Reservoir Pond Fishing Guide, Grafton County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Reservoir Pond sits within Grafton County in New Hampshire. It sits in lake country bush. Around 159 acres of surface means several distinct areas to work. Roughly 2.1 miles of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. Size puts it in the front rank of our Grafton County list. For a base, Lyme sits 5.9 miles out. Further out sit Orford (9.6 miles) and Enfield (11 miles). It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Reservoir Pond

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Points where the flooded channel swings in are the reliable ones. Open biodiversity records for Grafton County list rainbow trout, brook trout and smallmouth bass. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Reservoir Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 65°F, while January sits near 16°F. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid April. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about early December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Reservoir Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. The closest car park is half a mile away, so pack accordingly. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Cummins Pond sits 1.6 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Reservoir Pond in what we hold.