Pool Pond Fishing near Rindge, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Pool Pond is a Cheshire County water, New Hampshire side. Elevation runs to 1,014 feet. With some 141 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. With about 2.1 miles of edge, you can try several depths in one session. The closest town, Rindge, is 2.1 miles distant. Manchester is the closest city, 34 miles away. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Pool Pond

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Cheshire County, recorded fish include rainbow trout, brown trout, smallmouth bass and largemouth bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Pool Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 19°F and July at about 68°F, the water has a wide range to work through. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. After early April the shallows warm and the fish move up. The lid tends to go about early April and return around mid December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Pool Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is a mapped slipway roughly half a mile away. There is camping recorded roughly half a mile off. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. If the gate is shut, Rugg Pond at 1.2 miles is the nearest alternative. Nothing here settles the position at Pool Pond for certain.