White Lake Fishing Guide, Carroll County, New Hampshire

• Overview

  White Lake is one of the Carroll County listings for New Hampshire. Height above sea level is 440 feet. With some 126 acres of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Shoreline comes to about 1.8 miles, small enough to learn in a day. Nearest town is Tamworth, 2.4 miles off. Madison is 5.5 miles and Freedom 9.5 miles. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on White Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Species logged across Carroll County include rainbow trout, brown trout, smallmouth bass, rainbow smelt and Atlantic salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At White Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 68°F and January near 18°F. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. Break-up near early April, freeze-up near mid December: that is the shape of an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On White Lake that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Parking is mapped about half a mile from the bank. Mapping shows a campsite some half a mile from the water. There is a toilet block some half a mile out. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Moores Pond at 1.7 miles is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at White Lake for certain.