The 9.4 mile shoreline of Mascoma Lake is heavily developed with public and private beaches, hotels, cabins and private camps. Nevertheless, Mascoma Lake sits in a very pretty valley and offers good fishing. Average ice-out is during the 2nd week of May. There are public and private launch sites so there is no problem with access. Besides fishing for warm water species in the summer, there is good ice fishing, especially for the heavy population of Rainbow Smelt, which may also be dipped from the Mascoma River in the spring. Rainbow and Brown Trout have been stocked here for several years now, with the best fishing in spring, fall and through the ice.
Mascoma Lake is a 1,165-acre (4.71 km2)[1] lake in western New Hampshire, United States. Most of the lake is located within the town of Enfield, while a small portion is within the city of Lebanon, where it drains into the Mascoma River, a tributary of the Connecticut River.