Fishing near Exeter in Rockingham County, NH

3.54 Rating based on 105 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Tiger Trout, Common Carp, Rainbow Trout, Chain Pickerel, Atlantic Mackerel
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 123
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 280
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Exeter Fishing Photos

exeter harbor near Exeter

exeter harbor

exeter harbor
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cams first bass of the year bigger than dads near Exeter

cams first bass of the year bigger than dads

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first bass of the year open water near Exeter

first bass of the year open water

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Packers Falls near Exeter

Packers Falls

Here's a pic of the set of falls known as Packers Falls on the Lamprey River! It can be a great swimming hole at times!
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Packers Falls near Exeter

Packers Falls

Here's a pic of the area just below Packers Falls while the Lamprey River is at a high point.
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Packers Falls near Exeter

Packers Falls

Here's the sign posted at the site of Packers Falls on the Lamprey River.
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Top Fishing Spots near Exeter

Exeter River
Exeter River

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
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Exeter Reservoir
Exeter Reservoir

Avg. Rating: 3.5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 5533

Squamscott River
Squamscott River

Avg. Rating: 0
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Piscassic River
Piscassic River

Avg. Rating: 1
# Reviews: 1
Views: 3556

Powwow Pond
Powwow Pond

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 6111

Great Bay
Great Bay

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Exeter Area Fish Species

Recent Exeter Fishing Reports

exeter reservoir Fishing Report Apr 30, 2009

exeter reservoir

exeter, nh -

nice place to fish .... alot of over hang ..... the hospital side is really good...

Avg. Rating: 4
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powwow pond Fishing Report Apr 21, 2013

powwow pond

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good day 11 pickerel and two bass windy 51f winds 10...

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Great Pond (kingston Lake) Kingston, N.H. Fishing Report Jul 21, 2011

Great Pond (kingston Lake) Kingston, N.H.

Great Pond(Kingston Lake) Kingston, N.H. -

Great Pond doesn't seem that great for largemouth. I fished all over this place and threw almost everything in my box. didn't catch much, pret...

Avg. Rating: 5
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Fishing with A Fishing Report Jun 01, 2011

Fishing with A

Batchelders Pond, hampton nh -

kid trip...

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lamprey river 2010 Fishing Report Apr 20, 2010

lamprey river 2010

durham nh -

packers falls...

Avg. Rating: 4
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packers falls again Fishing Report Jul 03, 2009

packers falls again

Durham NH -

american eel, large mouth bass (9 inches), Smallmouth bass (10 inches), perch...

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Baits and Tackle used near Exeter

Check Prices

  • rubber worms worked the best
  • Strike King Black Spinnerbait
  • medium golden shiners from merrimac sports
  • Clams or seaworms
  • Used a rattle trap (not sure if there's another name for it. Couldn't find it listed. I'm pretty new still.) I reeled it pretty fast, pause and let it come up a bit and so on. Bass hit it hard about 12 feet from bridge, on right side under some trees.
  • Caught the big one on a bass assasin rubber shad! Arkansas color.
  • Wacky rigged 4" senkos

    White
  • Watermelon Dinger
  • Just good old chunk bait! Fresh Mac's.
  • Calms - 26" ,and a 15"

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • fishing bottom with hand dug worms
  • Fresh live mackeral
  • Mackerel
  • Mackerel on a baitrunner.
  • Clams
  • A "well seasoned" dead Shiner, sent to the bottom.
  • A "well seasoned" dead shiner, sent to the bottom.

Creature Check Prices

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

    strike king crankbait

    white spinnerbait

Tube Check Prices

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

Minnow Check Prices

  • Both on live minnows and panfish jigs
  • Live minnows
  • Live minnow
  • Live Minnows
  • Live Shiner
  • hooked through back on tipup
  • We used Arkansas Shiners and couldn't even get a bite over a 2 1/2 to 3 hour period!
  • pinners

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • Bone Zara spook
  • jitterbug
  • rebel popr
  • rebel pop-r
  • heddon crazy crawler

Lizard Check Prices

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

Jerk Bait Check Prices

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

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Giant white double bladed buzzbait
  • Dark Colors
  • tried a few different lures b4 this one none was working...small spinnerbait
  • Chartuese w/ Green
  • Spinner Baits
    Jigs (Texas Rig)
  • not having any luck with the bass I decided to try for trout and caught a smallmouth instead

Casting & Trolling Spoon Check Prices

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • powerbait nuggets

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • a couple of types of different of single hook only lures
  • Mepps #6 Bronze and Orange
  • 1/8oz Rooster Tail

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • cast masters and diamond jig
  • Non-Keeper
  • Giant swedish pimple
  • shad darts

Nymph Check Prices

  • Gold bead head Prince black

Terrestrial Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • Texas + wacky senkos Black yellow or blue flake and Sidewinder worm blk/red flake
  • Wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • green/white senko , rigged weedless with a 1/0 hook
  • Green/white Senko rigged weedless with a 1/0 red hook
  • Tried Yums And Yamamotos...
    White/Gray,Purple/Black,Tan/Brown,BladeDancer...Finally, old faithful,Watermelon 7"...
  • just a pumpkin 7" worm and a gulp worm
  • reeled real slow, weightless
  • 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.

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Dark senko texas rigged

Soft Baits Check Prices

Craw Check Prices

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

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Copper/Silver 2-way spinner and a Shiner.
  • Bronze 2-Way Spinner and a trout worm.

    Copper/Silver 2-Way Spinner and a Shiner.
  • Spinnerbait
  • Rooster Tail
  • 6/30 on Rooster Tail
    7/22 on Rapala Original Minnow #5
  • Neon yellow Rooster Tail with an orange blade
  • sluggos
  • mepps #3 trebble hook
  • Bronze, Silver/Copper & Florescent Yellow 2-Way spinner hooks with trout worms.
  • Florescent Yellow 2-Way spinner hook and a trout worm.

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • repala 2 1/2" frog countdown

Jigs Check Prices

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

Crankbait Check Prices

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

Bass Jig Check Prices

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

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

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

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.

Nightcrawler Check Prices

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

    Off the bottom. To be expected with Catfish.
  • Silver 2-Way Spinner Hook.

    Off the bottom.
  • Sent to the bottom, just in deeper water than the first two.
  • Silver 2-way spinner hook.
  • Silver 2-Way Spinner Hook.

    Off the bottom. Since Pickerel don't usually bottom feed, and didn't hit on the retrieve, I was a bit surprised...
  • Sent to the bottom, as far into the drop off as I could cast.
  • Silver 2-Way Spinner Hook.

    Off the bottom... and another surprise to pull this guy off the bottom.
  • Sent to the bottom.
  • Sent straight to the bottom and waited it out.

Herring Check Prices

  • chunks

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 - One was about 17", and the Big one was about 30" around 8 or 9 pounds
  • Calms - 25" and a 18"
  • Clams

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • swedish pimp

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Popper

Blade Bait Check Prices

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

Live Baits Check Prices

Panfish Jig Check Prices

Other Check Prices

  • just some good old rainbow paste
  • clams
  • Bread
  • Clam
  • clam
  • shiners, p-bait, worms, small spinners,spoons u name it
  • Maple-Banana Maize
    Pescaviva sweet corn
    Chicks
    Dat Food Boilies Scopex
  • Shiners
  • just your regular brand of hot-dog, essems are the fav.
  • berkley gulp nightcrawler powerbait

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