Mud Pond Fishing near Milan, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Set in Coos County, New Hampshire, this is Mud Pond. This is rolling bush ground. It covers about 9 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. For a base, Milan sits 9.8 miles out. It is 57 miles to Sherbrooke, the nearest city. Round about: Dummer Ponds at 0.6 miles, Trio Pond a touch under 4.5 miles, Pontook Reservoir at 5 miles, Little Bog Pond a touch under 5.4 miles and Sypher Brook at 5.9 miles. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Mud Pond

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Coos County cover rainbow trout, brown trout and rainbow smelt. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Mud Pond a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 12°F to 64°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. Anyone fishing Mud Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Should this one be busy, Dummer Ponds is 0.6 miles off. Treat access at Mud Pond as something to verify.