Round Pond Fishing Guide, Coos County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Look for Round Pond in the Coos County part of New Hampshire. The bank is 1,900 feet above sea level. At about 60 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Shoreline comes to about 1.1 miles, small enough to learn in a day. Compared with other New Hampshire water on our list, it sits high. The nearest place of any size is Colebrook, 20 miles away. Coaticook is 26 miles and Cookshire 26 miles. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Round Pond

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Coos County include rainbow trout, brown trout, rainbow smelt, Atlantic salmon and brook trout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. At Round Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 63°F, while January sits near 10°F. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. It holds true on Round Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is a ramp at Round Pond Boat Ramp, half a mile out. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Mud Pond sits 1.2 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Round Pond in what we hold.