March Pond Fishing Guide, Merrimack County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  You will find March Pond in Merrimack County, New Hampshire. The water sits 1,125 feet up. This is a pocket water of some 10 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. On size it sits at the modest end of our Merrimack County list. The nearest town is Danbury, 3.4 miles away. Further out sit Andover (4.2 miles) and Hill (5.6 miles). This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on March Pond

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Merrimack County list rainbow trout, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, brown trout and rainbow smelt. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Treat March Pond as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 68°F, while January sits near 18°F. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early April. Open water usually runs from early April until about mid December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. March Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Elbow Pond, 3.2 miles out. Check the position at March Pond before loading the car.