Middle Pea Porridge Pond Fishing in Carroll County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Carroll County in New Hampshire is where Middle Pea Porridge Pond sits. This is rolling bush ground. It runs to roughly 42 acres — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. There is roughly 0.9 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. You are 2.9 miles from Madison. Conway is 2.9 miles and North Conway 8 miles. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Middle Pea Porridge Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Fish documented in Carroll County include rainbow trout, brown trout, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Atlantic salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Middle Pea Porridge Pond to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 68°F and January near 18°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early April. Open water usually runs from early April until about mid December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That shapes the year on Middle Pea Porridge Pond.

• 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. You can leave the car about half a mile from the water. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Pea Porridge Pond is 0.7 miles off. None of that is settled for Middle Pea Porridge Pond in what we hold.