Fishing Oxbow Pond in Strafford County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Oxbow Pond is one of the Strafford County waters in New Hampshire. The ground around here is lake country bush. About 13 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. You are 3.9 miles from Farmington. Strafford is 4.3 miles and Rochester 6.6 miles. The line between counties passes nearby, which can change who manages the water.

• Where to Fish on Oxbow Pond

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Public occurrence data for Strafford County names rainbow trout, brown trout, largemouth bass and rainbow smelt. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. At Oxbow Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 68°F and January reads 20°F. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Count the season from break-up, usually early April. Expect the water usable from around early April until roughly mid December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Oxbow Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Rattlesnake Pond at 1.5 miles is the nearest alternative. Ask locally about Oxbow Pond if anything is unclear.