Fishing Pudding Pond in Carroll County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  New Hampshire holds Pudding Pond, in Carroll County. Height above sea level is 522 feet. At roughly 22 acres, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. You are 1.5 miles from North Conway. Conway lies 3.9 miles off, Fryeburg another 6.7 miles. Others worth noting: Echo Lake (2.7 miles), Shingle Pond at 4.7 miles, Conway Lake (5.7 miles), Upper Kimball Pond at 6.3 miles and Ledge Pond (6.4 miles). The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Pudding Pond

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Fish documented in Carroll County include rainbow trout, brown trout and smallmouth bass. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Pudding Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 68°F and January near 17°F on the long-run figures. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early April. The season between ice runs from about early April to early December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Pudding Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is somewhere to leave the car, half a mile off. Facilities include toilets around half a mile from here. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Echo Lake is 2.7 miles distant. For Pudding Pond, the notice at the access point is the final word.