Fishing near Allenstown in Merrimack County, NH

3.42 Rating based on 62 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Bluegill
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 119
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 292
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Here's a look at Catamount Pond located within Bear Brook State Park in Allenstown, NH.
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little sis watching near Allenstown

little sis watching

At bear brook park in NH
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what kind of fish is this near Allenstown

what kind of fish is this

1 of 2 from Bear Brook Park. Dad got none... :(
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Bass Feeding Frenzy near Allenstown

Bass Feeding Frenzy

Just outside of a swamp marsh
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Top Fishing Spots near Allenstown

Catamount Pond
Catamount Pond

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1
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Bear Brook
Bear Brook

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Catamout Pomd
Catamout Pomd

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1
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Buck Street Island
Buck Street Island

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Head's Pond
Head's Pond

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 1
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Warm Water Outflow Bow Power Plant Merrimack River
Warm Water Outflow Bow Power Plant Merrimack River

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Allenstown Area Fish Species

Recent Allenstown Fishing Reports

Fishing with friends 5.2 Fishing Report Sep 23, 2012

Fishing with friends 5.2

Bear Brook State Park -

After the Suncook Reservoir we headed to Bear Brook to see if we could find some bass. We didn't....

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Onway Lake Fishing Report Jul 30, 2009

Onway Lake

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Best to go early spring. waterskiers on the lake in summer...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Bear Brook St. Park Fishing Report May 24, 2009

Bear Brook St. Park

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well the day was good one ...... We had a picnic ,, played on some swings with the kids , roamed the woods and did some fishing .. We caught 4 brook ...

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Bear Brook State Park Fishing Report Oct 06, 2009

Bear Brook State Park

Beaver Pond, Bear Brook State Park, Allenstown NH -

Left Sunday night for a few nights of camping in Bear Brook State Park, didnt get in and set up til after dark so we didnt get on the water til Monday...

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bear brook state park Fishing Report Jul 03, 2020

bear brook state park

bear brook state park nh -

made a reservation went to the place that said beach parking fished about 30 feet away from the swimming area with a worm caught 20 fish they were gol...

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Fishing with friends 5 Fishing Report Sep 23, 2012

Fishing with friends 5

Suncook River Reservoir -

Went to the Suncook River Reservoir to try something new....

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Baits and Tackle used near Allenstown

Check Prices

  • just used plain worms.
  • All types of baits
  • live, rubber, spinner
  • Plastic worm and Madam X Parchute Fly
  • mepps
  • Green Lizards
  • mepps lure
  • tiki
  • mepps lure agila
  • mepps lure

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • A "well seasoned" dead Shiner, sent to the bottom.
  • A "well seasoned" dead shiner, sent to the bottom.

Creature Check Prices

  • orange pumpkin with red and black flake, watermelon with gold and black flake creatures

    strike king crankbait

    white spinnerbait
  • Berkley Havoc Pit Boss
  • Jigs, Shakyheads with worms or jig trailers, creature baits

Minnow Check Prices

  • pinners
  • Both on live minnows and panfish jigs
  • Live minnows
  • Live minnow
  • This is the first fish I have ever caught using a tip-up device. My other ice fishing catches were done using my normal bass road sitting by a single hole in the ice. I much prefer to do things this way! It was just a small Chain Pickerel however. For bait we were using some live shiners we bought at a local shop. This is also the first time I have ever used those!
  • Here is the first pickerel I caught. Came up early in the day. Nice to have some action early to keep you interested. As usual, it took a live shiner.
  • Here is the fish I caught, which was the first fish of the day, an okay pickerel. Everybody was using live shiners on their tip ups and jig rods.
  • Large shiners
  • We used live Arkansas Shiners with Bobbers
  • Live Minnows

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • jitterbug
  • rebel popr
  • rebel pop-r
  • heddon crazy crawler
  • 3 inch floating Blue & White Rappala

Lizard Check Prices

  • Rubber worm, spinning bait on the edge of the pond, jig middle of pond
  • Fish back right of the pond
  • Thry just don't stop biting those plastic salamanders.
  • Although I got some nibbles on the plastic worms, all of the fish were landed on those plastic salamanders again!
  • I caught this on the same type of blue lizard that I have been hammering the Largemouth with. I was twitching it along the rocky bottom when this guy decided to play.
  • I caught this little guy on the same rig that I caught the Smallmouth on. A blue lizard texas rig.
  • I used those blue lizards again in this shallow area. They always seem to produce well in this lake one way or the other.

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • Caffiene Shad
  • 4.5in Slug-Go
  • 4.5in Slug-go - Arkansas Shad

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • not having any luck with the bass I decided to try for trout and caught a smallmouth instead
  • Spinner Baits
    Jigs (Texas Rig)
  • Chartuese w/ Green

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • black/yellow heddon spook
  • powerbait nuggets

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Use any kind of spinning lure. I do not think there are any bass here, but PLENTY of hard fighting pickerel, and perch.
  • 1/4 ounce
  • a couple of types of different of single hook only lures
  • 1/8oz Rooster Tail
  • Also included in mess of fish attacking the fly spinner was this large sunfish. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure which species it is. I'm guessing it's a Bluegill, due to it's size and lack of red on the gill cover, or blue "war paint." I forgot how much fun catching these fish on light tackle was! The picture is not so good, but it was dark and this was the best I could do.
  • While plying the northern end of the lake by the mouths of the inlet streams, I tossed around one of those Joe's "Fly Spinners." While I didn't get any trout, it turns out that Sunnies and yellow perch couldn't get enough of it!
  • using all types of lures here on this day.. just too cold too chase the hunt,,, lazy b****es
  • all between 7in and 4in

Nymph Check Prices

  • Prince & Copper John
  • Copper John, under a EHC

Terrestrial Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • black/silver flake senko
  • black /silver flake senko
  • black/silverflake senkos
  • blck and red zoom bait crawlers
  • Just any worm
  • wacky-rigged yum dillies
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • wacky-rigged yamamoto dinger
  • Small 1inch white with spinner
  • wacky-rigged yum dillie

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • white zoom flukes
    green yamamoto wacky rigged worm.

    booyah boo jog / craw trailer
  • zoom white flukes
  • white zoom fluke
  • Dark senko texas rigged

Soft Baits Check Prices

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • mepps #3 trebble hook
  • mepps #2
  • mepps
  • sluggos
  • Bronze 2-Way spinner hook & trout worm.
  • Bronze 2-Way Spinner and a trout worm.

    Copper/Silver 2-Way Spinner and a Shiner.
  • Copper/Silver 2-way spinner and a Shiner.
  • Rooster Tail
  • Spinnerbait
  • 6/30 on Rooster Tail
    7/22 on Rapala Original Minnow #5

Craw Check Prices

  • Strike King Rage Tail Rage Craw. June Bug Blue.

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • crawfish Lure
  • crawfish lure
  • crawfish lure
  • i used the bigger crawfish Lure this time
  • repala 2 1/2" frog countdown

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Pro model strike king 6xd sexy shad. # 2 mustad triple grip ultra point treble hooks, 7' mojo bass- st.croix-crank rod, Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon 10lb, revo sx 6.4.1 baitcaster.
  • minnow looking crankbait....
  • Koppers Live Target Rainbow Smelt
  • Strike King sexy shad 2.5
  • Strike King 2.5 sexy shad,Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon 10lb
  • Blue gill crankbait
  • Bluegill squarebill cranks
  • KVD Strike King Pumpkinseed crank
  • Silver shad crank
  • purple/red metallic deep diving crankbait. rattles

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • 5/16 greenpumpkin bitsyjig w/ greenpumpkin rage chunk. Slowly dragged over rocks
  • white zoom flukes
    and brown and green jig with green craw trailer

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • white
  • Senko wacky rig and soft plastic swim baits

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • boomer two feet up
  • with a colorado blade leader
  • colorado blade leader
  • bass werent biting so we made a morning of it useing worms and caught a bunch of small fish.
  • i believe it was a largemouth but could of been a smallmouth
  • half a nightcrawler on a 2 way spinner trolling at#5 back towards boat launch
  • i think i caught a pumpkinseed on a nightcrawler might have been a bluegill
  • Nightcrawlers
  • Nightcrawlers and Snails with a bobber.
  • #8 hook with some weight 8-10 inches up on the line

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • Srike King 3/4 oz red eyed shad,gold black back.7' mojo bass -st.croix crank rod with Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon 10lb.Stop and rip out of surmerged grass.

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • swedish pimp

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Popper

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • micro King
  • Micro King
    Caffiene Shad
  • Gold PK Lure PK Flutter Fish. Awesome lure.
  • Daredevil

Marabou / Bucktail Jig Check Prices

  • I was using the same jig/nightcrawler combintion as last time.

Live Baits Check Prices

  • Worm

Panfish Jig Check Prices

Other Check Prices

  • worms and powerbait
  • power bait baby
  • worms and P.bait
  • berkley gulp nightcrawler powerbait
  • Shiners
  • Curious about the trout-like fish I always see swimming by the boat ramp, I tossed in some powerbait on a light rod to see what they were. Turns out, they were some suckers! You know, they fight pretty hard for their size. I'll keep this spot in mind the next time I need some lake trout bait!
  • just your regular brand of hot-dog, essems are the fav.
  • My buddy used a small crank bait. I used a Neon Yellow rooster tail spinner.

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