Pickerel Creek Pond Fishing in Cheshire County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Pickerel Creek Pond is one of the Cheshire County waters in New Hampshire. What surrounds it is pine and birch. The water covers some 47 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Bank access stretches around 1.0 miles in total. Start from Hillsborough, 8.3 miles down the road. Then Antrim, 8.6 miles, and Lempster, 11 miles. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Pickerel Creek Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Inflow corners move water, and moving water gathers fish. Public occurrence data for Cheshire County names rainbow trout, brown trout, smallmouth bass and largemouth bass. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Work Pickerel Creek Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 19°F and July at about 67°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice is part of the season here, ending near early April. Ice usually gives way near early April, and forms again about mid December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Pickerel Creek Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. This sits inside Thurston V. Williams Family Forest, so read the reserve notices first. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Trout Pond at 0.9 miles is the sensible second choice. Check the position at Pickerel Creek Pond before loading the car.