Shaw Pond Fishing Guide, Carroll County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Shaw Pond is set in Carroll County, New Hampshire. The country here is lake country bush. About 13 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Our Carroll County list holds plenty of bigger water. Nearest place of any size is Freedom, 3.9 miles away. For a city, Manchester is 60 miles off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Shaw Pond

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Carroll County records list rainbow trout, brown trout and smallmouth bass among the fish reported. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. The shape of Shaw Pond rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 18°F to 69°F. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around early April. Climate averages put the opening at about early April and the closing near mid December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. It sets the rhythm of the year at Shaw Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Moorings are at Ossipee Lake Marina, roughly half a mile off. There is recorded parking some half a mile off. A camping area sits within half a mile of here. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Danforth Ponds sits 0.4 miles off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Shaw Pond in what we hold.