Fishing near Chester in Rockingham County, NH

3.4 Rating based on 144 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Tiger Trout, Common Carp, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Rainbow Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 173
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 378
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Chester Fishing Photos

cams sucker fish 4/19/13 near Chester

cams sucker fish 4/19/13

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exter river fremont nh near Chester

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good day 74 windy 4/19/13
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Rainbow near Chester

Rainbow

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White Fish near Chester

White Fish

I was told it's a whitefish. Little guy was almost the size of my lure.
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Onway Lake near Chester

Onway Lake

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5 lb pickerel near Chester

5 lb pickerel

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Top Fishing Spots near Chester

Fordway Brook
Fordway Brook

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Harantis Lake
Harantis Lake

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Adams Pond
Adams Pond

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Calef Pond
Calef Pond

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Onway Lake
Onway Lake

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Dead Pond
Dead Pond

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Chester Area Fish Species

Recent Chester Fishing Reports

1st River 2014 Fishing Report Jun 10, 2014

1st River 2014

Odell Road, Sandown NH -

First time trying out some river fishing. Looking for trout. Accomplished!...

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beaver lake Fishing Report Jul 21, 2011

beaver lake

beaver lake -

Derry,nh 7/19/2011 ...

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Massabesic shallow cove Fishing Report Aug 09, 2012

Massabesic shallow cove

Lake Massabesic -

I went back to the beach I found the last time I came out to Massabesic. I caught a small bass on my first cast and another with the second. A heron f...

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Quick trip Fishing Report Aug 03, 2012

Quick trip

Lake Massabesic -

I spent a few hours fishing Lake Massabesic to try something different. I've never had good luck here, but I decided to try out a new spot anyways...

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Last day on the ice Winter 2013 Fishing Report Mar 11, 2013

Last day on the ice Winter 2013

Beaver Lake, NH -

Took the day off to hit Beaver Lake. Final day on the ice and it was a nice day. Caught a lot of perch, a bluegill, 4 pickerel and 1 bass. Stayed b...

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beaver lake derry Fishing Report Jun 12, 2009

beaver lake derry

beaver lake derry, nh -

took the canoe out cought 1 largemouth bout a pound....
nice till its dark then lots of sketters...

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Baits and Tackle used near Chester

Check Prices

  • live, rubber, spinner
  • All types of baits
  • Plastic worm and Madam X Parchute Fly
  • Green Lizards
  • tiki worms
  • live worms and random lures any thing will work i have even caught bass here with gummy worms lol
  • mepps
  • mepps lure agila
  • P.bait
  • 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.
  • Caught Hornpout with Hard dog food on a hook
  • fishing bottom with hand dug worms
  • Fresh live mackeral
  • Mackerel on a baitrunner.
  • Bobber & Shiner.
  • Clams

Creature Check Prices

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

    strike king crankbait

    white spinnerbait
  • Jigs, Shakyheads with worms or jig trailers, creature baits
  • Berkley Havoc Pit Boss
  • Mixed it up every half hour, the Hog was caught on a pumpkin creature with black flake, but both the black with red flake and watermelon with black flake were effective.
  • Orange Pumpkin Yama creature... my go-to soft plastic

Tube Check Prices

  • T-rigged Pearl Damiki Hydra
    White Ice Zoom Small tube
    White Super Fluke Jr drop-shot
  • 1/4oz white tube jig/ watermelon and and red flake 1/4oz tube jig

Minnow Check Prices

  • Both on live minnows and panfish jigs
  • Live minnows
  • Live minnow
  • pinners
  • Live Minnows
  • Live Shiner
  • We used live Arkansas Shiners with Bobbers
  • We used Arkansas Shiners and couldn't even get a bite over a 2 1/2 to 3 hour period!
  • hooked through back on tipup
  • Used primarily live bait, crawlers and shiners. Creatures work well for bass as well.

Topwater Bait Check Prices

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

Lizard Check Prices

  • Zoom Lizards and creature baits. Texas rigged or on a shaky head jig.
  • hit while sinking
  • Rubber worm, spinning bait on the edge of the pond, jig middle of pond
  • Fish back right of the pond

Jerk Bait Check Prices

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

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

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

Casting & Trolling Spoon Check Prices

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • powerbait nuggets

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • 1/8oz Rooster Tail
  • 1/4 ounce
  • a couple of types of different of single hook only lures
  • Use any kind of spinning lure. I do not think there are any bass here, but PLENTY of hard fighting pickerel, and perch.
  • White Rooster Tail
  • Gold Vibrafox #2
  • silver 1/16 oz single hook rooster tail
  • Try casting farther out with a small spinner for pickerel
  • Caught many fish here over the years on many different baits but the spinners seem to work best
  • Aglia spinner, bronze body, silver flash

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • shad darts
  • Non-Keeper

Terrestrial Check Prices

Nymph Check Prices

  • Gold bead head Prince black

Worm Check Prices

  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • wacky-rigged yamamoto dinger
  • Wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • 7" PowerWorm. Texas Rig.
  • PowerBait rubber worm
  • Trolling a bronze 2-way spinner hook and rather large nightcrawler.
  • Wacky Senko Worm
  • Green and Purple Power Bait 7" power worm. "the hulk". Caught a little guy. Maybe a pound but most likely a little under.
  • Just any worm
  • Texas + wacky senkos Black yellow or blue flake and Sidewinder worm blk/red flake

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Dark senko texas rigged
  • Zoom - Watermelon Seed Fishies - "Bass love 'em"

Soft Baits Check Prices

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • sluggos
  • mepps #3 trebble hook
  • 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
  • mepps
  • Neon yellow Rooster Tail with an orange blade
  • mepps #2

Craw Check Prices

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

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • repala 2 1/2" frog countdown
  • crawfish Lure

Jigs Check Prices

  • silver,green skirt
  • Jig/Teaser - 20" and a 15"
  • 7lber, 5lber, and a couple shorties

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.
  • Strike King sexy shad 2.5
  • Blue gill crankbait
  • Bluegill squarebill cranks
  • KVD Strike King Pumpkinseed crank
  • Silver shad crank
  • Strike King 2.5 sexy shad,Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon 10lb
  • dark colored with red
    Strike king #3
  • and senkos too
  • #3 crank bait dark colored

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • 5/16 greenpumpkin bitsyjig w/ greenpumpkin rage chunk. Slowly dragged over rocks
  • Brown jig with a black n blue trailer. Chigger craw
  • Black n blue jig n pig
  • bucky's/sluggos/worms

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • Senko wacky rig and soft plastic swim baits
  • white

Wet Fly Check Prices

  • Wolly Bugger tied onto spinning tackle, with bobber
  • Wolly Bugger

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • I was chucking a copper colored Thomas spoon
  • 1/8 ounce gold Phoebe

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Nightcrawlers
  • bass werent biting so we made a morning of it useing worms and caught a bunch of small fish.
  • Nightcrawlers and Snails with a bobber.
  • with a colorado blade leader
  • colorado blade leader
  • any thing will work
  • Sent to the bottom, just in deeper water than the first two.
  • Neon Yellow 2-way spinner hook.
  • Silver/Copper 2-way spinner hook.
  • Sent to the bottom.

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.

Saltwater Baits Check Prices

  • Calms
  • Clams
    1st was 25"
    2nd was 20"
  • Calms - All Between 10"-12"
  • Calms - 20" and a 8"or 9"
  • Calms - 25" and a 18"
  • Calms - One was about 17", and the Big one was about 30" around 8 or 9 pounds

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • swedish pimp

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Popper

Blade Bait Check Prices

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

Live Baits Check Prices

Panfish Jig Check Prices

Other Check Prices

  • worms and P.bait
  • Shiners
  • just your regular brand of hot-dog, essems are the fav.
  • worms and powerbait
  • My buddy used a small crank bait. I used a Neon Yellow rooster tail spinner.
  • power bait baby
  • just some good old rainbow paste
  • shiners, p-bait, worms, small spinners,spoons u name it
  • Dog food boilie
  • Canned Corn

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