Whaleback Pond Fishing Guide, Coos County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  Whaleback Pond is a Coos County water, New Hampshire side. The land about it is lake country bush. At 10 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Supplies mean a trip to Milan, 19 miles off. For a city, Sherbrooke is 57 miles off. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Whaleback Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Coos County list rainbow trout, brown trout and rainbow smelt. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Whaleback Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 65°F in July and bottoms out near 12°F in January. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about early December in a typical year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Whaleback Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Little Bear Brook Pond, 2.4 miles away. Rules at Whaleback Pond are worth checking on the day.