Fishing near Bow in Merrimack County, NH

3.59 Rating based on 49 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Bluegill
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 114
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 268
  •  
  • Discuss Bow area fishing in our New Hampshire Fishing Forum

Bow Fishing Photos

Tree in water across from power plant near Bow

Tree in water across from power plant

Added by: thebassmaster
View Full Size
Bow boat launch merrimack river near Bow

Bow boat launch merrimack river

Added by: thebassmaster
View Full Size
Banks/Weeds near Bow

Banks/Weeds

Added by: thebassmaster
View Full Size
Banks south of outflow near Bow

Banks south of outflow

Added by: thebassmaster
View Full Size
tree fall near Bow

tree fall

Added by: chauncey
View Full Size
Weeds near the island near Bow

Weeds near the island

Added by: thebassmaster
View Full Size

Top Fishing Spots near Bow

Firehouse Pond
Firehouse Pond

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 1888

Soucook River
Soucook River

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 3602

Suncook River
Suncook River

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 5872

Good Tip
Good Tip

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 757

Warm Water Outflow Bow Power Plant Merrimack River
Warm Water Outflow Bow Power Plant Merrimack River

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 1170

Pinnacle Pond
Pinnacle Pond

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 3082

Bow Area Fish Species

Recent Bow Fishing Reports

Merrimack River Fishing Report Aug 18, 2013

Merrimack River

Merrimack River Bow NH -

fished some downed trees and logs in the water, turned out good for some largemouth...

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 1 Views:
Review Report
Created by: thebassmaster
Map It
bow boat launch merrimack river Fishing Report Aug 18, 2013

bow boat launch merrimack river

Bow, nh -

afternoon with some black/ blue-flake yamasenkos...

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 1 Views:
Review Report
Created by: thebassmaster
Map It
 some place differnt Fishing Report Sep 02, 2012

some place differnt

pembroke -

boat launch in back of treatment plant...

No Reviews Views:
Review Report
Created by: wizard2z
Map It
Bow Power Plant Outflow Fishing Report Aug 18, 2013

Bow Power Plant Outflow

Bow, NH -

power plant fishing during spawn...

No Reviews Views:
Review Report
Created by: thebassmaster
Map It
Merrimack River Monster Fishing Report Aug 18, 2013

Merrimack River Monster

Bow, NH -

fished just south of the power plant outflow...

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 1 Views:
Review Report
Created by: thebassmaster
Map It
Back to the River Fishing Report Aug 18, 2013

Back to the River

Merrimack River Bow NH -

Went out around 6 pm . First cast was the only succesful one...

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1 Views:
Review Report
Created by: thebassmaster
Map It

Baits and Tackle used near Bow

Check Prices

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

Creature Check Prices

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

    strike king crankbait

    white spinnerbait

Minnow Check Prices

  • pinners
  • Large shiners
  • 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.
  • We used live Arkansas Shiners with Bobbers

Topwater Bait Check Prices

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

Lizard Check Prices

  • Fish back right of the pond
  • Rubber worm, spinning bait on the edge of the pond, jig middle of 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

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)

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.
  • using all types of lures here on this day.. just too cold too chase the hunt,,, lazy b****es
  • 1/4 ounce
  • all between 7in and 4in
  • 1/8oz Rooster Tail

Dry Fly Check Prices

Nymph Check Prices

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

Terrestrial Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • blck and red zoom bait crawlers
  • black/silverflake senkos
  • black /silver flake senko
  • black/silver flake senko
  • wacky-rigged yum dillies
  • Small 1inch white with spinner
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • Just any worm
  • wacky-rigged yum dillie
  • Wacky-rigged yum f2 dinger

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • white zoom fluke
  • white zoom flukes
    green yamamoto wacky rigged worm.

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

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • 6 & 7 inch on Rooster Tail and Crankbait

Soft Baits Check Prices

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • mepps #2
  • mepps #3 trebble hook
  • mepps
  • Bronze 2-Way spinner hook & trout worm.
  • sluggos
  • Bronze, Silver/Copper & Florescent Yellow 2-Way spinner hooks with trout worms.
  • Florescent Yellow 2-Way spinner hook and a trout worm.
  • Rooster Tail

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • crawfish Lure
  • crawfish lure
  • crawfish lure

Jigs Check Prices

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....
  • purple/red metallic deep diving crankbait. rattles
  • Silver-Chartreuse-Red Shiner.

Bass Jig Check Prices

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

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • white
  • Senko wacky rig and soft plastic swim baits

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • boomer two feet up
  • colorado blade leader
  • with a colorado blade leader
  • i think i caught a pumpkinseed on a nightcrawler might have been a bluegill
  • 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
  • Bobber, worm, slow current.
  • Nightcrawlers
  • Nightcrawlers and Snails with a bobber.
  • half a nightcrawler on a 2 way spinner trolling at#5 back towards boat launch

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Popper

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

  • power bait baby
  • worms and powerbait
  • worms and P.bait
  • Rainbow PowerBait. Trout Formula.
  • 2 fish were caught with a Neon Yellow 2-way spinner hook and worm.
    One was caught on a #6 hook and floating orange Powerbait "Trout Nibbles".
    All were caught mid-water, on the retrieve.
  • My buddy used a small crank bait. I used a Neon Yellow rooster tail spinner.
  • berkley gulp nightcrawler powerbait

Stay Updated

Sign up for our weekly newsletter to stay updated on Bow fishing and other New Hampshire fishing. You'll also receive community updates, invites to try new features and promotions from our partners.

NH Fish Finder

Social Links