Little Pond

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Public occurrence data for Belknap County names rainbow trout, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. On Little Pond a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 68°F; by January the average is down near 18°F. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early April. Averages suggest open water from about early April through to roughly mid December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Little Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. A parking area is marked roughly half a mile out. Part of this sits inside or beside Page Pond Community Forest, so read the notices. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. For a change of water, Lake Waukewan is 2.9 miles distant. Confirm access to Little Pond locally before you travel.