Fishing Upper Suncook Lake in Belknap County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  You will find Upper Suncook Lake in Belknap County, New Hampshire. The surface lies 548 feet up. At 402 acres this is proper open water rather than a pond. At about 4.0 miles of edge, most people work one arm at a time. It ranks high for size among our Belknap County listings. Head to Barnstead, 3.9 miles away, for anything you forgot. For a city, Manchester is 29 miles off. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Upper Suncook Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Belknap County include rainbow trout, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass and brown trout. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. On Upper Suncook Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 68°F for July and 19°F for January. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early April. Climate figures give an open season running early April to mid December. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. That shapes the year on Upper Suncook Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Lower Suncook Lake, 1.4 miles out. Confirm before you fish Upper Suncook Lake.