Fishing near Somersworth in Strafford County, NH

3.37 Rating based on 30 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Tiger Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Atlantic Mackerel, Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 97
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 40
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Somersworth Fishing Photos

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Check out this view of the Cocheco River in Rochester, NH.
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Here's a covered bridge that spans the Cocheco River!
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Here's the Cocheco River in Rochester, NH.
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Big Bass at Bellamey(Madbury Res.) near Somersworth

Big Bass at Bellamey(Madbury Res.)

The bass was ina about four feet of water by some dead wood.

Sorry I don't own a scale but it was big.
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Bellamy Reservoir  near Somersworth

Bellamy Reservoir

lily pads with a few emergent stumps / branches
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Decent Picky near Somersworth

Decent Picky

This is when I remembered I left my forceps in the truck... good thing I remembered the band aids!
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Top Fishing Spots near Somersworth

Cocheco River
Cocheco River

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Great Works River
Great Works River

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Murdock Lake
Murdock Lake

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Beaver Dam Pond
Beaver Dam Pond

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Cider Mill Pond
Cider Mill Pond

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Cox Pond
Cox Pond

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Somersworth Area Fish Species

Recent Somersworth Fishing Reports

Bellamy Res. Fishing Report Nov 12, 2015

Bellamy Res.

Willand Pond -

Large body of water with plenty of shallows in the warmer months, to shallow in many places, but fantastic as the water deepens for Bass, Crappies, an...

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Big bass at the Madbury Res. Fishing Report Jul 29, 2009

Big bass at the Madbury Res.

Madbury Res. on 9 west. -

Nice location just on the outskirts of town. Real clean, no trash just good fishing.

Bass weight? I don't own a scale. Measured 23 inche...

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Bellamy Resevoir Fishing Report Jun 20, 2011

Bellamy Resevoir

Bellamy Resevoir, Madbury NH -

Slow day on Bellamy Res., Fished for a few hours on Sunday morning with a friend. Only landed 3 small largemouth, nothing special....

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Good day , but an odd catch Fishing Report Jul 20, 2014

Good day , but an odd catch

Bellamy Reservoir , Barrington , NH -

Spent a half day out at Bellamy Reservoir in Barrington NH. Fairly productive day as I caught 11 bass 1 pickerel and an eyeball. Not Intentional mind ...

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annual cocheco canoe trip Fishing Report Sep 06, 2012

annual cocheco canoe trip

rochester nh -

closing out the season once again on the Cocheco in Rochester. The milfoil is really bad this year but still worth going. 5 fish total for the afterno...

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Swain's Lake Fishing Report Sep 13, 2011

Swain's Lake

Swains Lake -

Bass Fishing on Swain's Lake, Went out on Swains lake while camping at Barrington Shore's Campground. Went out on a couple of small trips whi...

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Baits and Tackle used near Somersworth

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  • Caught the big one on a bass assasin rubber shad! Arkansas color.
  • Watermelon Dinger
  • Wacky rigged 4" senkos

    White
  • Live linning a mackerel
    I did not weigh it or measure it! I just wanted to get it back in the water as soon as possible before it ate my fingers! It was the biggest blue I ever caught though.
  • nightcrawler with a bobber
  • i don't remember which lure i was using at the time... i will try and remember
  • i started out using nightcrawlers,i had some bites.i ran out of worms and tried using salmon eggs. i caught 3 trout with the eggs in the pool by the dam.
  • rubber worms worked the best

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • senkos
  • 5 inch senkos

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Mackerel

Creature Check Prices

  • Berkley Havoc Pit Boss
  • orange pumpkin with red and black flake, watermelon with gold and black flake creatures

    strike king crankbait

    white spinnerbait

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • phoebe lure

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • zara spook puppy
  • Zara spook puppy

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • crawfish lure
  • crawfish plastic lure
  • i used the bigger crawfish Lure this time
  • crawfish lure
  • crawfish Lure

Lizard Check Prices

  • Rubber worm, spinning bait on the edge of the pond, jig middle of pond
  • zoom Chartruese lizard
  • hit while sinking

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • Caffiene Shad

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Koppers Live Target Rainbow Smelt
  • deep runner crankbait....
  • minnow type Lure
  • tried one of my new Lures. small bait fish looking Lure
  • minnow looking crankbait....
  • Strike King 2.5 sexy shad,Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon 10lb
  • Strike King sexy shad 2.5

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • black/blue boo jig, no trailer, skirt cut back

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • tried a few different lures b4 this one none was working...small spinnerbait
  • i was fishing a homemade tandem rig...weedless green minnow bait and a spinnerbait ...hooked the bas on the spinnerbait...i don't know if the other lure helped or not

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • #8 hook with some weight 8-10 inches up on the line
  • half a nightcrawler on a 2 way spinner trolling at#5 back towards boat launch
  • nightcrawler with weight drifted along the bottom
  • nightcrawler with a bobber
  • nightcrawler with a bobber
  • fished a nightcrawler with a bobber
  • nightcrawler on a bobber above the dam. without a bobber below the dam where i had the most luck
  • fished a nightcrawler on a #4 or 6 snelled hook with a snap swivel
  • nightcrawler with splitshot weight
  • on a bobber

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.

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Zoom Horny Toad in Watermelonseed

Saltwater Baits Check Prices

  • Calms

Stick Bait Check Prices

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Mepps #6 Bronze and Orange
  • a couple of types of different of single hook only lures

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • cast masters and diamond jig
  • Giant swedish pimple

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • Micro King
    Caffiene Shad
  • micro King

Worm Check Prices

  • Green/white Senko rigged weedless with a 1/0 red hook
  • green/white senko , rigged weedless with a 1/0 hook
  • Texas + wacky senkos Black yellow or blue flake and Sidewinder worm blk/red flake
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • Wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • berkley gulp power bait nightcrawler on a #4 or 6 with a bobber.

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Dark senko texas rigged

Other Check Prices

  • berkley gulp nightcrawler powerbait
  • just some good old rainbow paste
  • clams

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