Fishing near Peterborough in Hillsborough County, NH

3.9 Rating based on 45 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Rainbow Trout, Brown Bullhead
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 125
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 146
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Peterborough Fishing Photos

Peterborough fishing photo 1

personal best, 4 lbs. 1 oz
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Peterborough fishing photo 2

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Just After Dawn near Peterborough

Just After Dawn

Caught on or very close to the bottom after a few minutes wait.

*This fish is the upper of the two.
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Right Before Lunch near Peterborough

Right Before Lunch

This one hit well before the bait hit the bottom.

*This fish is the lower of the two.
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Top Fishing Spots near Peterborough

Nubanusit River
Nubanusit River

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Frost Pond
Frost Pond

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Nubanusit Brook
Nubanusit Brook

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Thorndike Pond
Thorndike Pond

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Putnam Lake
Putnam Lake

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Dublin Lake(monadnock Pond)
Dublin Lake(monadnock Pond)

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Peterborough Area Fish Species

Recent Peterborough Fishing Reports

4 Day Weekend Fishing Report Aug 23, 2010

4 Day Weekend

Island Pond, Stoddard,NH -

I haven't made a trip in awhile, mostly because I haven't caught anything special in awhile. Nothing spectacular in this one, but I did get o...

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When Hiking Turns Into Fishing. Fishing Report Jun 24, 2012

When Hiking Turns Into Fishing.

Powder Mill Pond - Bennington, NH -

A great day dodging thunderstorms and exploring unused train tracks.
Very glad I always carry a fishing rod and tackle and had the good sense to pi...

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Kayaking Powder Mill Pond Fishing Report Jul 19, 2012

Kayaking Powder Mill Pond

Powder Mill Pond - Bennington, NH -

More kayaking than fishing since the water was so low, due to spillways being fixed.

There are some fairly large Yellow Perch in this overgrown...

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Happy Trout Day! Fishing Report Apr 29, 2013

Happy Trout Day!

Whittemore Lake - Bennington, NH. -

Opening day for designated trout ponds.
We were on the water before sun up, mostly full moon still looming over the lake and the fish were rising l...

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Hubbard pond N.H Fishing Report Aug 31, 2008

Hubbard pond N.H

trip was taken on 8-31-08 at 4:30am. went fishing on hubbard pond in new hampshire. bass fishing with my son trevor. ...

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contoocook lake ringe n.h. Fishing Report Aug 25, 2009

contoocook lake ringe n.h.

contoocook lake ringe n.h. -

went out for 2 hours from about 2 in the afternoon till around 4 just to check the lake out. caught 2 small large mouth bass about 1 lb.or so.on the w...

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Baits and Tackle used near Peterborough

Check Prices

  • texes rigged senko
  • senko
  • Yamamoto 5" Double Curly Tail Grub
    Booyah Pad Crasher Hollow Body Frog
    KVD 5" Caffeine Shad Swimbait
  • frogs and senkos
  • fished meal worms, night crawlers off the bottom
  • mepps lure
  • mepps
  • mepps lure agila
  • mepps lure

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • dilly worms
  • Caught Hornpout with Hard dog food on a hook
  • Bobber & Shiner.

Minnow Check Prices

  • Large shiners
  • pike shinners, 5 to 7 inches long

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • jitterbug
  • frogs, spinners, and buzz bait

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Bronze 2-Way spinner hook & trout worm.
  • mepps #2
  • mepps
  • Bronze 2-Way spinner hook and a Nightcrawler.

Lizard Check Prices

  • Fish back right of the pond

Crankbait Check Prices

  • shallow running crank baits
  • many different types of lures thrown here will catch the fish
  • purple/red metallic deep diving crankbait. rattles
  • Silver-Chartreuse-Red Shiner.

Bass Jig Check Prices

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Green with one blade. 1/2 oz.

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • Dropshot 12" leader , 1/4 oz weight, with various 3" baits
  • 4" BkBl senko texas rigged on 3/0 Gami hook
  • KVD Caffeine Shad paddletail swimbait.
  • KVD 5" Caffeine Shad Paddletail Swimbait
  • white
  • KVD 5" Caffeine Shad - Light Blue with Silver belly.

Lake Pattern Check Prices

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Bronze 2-way spinner hook.
  • Silver 2-way spinner hook.

    Lazily trolling.
  • Neon Orange 2-way spinner hook.
  • Silver/Silver 2-Way Spinner Hook.
  • Silver/Silver 2-Way Spinner Hook
  • Silver/Copper 2-Way Spinner Hook.
  • Bronze 2-Way Spinner Hook
  • Sherbert (Pink & Orange Glitter) Powerbait.
  • Neon green 2-way spinner hook.
  • Worm + Hook + Bottom = Hornpout.

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Swimming the frog through the pads

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • gary yamamoto senko black with silver flakes.

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Size 1 Mepps Agila, Silver blade
  • using all types of lures here on this day.. just too cold too chase the hunt,,, lazy b****es
  • Asortment of spinners.
  • 1/4 ounce
  • 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

  • EHC

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

Nymph Check Prices

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

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • Chatterbait

Worm Check Prices

  • Silver/Copper 2-way spinner hook.
  • Bronze 2-way spinner hook.
  • Neon yellow 2-way spinner hook.
  • Bronze 2-way spinner hook, size #4
  • Neon Yellow 2-way spinner hook.
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • wacky-rigged yum dingers
  • Black or Brown body with Chartreuse tail
  • Black or Brown with Chartreuse tail
  • gary yattamotto seko black siver flake

Grub Check Prices

  • Yamamoto 5" Double Curly Tail Grub, Green with Red Flakes
    Also caught on KVD 5" Caffeine Shad Paddle Tail Swimbait
  • Yamamoto 5" Curly Tail Grub - watermelon with red flakes.
  • Yamamoto Twin Tail Grub
    Booyah Frog

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Rubber Crawdads, Carolina rigged. The kids switched over to use live bait (night crawlers) about halfway through the trip.
  • Strike King KVD Paddle Tail Swimbait - Silver belly, blue back with glitter specks.
  • yum 5" monny minnows white
  • Zoom - Watermelon Seed Fishies - "Bass love 'em"

Flies Check Prices

  • Fished a wooly bugger with a casting bubble

Other Check Prices

  • 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.

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