Fishing near Groton in Grafton County, NH

3.97 Rating based on 21 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Brook Trout, Sunfish, White Perch
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 75
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 59
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Here's an awesome view of Cockermouth River in Groton, NH.
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This is a pic of Cockermouth River during Autumn.
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Here's a view of the Cockermouth River in Groton, NH during winter.
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Private dock near Groton

Private dock

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Cusk near Groton

Cusk

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Healthy SMB near Groton

Healthy SMB

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Top Fishing Spots near Groton

Cockermouth River
Cockermouth River

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Newfound Lake
Newfound Lake

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Fox Pond At Langdon Park
Fox Pond At Langdon Park

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Fowler River
Fowler River

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Cummins Pond
Cummins Pond

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Stinson Lake
Stinson Lake

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Groton Area Fish Species

Recent Groton Fishing Reports

Newfound Fishing Report Aug 20, 2009

Newfound

Newfound Lake N.H. -

Club weekend tournament. Fished for 3 days. Great first day with best 5 smallies going 14 lbs. 2nd day, day 1 of tournament I was only able to bring 3...

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Cusk Fishing Report Feb 08, 2009

Cusk

Newfound Lake, NH -

Cusk fishing...

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Weekend at the Lake Fishing Report Jun 25, 2012

Weekend at the Lake

Newfound Lake, NH -

Spent the weekend at Newfound Lake in NH. I always have trouble here because I don't bring my boat and for the most part, the fish stay deep. Bu...

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Small basses and small asses  Fishing Report Aug 28, 2012

Small basses and small asses

Newfound Lake, NH -

Another weekend on Newfound Lake found me struggling again with the crystal clear, cold, and deep water. No action all day until dusk. First cast on...

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Newfound Lake 1 Fishing Report Jun 26, 2011

Newfound Lake 1

Newfound Lake, NH -

Everybody told me you can't fish this lake. (Except for the anglers on this site. Way to stay positive!!) Even the guy who sold me bait! In th...

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Newfound Lake and Winnipesaukee Fishing Report May 05, 2013

Newfound Lake and Winnipesaukee

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This weekend I got to go up to my buddies house on Newfound lake. I didn't get up there until about 6 on Friday.i thought id go out out my kayak f...

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Baits and Tackle used near Groton

Check Prices

  • dillie
  • jerk bait
  • I used a white rocket shad while trolling.
  • large shinner weighted
  • pitchin a worm
  • Wacky 4 inch senkos
  • wacky rig senko
  • wacky rig senko & jigs
  • wacky rigged senko & spinnerbait when windy
  • wacky rig senko in various colors.

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • 6 & 7 inch on Rooster Tail and Crankbait

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Dropshot
  • Drop Shot, and Shakeyhead all between 15"-12"
  • Shakey Head - a 1lber and two 10"ers
  • Shakeyhead, and Dropshot. Between a 24" 3lb fatty to 12"
  • All on the Dropshot 1lb 15oz, 1-3/4lb, 1-1/2lb, 1-1/4lb, and 1 just over a lb
  • Dropshot and in the 7" range
  • Dropshot, and C-Rig
    4 Keepers, and 2 Shorts
  • 3 Keepers
    1.47lbs, 1lb 2oz, and 3/4lbs

    Also 2 shorts
  • Dropshot - Too many of these suckers

Roundhead Jig Check Prices

  • yellow jig w/ yellow 2" curly tail power grub

Minnow Check Prices

  • Dead

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • Mostly J7 and J9 rapalas both in Black and Neon Orange
  • reble pop r
  • Popper and around 7"

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Rooster Tail
  • 5" senko in bluegrass color, weightless

Lizard Check Prices

  • Gr pumpkin dipped tail
  • zoom 6" pumpkinseed
  • Same as train track 2

Jigs Check Prices

  • same
    i was trowing a jig and my son was throwing a worm
  • jig & worm

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • wacky rigged senko

    smallies and larrys

Crankbait Check Prices

  • chrome crankbait

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • shakey head
  • jig, fluke,worm,crankbait

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Sinker above a barrel swivel. Then powerbait to help lift the hook off the bottom. Nightcrawler on the hook.
  • same setup as the bass
  • Night crawler on a # 4 GOLD SPINNER
  • Silver 2-way spinner hook.
  • just regular old dillies did the trick here.
  • reg. worms
  • slip sinke rig with nightcrawler injected with air to float off bottom.

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • 3-5' jerk bait
  • deep diveing jerk bait

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • 1st was 6"
    2nd was 1-1/2lbs
    3rd was 10"
  • 1/8oz Rooster Tail
  • all between 7in and 4in
  • FishSeeUV panther martin inline spinner.

Dry Fly Check Prices

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • brass dotted harry lure

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Green with black spots jitter bug
  • zara spook

Worm Check Prices

  • 5" Green tailed YUM worm
  • Fished plastic worms around structures for smallies and large weedless spoon in weeds for pickerel.
  • Yum Watermelon red flak texas rigged weightless
  • Black Gary Yamamotto Worm, hooked weedless
  • Yamamotto
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • 1st was 1-1/2lbs
    2nd was 1lb 14oz
  • 6" bl/bl or watermelon Senkos wacky rigged Deadsticked

    Gr pumkin C rigged lizards dragged slowly
  • Dropshot - 1-1/4lb and a 11"er
  • 4" BP Roadkill senko style

Grub Check Prices

  • Brown curly tailed w/ blue flake weightless
  • Brown curly tailed w/ blue flak weightless
  • Bass Pro Brown with blue flake curly tailed grub

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • Trout magnet 1/64 ounce jig with a white split-tail grub.

Other Check Prices

  • Squid
  • Orange floating Powerbait pellets about 3.5' off the bottom.

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