Spender Pond Fishing in Merrimack County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Spender Pond is a Merrimack County water, New Hampshire side. Elevation runs to 525 feet. For supplies, Canterbury is 1.8 miles out. Further out sit Boscawen (4.6 miles) and East Concord (6 miles). Alternatives close at hand: Morrill Pond at about 0.4 miles, Crane Neck Pond within 0.9 miles, Horseshoe Pond at about 0.9 miles, Kimball Pond within 1.7 miles and Clough Pond at about 1.7 miles. A county line runs close by, so local bylaws can differ within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Spender Pond

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Merrimack County, recorded fish include rainbow trout, largemouth bass and smallmouth bass. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. The near bank of Spender Pond is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 20°F and July at about 69°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from early April. Climate averages put the opening at about early April and the closing near mid December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That is the shape of the year on Spender Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Parking is not close: half a mile from the bank, and no nearer option is mapped. Part of this sits inside or beside Morrill Pond Wildlife Management Area, so read the notices. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Morrill Pond, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Spender Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.