Fishing Long Pond in Carroll County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  The Carroll County entry here is Long Pond, in New Hampshire. The ground around here is lake country bush. With some 27 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Head to Madison, 3.7 miles away, for anything you forgot. It is 65 miles to Manchester, the nearest city. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Long Pond

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Carroll County list rainbow trout, brown trout, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Atlantic salmon. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Treat Long Pond as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 67°F for July and 18°F for January. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early April. Break-up sits around early April on average, with the water closing again about early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. On Long Pond the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Expect a half a mile walk in from where the car goes. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Purity Lake at 1.6 miles is the nearest alternative. What applies at Long Pond may have changed since it was mapped.