Fishing near Sandown in Rockingham County, NH

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  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Common Carp, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 177
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 386
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Rainbow near Sandown

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White Fish near Sandown

White Fish

I was told it's a whitefish. Little guy was almost the size of my lure.
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cams sucker fish 4/19/13 near Sandown

cams sucker fish 4/19/13

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exter river fremont nh near Sandown

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good day 74 windy 4/19/13
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after dinne trip near Sandown

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Top Fishing Spots near Sandown

Angle Pond
Angle Pond

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Spicket River
Spicket River

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Island Pond
Island Pond

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Adams Pond
Adams Pond

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Benjamin Adams Pond
Benjamin Adams Pond

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Ballard Pond
Ballard Pond

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Sandown Area Fish Species

Recent Sandown 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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angle pond Fishing Report Jun 14, 2012

angle pond

angle pond -

smallies and large mouth...

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trout fish Fishing Report Apr 19, 2013

trout fish

exeter river fremont nh -

nice day 74 windy...

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beaver lake Fishing Report Jul 21, 2011

beaver lake

beaver lake -

Derry,nh 7/19/2011 ...

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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...

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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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Baits and Tackle used near Sandown

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  • tiki worms
  • live, rubber, spinner
  • P.bait
  • live worms and random lures any thing will work i have even caught bass here with gummy worms lol
  • Green Lizards
  • Plastic worm and Madam X Parchute Fly
  • All types of baits
  • culprut and gary
  • White Power Eggs
  • White power eggs.

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • A "well seasoned" dead Shiner, sent to the bottom.
  • A "well seasoned" dead shiner, sent to the bottom.
  • fishing bottom with hand dug worms
  • Fresh live mackeral
  • Caught Hornpout with Hard dog food on a hook
  • Mackerel on a baitrunner.
  • Clams
  • Bobber & Shiner.
  • Mackerel

Creature Check Prices

  • 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
  • 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

  • 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
  • pinners
  • We used Arkansas Shiners and couldn't even get a bite over a 2 1/2 to 3 hour period!
  • We used live Arkansas Shiners with Bobbers
  • 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
  • Bone Zara spook
  • 3 inch floating Blue & White Rappala
  • Black buzzbait with a black blade
  • FROG
  • Frog...we also caught em on the jig here too

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

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

  • 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 a pumpkin 7" worm and a gulp worm
  • reeled real slow, weightless
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • 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.

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

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

Soft Baits Check Prices

Lure (Other) Check Prices

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

    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
  • 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.

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 it behind the canoe as I paddeled.
  • Trolled behind canoe while paddling. Rapala jointed minnow fire-tiger pattern.

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
  • Strike King 2.5 sexy shad,Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon 10lb
  • KVD Strike King Pumpkinseed crank
  • Bluegill squarebill cranks
  • Blue gill crankbait
  • Silver shad crank
  • 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
  • Sent to the bottom, just in deeper water than the first two.
  • Neon Yellow 2-way spinner hook.
  • Sent to the bottom.
  • Silver 2-Way Spinner Hook.

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

    Off the bottom.
  • Sent straight to the bottom and waited it out.
  • Silver/Copper 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...
  • Silver 2-way spinner hook.

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

  • Shiners
  • just your regular brand of hot-dog, essems are the fav.
  • worms and P.bait
  • shiners, p-bait, worms, small spinners,spoons u name it
  • just some good old rainbow paste
  • My buddy used a small crank bait. I used a Neon Yellow rooster tail spinner.
  • Dog food boilie
  • Canned Corn
  • Maple-Banana Maize
    Pescaviva sweet corn
    Chicks
    Dat Food Boilies Scopex
  • We used chartreuse Powerbait nuggets with 3/4 oz. weights.

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