Fishing near Derry in Rockingham County, NH

3.42 Rating based on 171 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Common Carp, Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 186
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 421
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Derry Fishing Photos

Nice Pickerel near Derry

Nice Pickerel

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Big bass by the Mill near Derry

Big bass by the Mill

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Ballards Pond near Derry

Ballards Pond

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pickerel near Derry

pickerel

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Top Fishing Spots near Derry

Benjamin Adams Pond
Benjamin Adams Pond

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Ballard Pond
Ballard Pond

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Ezekiel Pond
Ezekiel Pond

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Adams Pond
Adams Pond

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Hoods Pond
Hoods Pond

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Views: 5876

Horns Pond
Horns Pond

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Derry Area Fish Species

Recent Derry Fishing Reports

pickerel Fishing Report Jun 13, 2009

pickerel

eziekel pond -

cought 1 pickerel , had a few bites ,very very grown in now...

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fish on Fishing Report Jun 13, 2009

fish on

eziekel pond -

1 pickerel...

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Beaver Lake yet again Fishing Report May 23, 2009

Beaver Lake yet again

Beaver Lake, Derry NH -

My wife and I took the canoe out on the western part of Beaver lake. We caught an assortment of fish including large pickeral and perch on spinnerbait...

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Kids Day out Fishing Report May 11, 2009

Kids Day out

Beaver Lake, Derry NH -

Took my three girls fishing. First time for 2 of them. Caught 7 trout between the three of them. They had a blast!...

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beaver lake Fishing Report Nov 17, 2008

beaver lake

derry nh -

small pond in derry off 102...

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beaver lake Fishing Report Jul 21, 2011

beaver lake

beaver lake -

Derry,nh 7/19/2011 ...

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Baits and Tackle used near Derry

Check Prices

  • tiki worms
  • live worms and random lures any thing will work i have even caught bass here with gummy worms lol
  • P.bait
  • Green Lizards
  • Plastic worm and Madam X Parchute Fly
  • live, rubber, spinner
  • i used corn
  • mepps lure
  • All types of baits
  • wacky rig garry yamamoto

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
  • Bobber & Shiner.
  • fishing bottom with hand dug worms
  • Fresh live mackeral
  • Clams
  • Mackerel on a baitrunner.

Creature Check Prices

  • Jigs, Shakyheads with worms or jig trailers, creature baits
  • 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
  • orange pumpkin with red and black flake, watermelon with gold and black flake creatures

    strike king crankbait

    white spinnerbait
  • My 2 Bass were:
    14in 1lb 2oz
    12.5in 13oz
  • all 6 Pickerel were btween 16in and 10in, 4 on Creature Bait, and 2 on Jerkbait
  • Berkley Havoc Pit Boss

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

  • Live minnow
  • Live minnows
  • Both on live minnows and panfish jigs
  • 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!
  • pinners
  • hooked through back on tipup
  • Used primarily live bait, crawlers and shiners. Creatures work well for bass as well.

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • 3 inch floating Blue & White Rappala
  • jitterbug
  • rebel popr
  • rebel pop-r
  • heddon crazy crawler
  • Bone Zara spook
  • Frog...we also caught em on the jig here too
  • FROG
  • Black buzzbait with a black blade

Lizard Check Prices

  • Zoom Lizards and creature baits. Texas rigged or on a shaky head jig.
  • hit while sinking
  • Fish back right of the pond

Jerk Bait Check Prices

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

Fly (Other) Check Prices

  • Joes fly

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Spinner Baits
    Jigs (Texas Rig)
  • Chartuese w/ Green
  • not having any luck with the bass I decided to try for trout and caught a smallmouth instead
  • Giant white double bladed buzzbait
  • Dark Colors
  • Fire Tiger, Double Willow
  • See photo - chartreuse 3" Mr. Twister trailer.

Casting & Trolling Spoon Check Prices

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Ribbit frog

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • powerbait nuggets
  • Trolling main channel

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • 1/8oz Rooster Tail
  • 1/4 ounce
  • White Rooster Tail
  • Gold Vibrafox #2
  • 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
  • Aglia spinner with bronze body, silver flash
  • silver 1/16 oz single hook rooster tail
  • Use any kind of spinning lure. I do not think there are any bass here, but PLENTY of hard fighting pickerel, and perch.

Dry Fly Check Prices

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • shad darts
  • Non-Keeper

Terrestrial Check Prices

Nymph Check Prices

  • Gold bead head Prince black

Worm Check Prices

  • 7" PowerWorm. Texas Rig.
  • PowerBait rubber worm
  • Trolling a bronze 2-way spinner hook and rather large nightcrawler.
  • Yamamoto!
  • 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.
  • Power Worm. Texas Rig.
  • Weedless Texas rig with a rubber Zoom watermelon worm. Switched to a powerbait worm. There are some giant bass in this lake. The biggest bass of the day never made it to the boat. It snapped my 8lb line during the fight.
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • Silver/Copper 2-way spinner hook.

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

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

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Dropshot
  • Senko and Dropshot

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • sluggos
  • 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
  • Neon yellow Rooster Tail with an orange blade
  • Bronze, Silver/Copper & Florescent Yellow 2-Way spinner hooks with trout worms.
  • Florescent Yellow 2-Way spinner hook and a trout worm.
  • Bronze 2-Way spinner hook & trout worm.

Craw Check Prices

  • Strike King Rage Tail Rage Craw. June Bug Blue.
  • Yum black/blue craw

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • repala 2 1/2" frog countdown
  • Trolled behind canoe while paddling. Rapala jointed minnow fire-tiger pattern.
  • trolled it behind the canoe as I paddeled.

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.
  • Blue gill crankbait
  • Bluegill squarebill cranks
  • KVD Strike King Pumpkinseed crank
  • Silver shad crank
  • Shiners are cheating here...
    Have to use your shallow swimmer crank bait.
  • Strike King sexy shad 2.5
  • Strike King 2.5 sexy shad,Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon 10lb
  • purple/red metallic deep diving crankbait. rattles
  • Silver-Chartreuse-Red Shiner.

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • 5/16 greenpumpkin bitsyjig w/ greenpumpkin rage chunk. Slowly dragged over rocks
  • Black n blue jig n pig
  • Brown jig with a black n blue trailer. Chigger craw
  • Pumpkin jig with pumpkin worm trailer.
  • 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

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

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Nightcrawlers
  • Nightcrawlers and Snails with a bobber.
  • any thing will work
  • Silver/Copper 2-way spinner hook.
  • Sent to the bottom, just in deeper water than the first two.
  • Sent to the bottom.
  • Sent straight to the bottom and waited it out.
  • Silver 2-Way Spinner Hook.

    Off the bottom.
  • Neon Yellow 2-way spinner hook.
  • Silver 2-Way Spinner Hook.

    Off the bottom. To be expected with Catfish.

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 - 25" and a 18"
  • Calms - 20" and a 8"or 9"
  • 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

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

Live Baits Check Prices

  • Dough Ball

Panfish Jig Check Prices

Other Check Prices

  • Shiners
  • 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.
  • We used chartreuse Powerbait nuggets with 3/4 oz. weights.
  • Power Bait, yellow. Used on #12 treble hook.
  • We used Chartreuse Powerbait Nuggets with a 3/4 ounce weight.
  • a mixture of ice tips using minnows , power eggs( can't tell you the color) and a mixture of lures .....
  • Dog food boilie
  • Canned Corn
  • worms and P.bait

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