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Celebrating 150 Years of Fisheries Management Greetings, anglers! With 12,000 miles of rivers and streams and 975 lakes and ponds in New Hampshire, you are never far from great fishing. It’s worth reflecting that the healthy fisheries we enjoy today are here thanks to careful management that dates back to the watershed year of 1865. By the mid-1800s, New Hampshire’s fish populations were rapidly being depleted. Recognizing this problem, ON THE COVER: on June 30, 1865, the State Legislature established the Largemouth Bass Commission on Fisheries to “consider the subject of the (illustration by Al Agnew) restoration of sea fish” and “the introduction of new varieties of fresh water fish” to the Merrimack and Connecticut Rivers. The new Commission understood that fish were an important economic asset. Even then, they recognized that sufficiently stocked waterways benefited people and com- munities alike, from serving as a source of food to providing a boost to the economy as travelers spent money in local businesses as they fished New Hampshire’s waters. In addition to restoring sea-run fish, the Fisheries Commission was given the task of introducing new types of freshwater fish to the state. With this in mind, in 1877, the Fisheries Commission appealed to the State Legislature for a $500 appropriation to erect a “hatching house” to propagate fish. That year, the first state fish hatchery was established at Livermore Falls in Holderness. CONTENTS Funding was scarce for fisheries management in the early days. Hunters, who had been buying licenses since 1903, called for anglers to pay their fair share, and the 2 Contact Information Fishing License Law passed in 1917. 5 Wildlife Heritage Foundation of N.H. A new era for fisheries management was ushered in with the Passage of the Sport Fish Restoration Act in 1950. Thanks to this far-sighted legislation, Federal funds 6 License Information from an excise tax on angling equipment and motorboat fuels provided a dedicated source of revenue for fisheries research, habitat restoration, recreational boating access, 7 License Fees construction of fish hatcheries and aquatic education. The years that followed saw 8 Definitions gradual, but important, changes to the hatchery system, along with the introduction of science-based management. 10 Important Laws and Rules Today, we stock nearly a million trout for your angling enjoyment, and fisheries biologists can track the travels of fish using remote transmitters! 12 Rules for Lakes and Ponds What will the future look like for New Hampshire’s fish and wildlife? It is up to the 21 Reel Fun: Go Fish With the Kids future generation of conservationists and the public, cooperatively, to continue this legacy through an independent, well-funded Fish and Game Department. 22 Rules for Rivers and Streams 27 N.H. Record and Trophy Fish 28 Boating in N.H. 30 Ice Fishing Glenn Normandeau Executive Director 33 Freshwater Smelt Rules N.H. Fish and Game Department 34 Fish Identification 36 Stop Aquatic Hitchhikers 37 Baitfish Information N.H. Fish and Game — Our Mission As the guardian of the state’s fish, wildlife and marine resources, the New Hampshire 38 Interstate Waters: VT, ME, MA Fish and Game Department works in partnership with the public to: 40 Fish Consumption Guidelines • Conserve, manage and protect these resources and their habitats; • Inform and educate the public about these resources; and 41 Sunrise/Sunset Tables • Provide the public with opportunities to use and appreciate these resources.

The N.H. Fish and Game Department receives Federal Assistance from the US Fish & Wildlife Service, and thus prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability, age and sex, pursuant to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975. If you believe you have been discriminated against in any program, activity or service, please contact or write the US Fish & Wildlife Service, Division of Wildlife and Sport Fish Restoration, 4001 N. Fairfax Drive, Mail Stop: WSFR – 4020, Arlington, Virginia 22203, Attention: Civil Rights Coordinator for Public Programs. Jan. 1–Dec. 31, 2015 NEW HAMPSHIRE Fish and Game Department N.H. Fish & Game Telephone Numbers FRESHWATER FISHING Law Enforcement 2015 DIGEST Questions about New Hampshire Fishing Laws...... (603) 271-3127 Dispatch...... (603) 271-3361 State of New Hampshire Regular Hours: 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Mon.–Fri. Margaret W. Hassan, Governor Sept. 1 to Dec. 7: Seven days a week, 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Glenn Normandeau, Executive Director New Hampshire Fish and Game Department To Report Violations 24 Hours A Day 11 Hazen Drive • Concord, New Hampshire 03301 Operation Game Thief ��1-800-344-4262 or WildNH.com/OGT Law Enforcement Districts Off Highway Recreational Vehicle (laws/education)...... (603) 271-3129 District 1 N.H. Fish and Game Region 1, 629B Main St. Headquarters/License Office...... (603) 271-3421 Lancaster, NH 03584 Executive Director’s Office...... (603) 271-3511 (603) 788-3164 Inland Fisheries...... (603) 271-2501 Lt. Wayne Saunders License Agent Accounting/OHRV Registry...... (603) 271-2743 District 2 License Information...... (603) 271-3421 Region 2, Box 417 Marine Fisheries...... (603) 868-1095 New Hampton, NH 03256 Nuisance Wildlife Questions...... (603) 223-6832 (603) 744-5470 Public Affairs...... (603) 271-3211 Lt. James Goss Wildlife Programs...... (603) 271-2461 District 3 Regional Offices Region 2, Box 417 Region 1: Lancaster...... (603) 788-3164 New Hampton, NH 03256 Region 2: New Hampton...... (603) 744-5470 (603) 744-5470 Region 3: Durham...... (603) 868-1095 Lt. James Kneeland Region 4: Keene...... (603) 352-9669 District 4 About This Publication Region 4, 15 Ash Brook Court This publication is a summary of fishing regulations. It is not Keene, NH 03431 the full laws or rules. It is intended only as a guide to inform the (603) 352-9669 angler of seasons and other necessary information. Lt. David Walsh For more detailed information concerning regulations, consult the New District 5 Hampshire Fish and Game Law Book, Fish and Game Administrative Fish and Game HQ Rules, or contact your local Conservation Officer. Fish and Game 11 Hazen Drive laws and rules may be viewed at any Fish and Game office (contact Concord, NH 03301 information on this page); Legislative Services, Administrative Rules, (603) 271-3361 in the State House Annex, 25 Capitol St., Room 219, Concord, NH Lt. James Juneau 03301; and at FishNH.com or nh.gov. A compendium of Fish and District 6 Game laws may also be purchased at Department headquarters in Region 3, 225 Main St. Concord for $41. Durham, NH 03824-4732 This publication is partially paid for through the sale of advertising. (603) 868-1095 The New Hampshire Fish and Game Department neither endorses Lt. Michael Eastman products or services listed or claims made; nor accepts any liability arising from the use of products or services listed. Fish and Game Commissioners The numbers on this page are the home phone numbers of Fish and Game © 2014 N.H. Fish and Game Department. All rights reserved. Commissioners. Please use discretion with the timing of your calls. For emergency calls after hours, contact N.H. State Police or your local police. For questions about N.H. fishing laws, call (603) 271-3127. Belknap County Coos County Rockingham County John W. McGonagle Theodore A. Tichy James W. Ryan (603) 524-3134 Chair Secretary/Treasurer (603) 449-2244 (603) 942-8579 facebook.com/nhfishandgame Carroll County David L. Patch Grafton County Strafford County Vice Chair Sharon Guaraldi Vacant (603) 387-3771 (603) 448-4072 Sullivan County This digest, with enlarged type, Cheshire County Hillsborough County Thomas H. Hubert is available for the visually impaired. Robert Phillipson, Jr. Walter Morse (603) 863-9213 (603) 352-8336 (603) 464-3797 Call N.H. Fish and Game Public Affairs Coastal Merrimack County Division at (603) 271-3211. Fred Clews, Jr. Vincent Greco (603) 926-5072 (603) 715-9091 2 2015 New Hampshire Freshwater Fishing Digest

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4 2015 New Hampshire Freshwater Fishing Digest WILDLIFE HERITAGE FOUNDATION OF NEW HAMPSHIRE The Wildlife Heritage Foundation of New Hampshire is the official non-profit partner of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Depart- ment. The foundation raises money and works with wildlife professionals and conservation education partners to fund Fish and Game’s conservation of wildlife and natural places important to New Hampshire family tradi- tions such as fishing, hiking, hunting, and watching wildlife. In recent years, the foundation has supported a wide range of projects, including aerial stocking of trout into remote ponds, moni- toring river herring passage on the Lamprey River, kiosks for the Connecticut Lakes Natural Area, Fish and Game’s Landowner Relations Wildlife Legacy Initiative Program, Conservation Canine search and rescue dogs, publication of Wild Times for Kids, Supporting Fish and Game’s Landowner Relations Program improvements at Owl Brook Hunter Education If you love New Hampshire’s fish, wildlife and wild places, give a little extra this year when you Center and Barry Conservation Camp. buy your fishing or hunting license or make a donation. Support the Wildlife Legacy Initiative Funding for the Wildlife Heritage Founda- and help the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department’s Landowner Relations Program, tion’s grants program comes from individual working to keep New Hampshire open to all outdoor users by protecting access to private land. and corporate donors and from the annual auc- When you contribute to the Wildlife Legacy Initiative, be assured that 100% of your donation of fish and game permits and licenses. The tion goes to support an important New Hampshire effort. The Landowner Relations Program foundation accepts general and targeted cash actively encourages local landowners and hunters, anglers and wildlife watchers to maintain donations, as well as planned gifts and tangible access to open lands and helps to address issues and concerns landowners face in providing assets; most contributions are tax-deductible. this access on their property. Learn more at WildNH.com/landshare To learn more about the foundation or make an You can donate when you buy your license — in person or online at WildNH.com. Just check online donation, visit nhwildlifeheritage.org off the $10 Wildlife Legacy Donation…and thank you! or contact (603) 496-2778 or admin@nhwildlifeheritage.org. Thanks for your support!

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FishNH.com 5 LICENSE INFORMATION Fishing licenses are required for people 16 Violation/Revocation years of age and older. Review page 7 for Violation of any fishing law or rule, littering, license information. or criminal trespass (RSA 214:19; 207:36-b; 635:2) will result in the revocation of your How To Use This Book fishing license or privilege. 1. Review License Information on pages 6–7; Definitions on pages 8–9; Important Laws Exceptions and Rules, including Unlawful Actions on pages A fishing license is not required for children 10–11; and Ice Fishing Rules on page 31. under the age of 16 (RSA 214:2). 2. If you want to fish a lake or pond, check to see if it is listed in Lakes & Ponds with Special Fisheries Habitat Fee Rules (pages 14–20). All freshwater anglers pay a $1 fisheries habitat »» If it is listed, make note of any restrictions, fee, which is included in the license price. Rev- seasons, bag limits, methods or additional/ enue is used to improve and restore fisheries special rules shown. For those lakes and habitats. For more information, see page 32. ponds listed as Trout Ponds, Fly-fishing only, Wild Trout or Lake Trout and/or Residency Requirements Salmon waters, refer to Lakes & Ponds: To obtain a license at resident rates, the per- Special Rules on page 12. son must present to the issuing agent a valid »» If the lake or pond is not listed on pages New Hampshire driver’s license or non-driver’s 14–20, follow Lakes & Ponds: General picture identification card issued by the N.H. Rules (page 13), including seasons, bag Department of Safety, Div. of Motor Vehicles. limits, etc., as shown. Whenever the applicant is under 18 years of 3. If you want to fish a river or stream, check age, the parent or guardian of the applicant to see if it is listed in Rivers & Streams with shall be a resident and present their valid Special Rules (pages 23–26). N.H. driver’s license or non-driver’s picture »» If it is listed, make note of any restrictions, identification. seasons, bag limits, methods or additional/ Note: Any person who is no longer a legal special rules shown for the specified resident of the state, but still retains a valid section. N.H. driver’s license, is guilty of a misde- »» If the river or stream is not listed on pages meanor if he/she tries to obtain a resident 23–26, follow Rivers & Streams: General fishing, hunting or trapping license based on Rules (page 22), including seasons, bag this driver’s license. limits, etc., as shown. 4. Interstate Waters — see pages 38–39. Military Licenses N.H. residents who are regular active duty in Buying a License the US Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, or Fishing and hunting licenses, valid Jan. 1 to Coast Guard permanently stationed outside the Dec. 31 of each year, may be purchased online state are eligible for free temporary hunting and via FishNH.com, from license agents, Fish and fishing licenses and may acquire them at no Game Department headquarters in Concord, charge. Available at N.H. Fish and Game Head- Fish and Game Region 1, 2 and 4 offices and quarters in Concord; Region 1, 2 and 4 offices; some town or city clerks. Applicants must pur- or by mail or fax (603) 271-5829 (download chase their own licenses. an Active Duty Military License application from the Fish and Game website and send with Lost Licenses duty orders). A copy of duty orders must be Lost licenses may be reprinted at the origi- presented for verification. Call (603) 271-3422 nal issuing agent or Fish and Game’s Concord for information. headquarters, once at no charge. Non-resident military personnel on regular, active duty, and permanently stationed in New Hampshire, may purchase licenses at N.H. resident rates.

6 2015 New Hampshire Freshwater Fishing Digest LICENSES: FEES & REQUIREMENTS

TYPE OF LICENSE 2015 FEE AGE Carry Your License Resident Hunting & Freshwater Fishing* $46.00 16–68 The license must be carried on your per- Proof of hunter ed. course or previous hunting license required. son when fishing or hunting. For fishing Resident 1-Day Freshwater Fishing* $10.00 16–68 licenses (not hunting), a pdf or other fixed image of a valid license visible on a smart Resident Freshwater Fishing* $35.00 16–68 phone is sufficient to comply with the law, Recreational Saltwater Fishing† $11.0 0 16+ as long as a Conservation Officer can view the information contained on the license, Resident Hunting and/or Freshwater Fishing age 68 or older* and a photo ID can be presented. Must be resident 2 yrs. Invalid if applicant moves out of state. Free 68+ Deer tag not issued—see Hunting Digest. Proof of hunter ed. course or previous hunting license required for hunting license. N.H. RESIDENTS

Duplicate Licenses Lost licenses may be reprinted at the original issuing agent or at Fish Free n/a and Game headquarters in Concord once at no charge. New! Non-resident Student Licenses Nonresident Hunting & Freshwater Fishing* $141.00 16+ Full-time students attending school in New Proof of hunter ed. course or previous hunting license required. Hampshire may purchase non-resident Nonresident Freshwater Fishing* (all species) $53.00 16+ fishing (freshwater or recreational saltwater) or hunting licenses at resident rates. † Recreational Saltwater Fishing $11.0 0 16+ Students may be in high school, college or Nonresident 1-Day Freshwater Fishing* $15.00 16+ graduate school; they must be registered for at least 12 credit hours per semester. Nonresident 3-Day Freshwater Fishing* (consecutive days only) $28.00 16+ To get the reduced rate, you must show a Nonresident 7-Day Freshwater Fishing* (consecutive days only) $35.00 16+ valid, current school ID. These licenses are

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FishNH.com 7 DEFINITIONS

Angling: The taking of fish by line in hand or of, an attached single hook for bait. The weight Ice fishing device: Any device used to take rod in hand to which is attached a cast of artifi- must rest on the bottom of the lake. The device fish through the ice, including a tip-up, jig cial flies, or an artificial bait, or hooks, or other shall be plainly marked with name and address stick, rod in hand or handline, exclusive of a devices for the attachment of bait. A person may of the person using it. These devices may only cusk fishing device. use up to two lines. Rod holders are permitted. be used on certain approved waterbodies listed Ice-in: That period when the surface of a body on page 31. Artificial bait: Any fishing bait constructed of water or a portion thereof is covered with by humans as an imitation or substitute for Fly: A hook dressed with feathers, hair, thread, sufficient ice to safely support a person. natural bait or fish forage and includes, but tinsel or any similar material to which no spin- Inclusion of dates: Whenever a period is is not limited to spinners, spoons, poppers, ner, spoon or similar device is added. named during which an act is permitted or plugs, jigs and plastic, rubber or other artificial Fly-fishing: Fishing by trolling or casting with prohibited, both the first and second dates imitations of natural bait. Artificial bait does only fly rod, fly reel, and fly line combination named shall be included within such period. not include a fly. with an artificial fly or cast of artificial flies Man-made opening: A hole in the ice made Bag and creel limit: The number or weight attached, and does not include the use of spin- by an ice cutting tool, including but not lim- of any kind of wildlife permitted to be killed ning, spincast, and casting rods and reels and ited to augers, chisels, and saws. Man-made in a specified time. lead core lines. openings shall not include areas that remain Bait: Dead or live natural bait whether in part Ice fishing: Taking freshwater fish during the ice-free due to current and movement created or whole and includes but is not limited to fish, open season through man-made openings in by dock aerators and similar devices. mollusks, crustaceans, amphibians, inverte- the ice by the use of ice fishing devices. brates, reptiles, or their progeny or eggs, and power bait or any ingestible substance. Black bass: Largemouth and smallmouth bass. Check out FishNH.com for Brook trout: Brook, Rainbow, Brown and Golden fishing reports, stocking reports trout, Loch Leven trout and all their hybrids. and tournament info! Cast of artificial flies: No more than 3 flies. Closed Season: That period of time during which fish, game, wild or fur-bearing animals or marine species may not be taken or killed, and all periods of time not included within the open season. Culling: The act of exchanging a fish for one of the same species already in possession. Cusk fishing device: A device for storing line in a manner which is not free-running and is securely attached to the device and to which is attached a sinker, weighing at least one ounce, not more than 6 inches above, and independent

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8 2015 New Hampshire Freshwater Fishing Digest DEFINITIONS

Minimum length or minimum total length: whether they result in taking or not. Includes The shortest total length of a fish allowed to every attempt to take and every act of assistance be taken. to every other person in taking or attempting N.H. Free Fishing Day to take wildlife, provided that whenever taking Saturday, June 6, 2015 Net: Any open fabric constructed of string, is allowed by law, reference is had to taking by cord, thread, or wire knotted or woven together • Freshwater and saltwater fishing lawful means and in lawful manner. in such a way as to be capable of entraining or by angling only entrapping finfish. Tandem fly: Two single pointed hooks dressed • NO LICENSE REQUIRED with feathers, hair, thread, tinsel or any similar Open Season: That period of time during material and joined together by a single strand • Resident or Nonresident which wildlife may be legally taken or killed. of wire or line, one behind the other to form a • All other regulations apply Set line: An unattended line placed in the fresh single artificial fly. There shall be no spinner, waters of the state (including through the ice) spoon or similar device added. for the purpose of taking fish, which is not Tip-up: A fishing device for storing line, under the direct view and control of the person designed to be set through the ice and to indi- placing the line. Did You Know? cate when something has disturbed the bait Single hook artificial lure: An artificial lure attached thereto. While designated Trout Ponds are closed with one single hook with not more than 3 from October 16 to the fourth Saturday in Total length: The greatest possible length of hook points. April, many ponds and lakes remain open the fish with mouth closed and caudal (tail) fin for trout fishing year round. Snagging, snatching, or lifting: The taking or rays squeezed together to give the maximum attempting to take of any fish by foul hooking; overall measurement. For all fish that have that is, hooking the fish in any part of the body a total length limit, the head and tail must other than inside the mouth. remain intact while on or leaving the waters of the state. Landowner Protections Take or Taking: Includes pursuing, shooting, hunting, killing, capturing, trapping, snaring, Tributary: Any waters flowing directly or indi- New Hampshire State law provides certain and netting wildlife, and all lesser acts, such as rectly into a waterbody. protections for landowners who open their disturbing, harrying, worrying, wounding, or land to those using it for outdoor recreation. Trolling: Angling by trailing a line from a vessel placing, setting, drawing, or using any net or Learn more at WildNH.com/dutyofcare. defined in RSA 270-D:1 XI being propelled by other device commonly used to take wildlife, machinery, electric, or manual power.

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FishNH.com 9 IMPORTANT LAWS & RULES • Possession and use of live fish for bait: not over one inch in diameter, or a circular marked with the name and address of the Only the following species shall be pos- drop net not over 48 inches in diameter; or owner and user. sessed and used as live fish for bait when a square net of equal area. Each trap must • While anglers are being guided, as defined fishing any freshwaters of the state:rain - have the angler’s name and address on it. in RSA 207:1 XII and XIII, and taking fresh- bow smelt (Osmerus mordax), longnose dace Daily limit 2 quarts (liquid measure). There water fish by trolling (as defined on page (Rhinichthys cataractae), blacknose dace is no daily limit for white suckers. 9) the number of lines being used for (Rhinichthys atratulus), northern redbelly • Commercial harvesting of bait fish is per- angling shall not exceed the legal number dace (Phoxinus eos), lake chub (Couesius mitted with a bait dealer’s license and under of lines allowed for each angler, excluding plumbeus), creek chub (Semotilius atromacu- specific rules. The license is available from the the guide(s). latus), fallfish( Semotilius corporalis), golden New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas), common • Fishing tournaments on New Hampshire shiner (Luxilus cornutus), emerald shiner • While taking fish in open water, two waters require a permit. Applications are (Notropis atherinoides), spottail shiner (Notro- hooks may be used for bait per line, one taken on a first-come, first-served basis pis hudsonius), silvery minnow (Hybognathus with a single hook point and the other with and are available from the New Hampshire nuchalis), creek chubsucker (Erimyzon oblon- no more than three hook points, except for Fish and Game Department (except for bass gus), longnose sucker (Catostomus catosto- certain lake trout and salmon lakes, where tournaments). mus), white sucker (Catostomus commersoni) only a single hook with a single hook point • Bass fishing tournaments: Applications and killifish/tomcod( Fundulus sp.). may be used (see pages 14–20). are accepted beginning October 1 for • Approved bait fish species (excluding permits requested for the following year. white suckers) may be taken for personal Applications for each bass tournament event use by licensed anglers with up to six traps • A person may use up to 2 lines for open- received between October 1 and Decem- not over 18 inches long each, with an opening water fishing. ber 1 will be assigned a random computer- generated number. Applications received • The taking of brook trout, brown trout, after December 1 will be issued a sequen- rainbow trout, lake trout, trout hybrids, tial number on a first-come, first-served Ban on Lead and salmon between two hours after sunset basis. When there are multiple requests and one hour before sunrise is prohibited. Sinkers and Jigs for bass tournaments on the same date and State law prohibits the use of certain size • Traps, nets, fish houses, holding boxes or waterbody, preference will be given to the lead sinkers and jigs in all fresh waters of other receptacles used to take, hold or to application(s) for bass tournament(s) with New Hampshire. The ban prohibits the use keep live bait fish in public waters must be the lowest assigned number(s). of lead sinkers weighing 1 ounce or less and lead jigs less than 1 inch long along their longest axis. The sale of these lead sinkers and jigs is prohibited in the state Keep VHS Out of New Hampshire. Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia or VHS virus is a fish disease that arrived in the Great Lakes region just a few years ago. VHS is not a threat to people who handle or eat infected fish, but it can kill more than 25 fish species—making it the most significant fish disease problem in the US in the last 50 years, with the potential to devastate freshwater fish populations. When in doubt about To date, there have been no VHS-infected fish collected in New Hampshire, but the virus has whether a fish you have been found in several New York waters, and in Lake Champlain in Vermont; there is a real threat that it will reach our waters over time. There is no vaccination or cure for the disease, so it can’t caught is legal, play be controlled—only contained. You can help by not moving fish, including baitfish, from one it safe and release waterbody to another. If you suspect VHS virus or see a fish kill, immediately report it to N.H. the fish unharmed. Fish and Game at (603) 271-2501.

Catch & Release • Time is of the essence. Play and release the fish as quickly and carefully as possible. • When landing a fish, use a net with fine mesh or rubber net to avoid injury. A net is prob- ably not necessary for small fish. Keep the fish in the water as much as possible. A fish out of water is suffocating and could be injured. • When releasing a fish, handle it as little as possible when removing the hook. When handling the fish, do not let it flop around or squeeze it. Gently hold the fish around the Wild NH on middle and upside down while removing the hook. This position calms the fish and deters Your Schedule! it from moving around. wildnh.com/media • Remove the hook with small pliers or use your thumb and forefinger to loosen and back out the hook. If a hook cannot be easily removed, cut the leader as close as possible to • New Hampshire’s Wild Side on the hook. The hook will rust or fall out in a short time. WBIN-TV • To revive a tired fish, hold it in a swimming position with one • Granite State Outdoors TV hand under its bottom jaw and the other hand grasping the fish • Outdoor Almanac Radio in front of the tail. Gently move the fish back and forth through • Streaming video and more! the water until it is able to swim away.

10 2015 New Hampshire Freshwater Fishing Digest IMPORTANT LAWS & RULES Unlawful Actions • The use of alewives, carp or goldfish as live • The sale of freshwater fish is prohibited, bait while fishing is prohibited. The use of other than approved baitfish sold by licensed shad or whitefish as bait for cusk is prohibited. Possession of Live Fish individuals. • Importation of fish or their eggs, including bait No person shall have live lake trout, land- • Snagging fish in freshwaters is prohibited. fish, is prohibited without a special permit. locked salmon, brook trout, black bass, Any fish accidentally snagged must be • Except as otherwise specifically permitted, northern pike, or black crappie in their pos- immediately released to the water. it is unlawful to use or have in possession session, except if the person is a bass tour- • No fish may be taken by use of a set line (as a set line, net, fishing otter, trawl, grapple, nament permittee or holds an aquaculture defined on page 9) in freshwater, which spear, jack, jack light, poisons, explosives license or has a permit to import, possess, would include so-called “jug fishing.” or electrical device or any other device for or release these fish. • Exceeding daily bag limits of fish is pro- killing or stunning fish. hibited, whether taken from one or several • To counsel or aid another in violating a fish- water bodies. ing rule is prohibited. • No person may have in his possession at • The use of lead sinkers (1 ounce or less) and one time more wildlife than he may lawfully jigs (less than 1 inch along its longest axis) Don’t Spend All Your take in 2 days. is prohibited in all freshwater. Sale of lead Time Fishin’ Around • No person shall have live lake trout, land- sinkers (1 ounce or less) and jigs (less than for Information locked salmon, brook trout, black bass, 1 inch along its longest axis) is prohibited. northern pike, or black crappie in their • The use of a gaff to take fish in any fresh Just visit our website! FishNH.com possession, except if the person is a bass waters of the state is prohibited. • Buy your N.H. fishing license online tournament permittee or is an aquaculturist • To continue to take or attempt to take fish after • Sign up for weekly fishing reports permittee or has a permit to import, possess, filling the daily bag limit for that species of fish. or release these fish. • Find out where to fish • Release of fish in waters other than where • Let’s Go Fishing class schedule caught is prohibited. Fish must be returned Violation of any fishing rule • Fishing tips & depth maps to the water where taken. or regulation may result • Culling of fish, except during permitted bass in the loss of the violator’s • Download the Freshwater Fishing Guide tournaments, is prohibited. • Fish New Hampshire and relax… • The water surrounding any dam containing license or privilege to We have what you’re looking for! a fishway is closed tofishing. (See Rivers and fish in New Hampshire. Streams with Special Rules on pages 23–26).

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General Fishing Rules This page (see below) has information on 5. From October 1 until December 31: General Fishing Rules apply to most lakes and season dates, bag limits, length limits and other »» Closed to the taking of lake trout, salmon, ponds in the state. Follow the seasons, bag species information for these special waters. brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout limits, length limits, and important notes listed and shad (whitefish). with each species in the chart on the facing Interstate Waters: See pages 38–39. 6. From April 1 through December 31, no per- page. The taking of brook trout, brown trout, son may take fish through the ice, from the rainbow trout, lake trout, trout hybrids, and Lake Trout and/or Salmon Lakes ice, or from any object supported by the ice. salmon between two hours after sunset and one Several waterbodies are managed for lake hour before sunrise is prohibited. trout and/or landlocked salmon, and are open Trout Ponds year-round subject to restrictions listed below. Designated Trout Ponds are managed for trout, Lakes & Ponds with For information on bag and length limits for and are open to fishing for all species from Special Rules — Pages 14–20 species other than trout and salmon in this the fourth Saturday in April through October This section has information on lakes and ponds waterbody, see Lakes & Ponds: General Rules 15. Fishing for any species is prohibited from with Special Rules. These waterbodies have on the next page. October 16 until the fourth Saturday in April rules that may differ from, or be in addition the following year. For information on bag and 1. The taking of brook trout, brown trout, rain- to, the General Fishing Rules for Lakes & Ponds. length limits for species other than trout, see bow trout, lake trout, trout hybrids, and Turn to Lakes & Ponds: Special Rules on pages Lakes & Ponds: General Rules on next page. salmon between two hours after sunset and 14–20. If you find the waterbody you 1. The taking of brook trout, rainbow trout, one hour before sunrise is prohibited. intend to fish in the table, look to the right for brown trout, lake trout, trout hybrids and 2. Minimum Length: the waterbody’s designation under the “Special salmon between two hours after sunset and »» Brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout Rules” column. It will either be a Lake Trout one hour before sunrise is prohibited. and their hybrids: 15 inches. and/or Salmon Lake, a Fly-Fishing-Only Pond, 2. Trout ponds open on the fourth Saturday in »» Lake Trout: 18 inches a Trout Pond, a Wild Trout Pond, or a miscel- April. Closed to salmon October 1 and to all »» Landlocked Salmon: 15 inches. laneous special regulation water. species October 16. »» The head and tail must remain intact 3. The daily combined limit for trout is 5 fish while on or leaving the waters of the state. or 5 pounds, whichever limit is reached first. 3. From January 1 to March 31: 4. The use or possession of live fish, or their »» Fish may be taken by ice fishing only; Want Answers About eggs, for bait is prohibited. The use of »» The combined daily bag limit for all trout Your Favorite Lake’s salmon eggs, however, is permitted. species, including lake trout, is 2 fish; Water Quality? »» Closed to the taking of landlocked salmon Fly-Fishing-Only Ponds Join the New Hampshire Department of (salmon season is from April 1 to Sep- All rules listed above for Trout Ponds apply. In Environmental Services (DES) Volunteer tember 30); addition, fish may be taken only by fly-fishing Lake Assessment Program (VLAP) and »» Two (2) ice fishing devices are allowed (fishing by trolling or casting with only fly rod, find out! per person. Single hook with single hook fly reel, and fly line combination with an arti- point for bait, or an artificial lure or flies ficial fly or cast of artificial flies attached, and shall be used to take fish through the ice; Be a VLAP Volunteer! does not include the use of spinning, spincast, »» Six (6) cusk fishing devices may be used Volunteers provide critical water quality and casting rods and reels and lead core lines). data to DES by collecting water samples to take cusk on approved waterbodies (see page 31). from lakes that they live near or fish most. Wild Trout Ponds 4. From April 1 to September 30: This data helps DES to determine if lakes All rules listed above for Trout Ponds apply, »» The combined daily limit for lake trout, are meeting water quality standards and except: salmon, brook trout, rainbow trout, if lake restoration projects are required. 1. Open season dates are from the fourth Sat- brown trout and their hybrids is 2 fish; urday in April through Labor Day; For more information about your favorite »» Open to the taking of all species, except lake or how to join VLAP, contact Sara Steiner, 2. All fish shall be immediately released; no smelt may be taken from March 15 VLAP Coordinator, at (603) 271-2658 or 3. Only single hook, barbless artificial lures to June 15. [email protected]. and flies shall be used.

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GENERAL FISHING RULES FOR LAKES & PONDS

SPECIES SEASON BAG LIMITS & MINIMUM LENGTHS IMPORTANT NOTES See exceptions for Clement Pond/Joe Silvia Lake, Grassy Pond, Jan. 1 to March 31 2 fish daily limit; only 1 fish >16 inches Gregg Lake, and Warren Lake. April 1 to May 14 and Black Bass 2 fish daily limit; no length limit. June 16 to June 30 (Smallmouth Bass & Largemouth Bass) May 15 to June 15 Catch and release only. Artificial lures and flies only.

July 1 to Dec. 31 5 fish daily limit; no length limit. Many waterbodies with trout have special rules—see page 12. Designated trout ponds and fly-fishing-only ponds open Open water 5 fish or 5 pounds daily limit, whichever is the fourth Saturday in April and close Oct. 15. Lake Trout and Brook Trout, Brown (ice-out to ice-in) reached first; no length limit. Salmon Lakes are closed to taking trout from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31. Trout, Rainbow Trout Designated wild trout ponds open the fourth Saturday in April and their hybrids through Labor Day. Through the ice 2 fish daily limit; no length limit. Designated trout ponds are closed to ice fishing.

2 fish daily limit. Minimum length 18 inches. Lake Trout and Salmon Lake rules are on page 12. Lake Trout Jan. 1 to Sept. 30 Daily bag limit for lake trout and salmon is 2 fish Stinson Lake (Rumney) and Tarleton Lake (Piermont) are General (2 lake trout, 2 salmon, or 1 of each). Rules Waters that have lake trout.

2 fish daily limit. Minimum length 15 inches. Most waterbodies with landlocked salmon are designated as Landlocked Salmon April 1 to Sept. 30 Daily bag limit for lake trout and salmon is 2 fish Lake Trout and/or Salmon Lakes; see page 12. Taking land- (2 lake trout, 2 salmon, or 1 of each). locked salmon from Oct. 1 through March 31 is prohibited.

Pickerel No closed season. 10 fish daily limit; no length or weight limits. See illustration on page 34.

Northern Pike No closed season. 1 fish daily limit; minimum length 28 inches. See illustration on page 34. 2 fish daily limit; minimum length 18 inches; no Walleye No closed season. weight limit. White & Yellow Perch, 25 fish each species daily limit; no more than Black Crappie, Sunfish, No closed season. 50 fish total combined; no length or weight Horned Pout limits.

Rock Bass No closed season. No daily limits; no length or weight limits.

In addition to angling and ice fishing, carp may be taken by bow Carp No closed season. 10 fish daily limit; no length or weight limits. and arrow with a cord attached from the Connecticut River, Mer- rimack River and Mascoma Lake. Can be taken by all legal methods (angling, trolling, tip-ups). Cusk No closed season. No daily limits; no length or weight limits. For approved cusk fishing device waters, see page 31. American Shad No closed season. Catch and release only.

Shad (Whitefish) No closed season. 2 fish daily limit; no length or weight limits.

Smelt For smelt angling rules and waterbodies open to the taking of this species by dip net, see page 33.

Suckers may be taken for personal use with two traps, not No closed season for more than 50 inches long, 30 inches wide, with an opening no angling, ice fishing or No daily limits; no length or weight limits. smaller than 3½ inches in diameter. traps. All traps or holding boxes will have the name and address of the owner. Suckers Suckers may be taken by hand dip nets not over 18 inches in diameter, drop nets not over 48 inches in diameter, spears or March 1 to May 31 No daily limits; no length or weight limits. bow and arrow with cord attached. Suckers taken by spear or bow and arrow must not be left in, or adjacent to, the body of water.

Water Supply Reservoirs • Babbidge Reservoir (Roxbury) • Massabesic Lake (Manchester/Auburn) The waters listed at right are partially • Bradley Lake (Andover) • Rochester Reservoirs (Rochester/Strafford) or wholly closed to fishing because they • Canaan Street Lake (Canaan) • Round Pond (Barrington) are public water supply reservoirs. Contact NHDES Drinking Water and Groundwater • Hanover Reservoirs (Hanover) • Upper Beech Pond (Wolfeboro) Bureau (603-271-7061) for more details. • Gilman Pond (Unity) • Woodward Pond (Roxbury)

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SPECIAL WATERBODY TOWN(S) ACRES SPECIES ADDITIONAL RULES ACCESS RESTRICTIONS* RULES Airport Marsh Whitefield 12 EBT, HP Trout Pond Cartop Trout Pond; Archery Pond Allenstown 1 EBT, RT Daily limit for brook trout is 2 fish Shorebank No boats Fly-fishing only EBT, RT, BT, 10 MPH speed Back Lake Pittsburg 348 Trout Pond Ramp HP, SMB, LMB limit some areas Barbadoes Pond Dover, Madbury 16 EBT, RT Trout Pond Shorebank Basin Pond Chatham 40 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No motors Bear Brook Pond, Big Errol 12 EBT Trout Pond Cartop Bear Brook Pond, Wentworths Trout Pond; 5 EBT Remote Walk-in Little Location Fly-fishing only Belknap Recreation Area Gilford 4 EBT, RT Trout Pond Shorebank Pond (Gunstock) Trout Pond; Big Brook Bog Pittsburg 36 EBT Remote Walk-in No motors Fly-fishing only Black Mountain Pond Sandwich 7 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Black Pond Lincoln 5 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Blue Pond Madison 7 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Bog Pond, Little Odell 34 EBT Trout Pond Cartop Trout Pond; Boundary Pond Pittsburg 20 EBT Remote Walk-in No motors Fly-fishing only Bragg Pond Millsfield 14 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Butterfield Pond Wilmot 12 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Caldwell Pond Alstead 30 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in 1) This waterbody is open to the taking of all species, except salmon and smelt, January 1 Campton Pond Campton 37 EBT, RT through October 15. Shorebank No motors (unnamed) 2) Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or from any object supported by the ice is prohibited. Carr Pond Clarksville 11 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Carter Pond Beans Purchase 1 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors EBT, RT, Center Pond Nelson 31 Trout Pond Ramp No motors LMB, HP Newport, Trout Pond; Chapin Pond 14 EBT Shorebank Claremont Fly-fishing only No petroleum Trout Pond; motors; electric Clarksville Pond Clarksville 22 EBT, HP Cartop Fly-fishing only motors limited to trolling speed From Jan. 1 to March 31, the taking of black SMB, LMB, Clement Pond bass from 15 to 20 inches in length is prohib- Hopkinton 119 ECP, HP, BC, Ramp (Joe Sylvia Lake) ited. The daily limit of black bass is 3 fish, of BG which only one may be longer than 20 inches. Clough Pond Loudon 44 EBT, RT, BT Trout Pond Ramp Cold Spring Pond Stoddard 30 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No motors (Abbott Forest Pond) Trout Pond; Coldrain Pond New Durham 18 EBT Remote Walk-in Fly-fishing only No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16 inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16 inches shall be Trout Pond; Cole Pond Enfield 18 EBT immediately released unharmed. The daily limit Remote Walk-in Fly-fishing only for brook trout shall be 2 fish, of which only one may be over 16 inches. There is no minimum length for brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids. Yellow perch cannot be used for bait. Connecticut Lake, Lake Trout Pittsburg 3,071 LLS, LT From April 1 through September 30, the Ramp First and/or Salmon combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon, brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon. Connecticut Lake, Lake Trout Pittsburg 1,102 EBT, LLS, LT Same as First Connecticut Lake, above. Ramp Second and/or Salmon Connecticut Lake, Lake Trout Pittsburg 231 RT, LT Same as First Connecticut Lake, above. Ramp Third and/or Salmon No petroleum Connor Pond Ossipee 85 EBT Trout Pond Cartop motors; headway speed limit Conservation Pond Wentworth 3 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in *More details on restricted bodies of water at NH.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/fob/marine-patrol/restricted.html

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SPECIAL WATERBODY TOWN(S) ACRES SPECIES ADDITIONAL RULES ACCESS RESTRICTIONS* RULES The area of the lake that lies within 500 feet of the outlet dam shall be closed to all fishing from Oct. 16 through Dec. 31. RT, LLS, Lake Trout When trolling to take fish: Conway Lake Eaton 1,316 SMB, LMB, Ramp No houseboats and/or Salmon EC P, HP 1) Only one artificial bait, one fly, one tandem fly or one bait shall be used per rod; and, 2) Only one hook with a single hook point shall be used with bait. Trout Pond; Coon Brook Bog Pittsburg 19 EBT Cartop No motors Fly-fishing only Corser Pond Errol 5 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Cranberry Bog Pond Columbia 4 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in There is no minimum length for brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids. Yellow perch cannot be used for bait. Ramp Tuftonboro, EBT, LLS, LT, Lake Trout Dan Hole Pond, Big 443 From April 1 through September 30, the (at Ossipee EC P, HP and/or Salmon combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon, campground) brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon. Devils Washbowl Odell 5 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in There is no minimum length for brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids. Yellow perch cannot be used for bait. Lake Trout Diamond Pond, Big Stewartstown 181 RT, LT, LMB From April 1 through September 30, the Ramp and/or Salmon combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon, brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon. No motor over Diamond Pond, Little Stewartstown 60 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp 10 HP Dublin Lake EBT, LMB, 10 MPH speed Dublin 240 Trout Pond Ramp (Monadnock Pond) SMB, HP limit Dummer Pond, Big Dummer 114 EBT Trout Pond Cartop Dummer Pond, Little Dummer 31 EBT, BT Trout Pond Cartop Duncan Lake Ossipee 83 EBT, RT Trout Pond Shorebank 6 MPH speed limit Wentworths Dustin Pond 5 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Location East Inlet Pittsburg 92 EBT Trout Pond Cartop Echo Lake Franconia 38 EBT Trout Pond Ramp Wild Trout Ethan (Willey) Pond Bethlehem 6 EBT Remote Walk-in No motors Pond Exeter Reservoir Exeter 20 EBT, RT Trout Pond Shorebank (Water Works Pond) Falls Pond Albany 8 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Ferrin Pond Weare 18 BT, LMB Trout Pond Shorebank No motors Flat Mountain Pond Waterville Valley 28 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Four Mile Pond Dixs Grant 4 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in There is no minimum length for brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids. Yellow perch cannot be used for bait. RT, BT, LLS, Lake Trout Francis, Lake Pittsburg 1,934 From April 1 through September 30, the Ramp LT, ECP and/or Salmon combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon, brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon. No motors over French Pond Henniker 39 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp 5 HP EBT, RT, BT, Gilmore Pond Jaffrey 125 SMB, LMB, Trout Pond Ramp No wake area EC P, HP, W P *More details on restricted bodies of water at NH.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/fob/marine-patrol/restricted.html

KEY TO FISH SPECIES BC: black crappie EBT: brook trout LLS: landlocked salmon LW: lake whitefish SMB: smallmouth bass BG: bluegill ECP: chain pickerel LMB: largemouth bass NP: northern pike TT: tiger trout BT: brown trout HP: horned pout (brown bullhead) LT: lake trout RT: rainbow trout WP: white perch FishNH.com 15 LAKES & PONDS WITH SPECIAL RULES (CONTINUED)

SPECIAL WATERBODY TOWN(S) ACRES SPECIES ADDITIONAL RULES ACCESS RESTRICTIONS* RULES There is no minimum length for brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids. Yellow perch cannot be used for bait. EBT, RT, LT, Granite Lake Nelson, Lake Trout 238 SMB, ECP, From April 1 through September 30, the Ramp (Munsonville Pond) Stoddard and/or Salmon HP combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon, brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon. From Jan. 1 to March 31, the taking of black LMB, ECP, bass from 15 to 20 inches in length is prohib- Grassy Pond Rindge 99 Ramp HP, BG ited. The daily limit of black bass is 3 fish, of which only one may be longer than 20 inches. Greeley Pond, Upper Livermore 3 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors When trolling to take fish: 1) Only one artificial bait, one fly, one tandem Greenough Pond, Wentworths Lake Trout 234 EBT, LT fly or one bait shall be used per rod; and, Cartop Big Location and/or Salmon 2) Only one hook with a single hook point shall be used with bait. Greenough Pond, Wentworths Wild Trout 42 EBT Cartop Little Location Pond From Jan. 1 to March 31, the taking of black SMB, LMB, bass from 15 to 20 inches in length is prohib- Motors restricted Gregg Lake Antrim 195 Ramp EC P, HP, BG ited. The daily limit of black bass is 3 fish, of to 150 hp or less which only one may be longer than 20 inches. Guinea Pond Sandwich 13 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Halfmile Pond Enfield 9 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Hall Pond, Lower Sandwich 13 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Hall Pond, Middle Sandwich 6 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16 inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16 inches shall be Trout Pond; Hall Pond, Upper Sandwich 23 EBT immediately released unharmed. The daily limit Cartop No motors Fly-fishing only for brook trout shall be 2 fish, of which only one may be over 16 inches. Harris Pond Pittsburg 3 EBT Trout Pond Cartop Hatch Pond Eaton 19 EBT, HP Trout Pond Cartop (Hidden Pond) Second College Hellgate Pond 2 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Grant Hogback Pond Greenfield 19 EBT, HP Trout Pond Cartop Hopkins Pond Andover 27 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp No motors (Adder Pond) Concord, Hot Hole Pond 27 EBT, RT, LMB Trout Pond Ramp No wake area Loudon Trout Pond; Hoyt Pond Madbury 1 EBT Shorebank Fly-fishing only Hunkins Pond Sanbornton 16 RT, BT Trout Pond Cartop No motors EBT, BT, Hunts Pond Hancock 50 SMB, LMB, Trout Pond Cartop EC P, HP Jacquith Pond Pittsburg 1 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in 1) This waterbody is open to the taking of all species, except salmon and smelt, all year- No petroleum motors; Electric SMB, LMB, round by all legal methods. Jericho Lake Berlin 127 Ramp motors no greater HP, NP, BC 2) The daily limit for northern pike is 3 fish. than 3 HP; 5 MPH 3) The minimum length for northern pike is speed limit 20 inches. Trout Pond; Jones Pond Middleton 12 EBT The daily limit for brook trout is 2 fish. Remote Walk-in Fly-fishing only Judd Pond Clarksville 3 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Kiah Pond Sandwich 8 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Ledge Pond Madison 14 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16 inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16 inches shall be Trout Pond; Lime Pond Columbia 15 EBT immediately released unharmed. The daily limit Remote Walk-in Fly-fishing only for brook trout shall be 2 fish, of which only one may be over 16 inches. Lonesome Lake Lincoln 12 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Long Pond Benton 96 EBT Trout Pond Ramp Long Pond Eaton 24 EBT Trout Pond Cartop *More details on restricted bodies of water at NH.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/fob/marine-patrol/restricted.html

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SPECIAL WATERBODY TOWN(S) ACRES SPECIES ADDITIONAL RULES ACCESS RESTRICTIONS* RULES Long Pond Errol 33 EBT Trout Pond Cartop 6 MPH speed limit Long Pond Lempster 121 EBT, LMB, HP Trout Pond Ramp near islands Long Pond Millsfield 28 EBT Trout Pond Cartop Long Pond Croydon 130 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp (Coniston Lake) EBT, RT, BT, Lucas Pond Northwood 40 Trout Pond Cartop No motors TT, LMB When trolling to take fish: RT, LLS, LT, 1) Only one artificial bait, one fly, one tandem Lake Trout Merrymeeting Lake New Durham 1,233 SMB, ECP, fly or one bait shall be used per rod; and, Ramp and/or Salmon HP 2) Only one hook with a single hook point shall be used with bait. Middle Pond Pittsburg 8 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No motors EBT, RT, BT, 10 MPH speed Millen Lake Washington 134 Trout Pond Cartop SMB, ECP, HP limit certain times Millsfield Pond, Big Millsfield 165 EBT, SMB Trout Pond Ramp Millsfield Pond, Little Trout Pond; Millsfield 29 EBT Remote Walk-in (Moose Pond) Fly-fishing only EBT, RT, BT, Mirror Lake Dalton, 54 SMB, LMB, Trout Pond Ramp (Blake Pond) Whitefield EC P, HP Moose Falls Flowage Pittsburg 25 EBT Trout Pond Shorebank No motors Trout Pond; Moose Pond Pittsburg 10 EBT Cartop No motors Fly-fishing only Morey Pond Andover 7 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No petroleum Mount William Pond Weare 32 EBT, RT, LMB Trout Pond Ramp motors No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16 inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16 inches shall be immediately released unharmed into the waters from which taken. The daily limit for brook trout Mountain Pond Brookfield 12 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in shall be 2 fish, of which only one may be over 16 inches. Only single hook artificial lures and flies shall be used and all hooks shall be barbless or have all barbs pinched. Mountain Pond Chatham 83 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Mountain Pond Lyman 6 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Mud Pond Easton 4 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Munn Pond Errol 45 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Nathan Pond Dixville 22 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in The minimum length for lake trout is 15 inches. The area of the lake that lies within 500 feet of the Cockermouth River and Fowler River shall be Alexandria, RT, LLS, LT, closed to all fishing from Oct. 16 through Dec. 31. 6 MPH in some Lake Trout Newfound Lake Bridgewater, 4,450 LW, SMB, When trolling to take fish: Ramp areas; Other and/or Salmon Bristol, Hebron EC P, HP 1) Only one artificial bait, one fly, one tandem restrictions fly or one bait shall be used per rod; and, 2) Only one hook with a single hook point shall be used with bait. There is no minimum length for brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids. Yellow perch cannot be used for bait. RT, LLS, LT, Hancock, Lake Trout Nubanusit Lake 722 SMB, ECP, From April 1 through September 30, the Ramp Nelson and/or Salmon HP combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon, brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon. Oliverian Pond Benton 33 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No motors No petroleum Orange Pond Orange 24 EBT, RT Trout Pond Shorebank motors *More details on restricted bodies of water at NH.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/fob/marine-patrol/restricted.html

SPECIAL WATERBODY TOWN(S) ACRES SPECIES ADDITIONAL RULES ACCESS RESTRICTIONS* RULES The area of the lake that lies within 500 feet of the Bearcamp River shall be closed to all fishing RT, BT, LLS, from Oct. 16 through Dec. 31. Headway speed in Freedom, LT, SMB, Lake Trout When trolling to take fish: Ossipee Lake 4,024 Ramp some areas; Other Ossipee LMB, ECP, and/or Salmon 1) Only one artificial bait, one fly, one tandem restrictions HP, W P, BC fly or one bait shall be used per rod; and, 2) Only one hook with a single hook point shall be used with bait. Peaked Hill Pond Thornton 15 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Perch Pond Campton 45 EBT, RT, HP, WP Trout Pond Shorebank Trout Pond; Perry Pond Pittsburg 12 EBT Remote Walk-in Fly-fishing only Trout Pond; Cartop - subject Phillips Pond Odell 71 EBT Fly-fishing only to gates and bars Pike Pond Stark 14 EBT Trout Pond Cartop EBT, LLS, Use or possession of rainbow smelt for bait shall Pleasant Lake New London 602 Trout Pond Ramp SMB, ECP, HP be permitted. Pond of Safety Randolph 18 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16 inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16 inches shall be Trout Pond; Profile Lake Franconia 13 EBT immediately released unharmed. The daily limit Cartop Fly-fishing only for brook trout shall be 2 fish, of which only one may be over 16 inches. Province Pond Chatham 10 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Rand Pond Goshen 48 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp 10 HP or less Rocky Pond Wentworth 20 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Round Pond Errol 42 EBT Trout Pond Cartop Round Pond Pittsburg 59 EBT Trout Pond Cartop Russell Pond Woodstock 41 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No motors Trout Pond; Saco Lake Carroll 7 EBT Shorebank No motors Fly-fishing only Electric motors Saltmarsh Pond Gilford 40 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp only; no wake Sand Pond Marlow, EBT, BT, SMB, 161 Trout Pond Ramp (Echo Lake) Lempster LMB, HP Sawyer Pond Livermore 40 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Sawyer Pond, Little Livermore 11 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Trout Pond; Scott Bog Pittsburg 88 EBT Cartop No motors Fly-fishing only Sessions Pond Dummer 41 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16 inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16 inches shall be Shaw Pond Trout Pond; No petroleum Freedom 13 EBT, LMB immediately released unharmed. The daily limit Cartop (Shawtown) Fly-fishing only motors for brook trout shall be 2 fish, of which only one may be over 16 inches. Shehan Flowage Pond Clarksville 19 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Wild Trout Shoal Pond Lincoln 5 EBT Remote Walk-in No motors Pond Signal Pond Errol 5 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in When trolling to take fish: RT, LT, LW, 1) Only one artificial bait, one fly, one tandem Lake Trout Silver Lake Madison 969 SMB, ECP, fly or one bait shall be used per rod; and, Ramp No houseboats and/or Salmon HP 2) Only one hook with a single hook point shall be used with bait. There is no minimum length for brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, or their hybrids. Yellow perch cannot be used for bait. Nelson, RT, LT, SMB, Lake Trout Headway speed Silver Lake 333 From April 1 through September 30, the Ramp Harrisville EC P, HP and/or Salmon combined daily limit for lake trout, salmon, certain times brook trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and their hybrids is 4 fish, of which no more than 2 fish may be lake trout and/or salmon. Simmons Pond Warner 22 EBT Trout Pond Shorebank No person shall take brook trout 12 to 16 inches in length. All brook trout 12 to 16 inches shall be Trout Pond; Sky Pond New Hampton 14 EBT immediately released unharmed. The daily limit Cartop No motors Fly-fishing only for brook trout shall be 2 fish, of which only one may be over 16 inches. Smith Pond Washington 28 EBT Trout Pond Ramp *More details on restricted bodies of water at NH.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/fob/marine-patrol/restricted.html

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SPECIAL WATERBODY TOWN(S) ACRES SPECIES ADDITIONAL RULES ACCESS RESTRICTIONS* RULES Solitude Lake Newbury 7 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in EBT, RT, LT, South Pond Stark 124 SMB, LMB, The minimum length for lake trout is 15 inches. Cartop EC P, HP No petroleum Spectacle Pond Groton, Hebron 53 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp motors; 10 MPH speed limit 1) The waterbody shall be closed to the taking of all fish October 16 through March 31. 2) The open season for taking all species except brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, trout hybrids and smelt shall be from April 1 through October 15. 3) The open season for taking brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, and trout hybrids shall be RT, SMB, the 4th Saturday in April through October 15. LMB, ECP, 40 MPH day, Spofford Lake Chesterfield 739 4) Smelt shall be taken by angling only. Ramp HP, W P, NP, 20 MPH night BG 5) The open season for taking smelt shall be June 16 through October 15. 6) The daily limit for brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, or their hybrids is 2 fish. 7) The minimum length for brook trout, brown trout, rainbow trout, or their hybrids is 15 inches. 8) From April 1 through October 15 no person shall take fish through the ice, from the ice or from any object supported by the ice. EBT, LT, SMB, No petroleum Spoonwood Pond Nelson 167 Trout Pond Remote Walk-in EC P, HP motors The area of the lake that lies within 500 feet of Barville Brook shall be closed to all fishing from Holderness, RT, LLS, LT, Oct. 16 to Dec. 31. Center Harbor, LW, SMB, Lake Trout When trolling to take fish: Speed and other Squam Lake 6,791 Ramp Moultonborough, LMB, ECP, and/or Salmon 1) Only one artificial bait, one fly, one tandem restrictions Sandwich HP, W P fly or one bait shall be used per rod; and, 2) Only one hook with a single hook point shall be used with bait. When trolling to take fish: RT, LLS, LT, 1) Only one artificial bait, one fly, one tandem Ashland, Lake Trout Speed and other Squam Lake, Little 454 LW, SMB, fly or one bait shall be used per rod; and, Ramp Holderness and/or Salmon restrictions EC P, HP 2) Only one hook with a single hook point shall be used with bait. Trout Pond; Stirrup Iron Pond Salisbury 2 EBT Shorebank Fly-fishing only Marlborough, EBT, SMB, Stone Pond 76 Trout Pond Ramp Dublin HP Trout Pond; No petroleum Stonehouse Pond Barrington 13 EBT Cartop Fly-fishing only motors No petroleum Stratford Bog Pond Stratford 33 EBT Trout Pond Cartop motors Stub Hill Pond Pittsburg 3 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in EBT, RT, BT, Success Pond Success 282 Trout Pond Ramp SMB, LMB 1) The area of the lake that lies within 500 feet of Otter Brook shall be closed to all fishing from Oct. 16 to Dec. 31. 2) All tributaries will be closed to fishing Oct. 16 New London, LLS, LT, Lake Trout to May 31. Speed and other Sunapee Lake Newbury, 4,136 SMB, LMB, Ramp and/or Salmon When trolling to take fish: restrictions Sunapee EC P, HP 1) Only one artificial bait, one fly, one tandem fly or one bait shall be used per rod; and, 2) Only one hook with a single hook point shall be used with bait. Swains Pond Wentworth 8 EBT Trout Pond Cartop *More details on restricted bodies of water at NH.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/fob/marine-patrol/restricted.html

SPECIAL WATERBODY TOWN(S) ACRES SPECIES ADDITIONAL RULES ACCESS RESTRICTIONS* RULES EBT, RT, SMB, Swanzey Lake Swanzey 112 Trout Pond Cartop EC P, HP, BG Sweat Pond Errol 10 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Terrill Pond Trout Pond; Pittsburg 18 EBT Cartop (West Branch Pond) Fly-fishing only Three Ponds, Lower Ellsworth, Warren 2 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Three Ponds, Middle Ellsworth, Warren 13 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Three Ponds, Upper Ellsworth, Warren 11 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors Trio Pond, Lower 1 & 2 Odell 69 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Trout Pond; Trio Pond, Upper 3 Odell 20 EBT Remote Walk-in No motors Fly-fishing only Trout Pond Lyme 12 EBT Trout Pond Shorebank Trout Pond (Stacy Pond) Freedom 21 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Trout Pond; Unknown Pond Pittsburg 6 EBT Remote Walk-in Fly-fishing only Wachipauka Pond Warren 28 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in No motors (Meader Pond) From Jan. 1 to March 31, the taking of black RT, BT, SMB, bass from 15 to 20 inches in length is prohib- Warren Lake Alstead 186 LMB, ECP, Ramp ited. The daily limit of black bass is 3 fish, of HP, BG which only one may be longer than 20 inches. Waukeena Lake No petroleum Danbury 56 EBT, RT Trout Pond Ramp (Pleasant Pond) motors Waukewan, Lake Meredith, RT, SMB, The daily limit for brook trout, rainbow trout, Restrictions near 927 Ramp (Measley Pond) New Hampton EC P, HP, W P brown trout, and their hybrids shall be 2 fish. intake Weeks Crossing Pond Warren 5 EBT Trout Pond Cartop No motors Whitcomb Pond Odell 19 EBT Trout Pond Remote Walk-in Trout Pond; White Pond Ossipee 46 EBT, RT Ramp 6 MPH speed limit Fly-fishing only White Pond Wilmot 11 EBT Trout Pond Shorebank No motors Bennington, Whittemore Lake 41 EBT, RT, BT Trout Pond Ramp No motors Greenfield Trout Pond; No petroleum Willard Pond Antrim 108 EBT, RT, TT Ramp Fly-fishing only motors The areas of the lake that lie within 500 feet of Gunstock River, Poor Farm Brook, Melvin River, Mer- rymeeting River, Mink Brook, and Smith River, and the lake area of Lake Winnipesaukee 500 feet on either side of the Main Street bridge in Wolfeboro, are closed to all fishing from Oct. 16 to Dec. 31. Alton, Gilford, The following two areas of the lake are closed to EBT, RT, LLS, Laconia, all fishing October 1 through March 31: LT, LW, SMB, Winnipesaukee, Meredith, Lake Trout 1) the area of Paugus Bay which lies between No wake area and 44,424 LMB, ECP, Ramp Lake Moultonborough, and/or Salmon the railroad trestle at its south end and the speed restrictions HP, WP, BC, Tuftonboro, Lakeport Dam in Laconia; BG Wolfeboro 2) the area of open water (the area not normally covered by ice in winter) at Weirs Channel. When trolling to take fish: 1) Only one artificial bait, one fly, one tandem fly or one bait shall be used per rod; and, 2) Only one hook with a single hook point shall be used with bait. The area of the lake that lies within 500 feet of the Winnipesaukee River shall be closed to all Belmont, RT, LLS, LT, fishing from Oct. 16 to Dec. 31. Laconia, SMB, LMB, Lake Trout When trolling to take fish: Speed and other Winnisquam Lake Meredith, 4,214 Ramp EC P, HP, W P, and/or Salmon restrictions Sanbornton, 1) Only one artificial bait, one fly, one tandem BG Tilton fly or one bait shall be used per rod; and, 2) Only one hook with a single hook point shall be used with bait. Center Harbor, RT, EBT, The daily limit for brook trout, rainbow trout, Winona Lake Meredith, 148 LMB, SMB, Ramp brown trout, and their hybrids shall be 2 fish. New Hampton EC P, BC Trout Pond; Wright Pond Pittsburg 5 EBT Remote Walk-in Fly-fishing only *More details on restricted bodies of water at NH.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/fob/marine-patrol/restricted.html

Keep It Simple Catch The Fun Fishing with kids is a great way to spend time For most kids, it’s important to make a catch is an added bonus! Fishing doesn’t have to be together. You just need a place to go and a that first time out. You can help by seeking difficult or far from home—and it’s free for kids little bit of gear. An inexpensive rod-and-reel, out places that are packed with panfish, like under 16. The important thing is to go fishing a colorful, kid-friendly tackle box for toting crappies and sunfish. Check theTake Me Fish- as a family and have fun! hooks, sinkers, bobbers, lures, and a pair of ing Guides (right) for ideas of where to go. And pliers is all you need! don’t forget the camera — you’ll definitely want Free Fishing Day to have a picture of that first-fish smile! Take advantage of New Hampshire’s annual Get The Kids Involved Free Fishing Day on June 6, 2015. You can fish Plan ahead and let the kids help decide where Enjoy The Outdoors Together any fresh or salt water in N.H. without a license to go and what to bring. Dress for the weather Being outside in the fresh air and sunshine is that day. Applies to both residents and non- and don’t forget snacks and drinks, a hat, sun- the most obvious benefit of learning how to residents. All other fishing regulations apply. glasses and sunscreen. It’s a good idea to keep fish, but taking a break from electronic devices the first few trips short and let interest and enthusiasm grow.

Fishing is a great way to reconnect with friends and family. Children under age 16 don’t need a license to fish, so bring them along for a day of fresh air, sunshine and family fun!

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FishNH.com 21 RIVERS & STREAMS: GENERAL AND SPECIAL RULES General Fishing Rules General Fishing Rules for Rivers and Streams apply to most rivers and streams in the state. In general, rivers and streams are CLOSED TO ALL FISHING from Oct. 16 through Dec. 31, unless specified for a particular river in the section. Follow the seasons, bag limits, length limits, Rivers and Streams with Special Rules and important notes listed with each species Fishing through the ice, from the ice, or from any object supported by the ice is prohibited in the chart. unless specified for a particular river in the Rivers and Streams with Special Rules section.

Rivers & Streams with Special Rules — Pages 23–26 Turn to the Rivers & Streams With Special In instances where special limits, seasons, This section has information on rivers and Rules section on pages 23–26. If you find and methods of taking are not noted for a par- streams with Special Rules. These rivers and the waterbody you intend to fish, look imme- ticular river or stream, the General Fishing Rules streams have rules that may differ from, or be diately beside it for the rules on season dates, for Rivers & Streams apply. in addition to, General Fishing Rules for Rivers bag limits, length limits and methods of taking. and Streams. Interstate Waters: See pages 38–39.

GENERAL FISHING RULES FOR RIVERS & STREAMS

SPECIES SEASON BAG LIMITS & MINIMUM LENGTHS IMPORTANT NOTES

January 1 to March 31 2 fish daily limit; only 1 fish >16 inches. April 1 to May 14 and Black Bass 2 fish daily limit. June 16 to June 30 (Smallmouth Bass & Largemouth Bass) May 15 to June 15 Catch and release only. Artificial lures and flies only.

July 1 to October 15 5 fish daily limit. Brook Trout, Brown Trout, 5 fish or 5 pounds daily limit, whichever is January 1 to October 15 Rainbow Trout and reached first; no length limit. their hybrids 2 fish daily limit for lake trout and salmon Combined daily limit applies only during salmon season, Lake Trout January 1 to September 30 combined (2 lake trout, 2 salmon, or 1 of April 1 – Sept. 30. each); minimum length 18 inches. 2 fish daily limit for lake trout and salmon Salmon may not be taken in any water body after September 30 Landlocked Salmon April 1 to September 30 combined (2 lake trout, 2 salmon, or 1 of and before April 1. Salmon may not be taken through the ice. each); minimum length 15 inches. Pickerel January 1 to October 15 10 fish daily limit; no length or weight limits. See illustration on page 34.

Northern Pike January 1 to October 15 1 fish daily limit; minimum length 28 inches. See illustration on page 34. 2 fish daily limit; minimum length 18 inches; Walleye January 1 to October 15 no weight limit. White & Yellow Perch, 25 fish each species daily limit; no more Black Crappie, January 1 to October 15 than 50 fish total combined; no length or Sunfish, weight limits. Horned Pout Rock Bass January 1 to October 15 No daily limit; no length or weight limits.

Carp may be taken in the Connecticut River, Merrimack River, and Carp January 1 to October 15 No daily limit; no length or weight limits. Mascoma Lake by bow and arrow with cord attached.

Cusk January 1 to October 15 No daily limit; no length or weight limits.

American Shad January 1 to October 15 Catch and release only.

Shad (Whitefish) January 1 to October 15 2 fish daily limit; no length or weight limits.

Smelt For smelt angling rules and waterbodies open to the taking of this species by dip net, see page 33.

Suckers may be taken for personal use with two traps, not more than 50 inches long, 30 inches wide, with an opening no smaller January 1 to October 15 No daily limits; no length or weight limits. than 3½ inches in diameter. All traps or holding boxes will have the name and address of the owner. Suckers Suckers may be taken by hand dip nets not over 18 inches in diameter, drop nets not over 48 inches in diameter, spears or bow March 1 to May 31 No daily limits; no length or weight limits. and arrow with cord attached. Suckers taken by spear or bow and arrow must not be left in, or adjacent to, the body of water.

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OTHER SPECIAL WATERBODY TOWN(S) SECTION SPECIES SEASON METHODS TROUT RULES RULES Single barbless Second Col- Jan. 1 through Managed for wild Alder Brook All sections EBT hook, artificial Catch-and-release lege Grant Labor Day trout lures/flies Brown trout may be Apthorp Dam in Littleton to Ammonoosuc Littleton to Jan. 1 through taken any time of confluence with Connecticut River EBT, RT, BT River Bath Oct. 15 day or night during in Bath the open season. EBT, RT, BT, Daily limit for brook Androscoggin Errol Dam to the markers at the Jan. 1 through Errol LLS, SMB, Fly-fishing only trout 2 fish; minimum River dead water at Bragg Bay Oct. 15 EC P, HP length 12 inches EBT, RT, BT, No closed season Androscoggin Dummer-Cambridge town line to Daily limit of 2 brook Dummer LLS, SMB, for all species except River Pontook Dam trout through the ice EC P, HP salmon and smelt* Wheeler Bay in Dummer bound- Brown trout may be ary line at 44° 36.9011’N 71o EBT, RT, BT, Androscoggin Dummer to Jan. 1 through taken any time of 13.3816’W to 44° 36.9341’N 71° LLS, SMB, River Berlin Oct. 15 day or night during 13.4449’W using WGS84 map EC P, HP the open season. datum to Sawmill Dam in Berlin EBT, RT, BT, Single barbless Androscoggin Berlin to Sawmill Dam in Berlin to ME/NH No closed season for Catch-and-release LLS, SMB, hook, artificial River Shelburne boundary all species all species. EC P, HP lures/flies RT, BT, No closed season SMB, LMB, Daily limit of 2 brook Ashuelot River Surry Surry Mountain Reservoir for all species except EC P, HP, trout through the ice salmon and smelt* BC Marlborough Road bridge in Troy Ashuelot River, Troy to Jan. 1 through Daily limit for brook to Richmond Road bridge in East EBT, BT Fly-fishing only South Branch Swanzey Oct. 15 trout 2 fish Swanzey EBT, RT, No closed season Daily limit of 2 brook Bellamy River Madbury Bellamy Reservoir LMB, ECP, for all species except trout through the ice HP, BC salmon and smelt* No closed season Blackwater Salisbury to Daily limit of 2 brook The Bays and Cilleyville Bog RT, BT for all species except River Andover trout through the ice salmon and smelt* Single barbless Whitefield Upstream of its confluence with Jan. 1 through Managed for wild Carroll Stream EBT hook, artificial Catch-and-release to Carroll Airport Pond in Whitefield Labor Day trout lures/flies 4th Sat. in April to No closed season Oct. 16 to 4th Single barbless Rochester Watson Road dam downstream to EBT, BT, RT, Oct. 15 daily limit for for all species Cocheco River Sat. in April hook, artificial to Dover head of tide SMB, ECP brook trout 5 fish or 5 except salmon and Catch-and-release lures/flies lbs. All legal methods. smelt Dam at Second Ct Lake to Connecticut Jan. 1 through Pittsburg upstream side of logging bridge EBT, LLS Fly-fishing only Catch-and-release River Oct. 15 on Magalloway Road Connecticut From Magalloway Rd bridge to inlet Jan. 1 through Daily limit for brook Pittsburg EBT, LLS Fly-fishing only River at Green Point on First Ct Lake Oct. 15 trout is 2 fish Daily limit for brook Connecticut First CT Lake dam to the signs on EBT, RT, BT, Jan. 1 through Pittsburg Fly-fishing only trout is 2 fish; mini- River Lake Francis LLS Oct. 15 mum length 12 inches Connecticut See NH-VT Interstate Rules on page 39. River EBT, RT, BT, Contoocook Lake downstream to No closed season Contoocook Rindge to SMB, LMB, Daily limit of 2 brook area marked with signs and wire for all species except River Henniker EC P, HP, trout through the ice in West Henniker salmon and smelt* WP, BC, BG From 2500 ft above former Flies and single EBT, RT, BT, Daily limit for brook paper mill dam in West Hen- hook artificial Contoocook SMB, LMB, Jan. 1 through trout is 2 fish; Henniker niker, marked by signs and lures with no River EC P, HP, Nov. 30 minimum length 12 wire, upstream 1 mile to a point more than 3 WP, BC, BG inches marked by signs and wire points EBT, RT, BT, From 2500 ft above former paper SMB, LMB, No closed season Contoocook Daily limit of 2 brook Henniker mill dam in West Henniker, to EC P, HP, for all species except River trout through the ice confluence with Merrimack River WP, WLE, salmon and smelt* BC, BG * See page 22 for species length and bag limits.

KEY TO FISH SPECIES ATS : atlantic salmon BT: brown trout HP: horned pout (brown bullhead) LT: lake trout RT: rainbow trout BC: black crappie EBT: brook trout LLS: landlocked salmon LW: lake whitefish SMB: smallmouth bass BG: bluegill ECP: chain pickerel LMB: largemouth bass NP: northern pike WP: white perch

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OTHER SPECIAL WATERBODY TOWN(S) SECTION SPECIES SEASON METHODS TROUT RULES RULES From confluence of Swift Single barbless Dead Diamond Second Col- No closed season for No limits for black Diamond River downstream to EBT, SMB hook, artificial Catch-and-release River lege Grant all species bass Magalloway River lures/flies From the covered bridge in Jack- Jan. 1 through Daily limit for brook Ellis River Jackson EBT, RT Fly-fishing only son to Iron Railroad Bridge in Glen Oct. 15 trout is 2 fish 4th Saturday in April No closed season EBT, RT, BT, Oct. 16 to 4th Single barbless Brentwood Downstream side of the Cross to Oct. 15: daily limit for all species, Exeter River BC, LMB, Saturday in April: hook, artificial to Exeter Road bridge to Route 111 bridge for brook trout 5 fish or except salmon and ECP Catch-and-release lures/flies 5 lbs. All legal methods. smelt Closed to all fishing from the upstream side of the Pickpocket Dam and fishway including a 50 foot From Route 121-A to the Pick- EBT, RT, BT, No closed season Sandown to Daily limit of 2 brook radius in front of Exeter River pocket Dam and from Route 111 BC, LMB, for all species except Exeter trout through the ice the fishway on the to the Squamscott River ECP salmon and smelt* upstream side to the downstream side of the Cross Roads Bridge in the towns of Brentwood and Exeter Single barbless Jan. 1 through Managed for wild Flints Brook Hollis All sections EBT hook, artificial Catch-and-release Labor Day trout lures/flies Single barbless Jan. 1 through Managed for wild Gulf Brook Chesterfield All sections EBT hook, artificial Catch-and-release Labor Day trout lures/flies 4th Sat. in April to No closed season Bar- From Route 125 bridge Oct. 16 to 4th Single barbless Oct. 15 daily limit for for all species Isinglass River rington to downstream to confluence with EBT, RT Sat. in April hook, artificial brook trout 5 fish or except salmon and Rochester Cocheco River Catch-and-release lures/flies 5 lbs. All legal methods. smelt Single barbless Lamb Valley Second Col- Jan. 1 through Managed for wild All sections EBT hook, artificial Catch-and-release Brook lege Grant Labor Day trout lures/flies EBT, RT, BT, No closed season Raymond to Raymond/Deerfield town line to Daily limit of 2 brook Lamprey River LMB, SMB, for all species except Durham Wiswall Dam trout through the ice ECP salmon and smelt* EBT, RT, BT, 4th Sat. in April to No closed season Oct. 16 to 4th Single barbless Wiswall Dam to first railroad trestle LMB, SMB, Oct. 15 daily limit for for all species Lamprey River Durham Sat. in April hook, artificial downstream of Packers Falls ECP, BG, brook trout 5 fish or 5 except salmon and Catch-and-release lures/flies BC lbs. All legal methods. smelt Closed to all fishing Closed to all fishing 200 feet below in the waters 50 feet Lamprey River Durham Wiswall Dam area Wiswall Dam between above the Wiswall April 1 and July 31. Dam year round. From first railroad trestle down- EBT, RT, BT, No closed season Durham to Daily limit of 2 brook Lamprey River stream of Packers Falls to head LMB, SMP, for all species except Newmarket trout through the ice of tide ECP, BG, BC salmon and smelt* Single barbless Long Mountain Odell to Jan. 1 through Managed for wild All sections EBT hook, artificial Catch-and-release Brook Stratford Labor Day trout lures/flies Single barbless Loomis Valley Second Col- Jan. 1 through Managed for wild All sections EBT hook, artificial Catch-and-release Brook lege Grant Labor Day trout lures/flies From 100 ft above parking area Lost River Woodstock entrance bridge to 100 ft below Closed to all fishing last footbridge in Lost River Gorge From headwaters to the upper Single barbless Jan. 1 through Managed for wild Lyman Brook Columbia bridge on Meriden Hill Road in EBT, RT, BT hook, artificial Catch-and-release Labor Day trout Columbia lures/flies From Route 4 bridge south of Enfield to Jan. 1 through Daily limit for brook Mascoma River Mascoma Lake Dam downstream EBT, RT, BT Fly-fishing only Lebanon Oct. 15 trout is 2 fish to the covered bridge Single barbless Jan. 1 through Managed for wild Meadow Brook Sharon All sections EBT hook, artificial Catch-and-release Labor Day trout lures/flies From Garvins Falls Franklin to EBT, RT, BT, Dam downstream Mass. bor- SMB, LMB, No closed season Merrimack Daily limit of 2 brook to the N.H./Mass. der (except All sections EC P, HP, for all species except River trout through the ice border, all salmon closed WP, WLE, salmon and smelt* caught shall be sections) BC, BG immediately released. * See page 22 for species length and bag limits.

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OTHER SPECIAL WATERBODY TOWN(S) SECTION SPECIES SEASON METHODS TROUT RULES RULES Garvin Falls Dam from canal wall, Merrimack including fish bypass plunge pool, Bow Closed to all fishing River to a point 300 ft downstream to main river Upstream side of Amoskeag Dam to upstream side of Amoskeag Merrimack Bridge, and between west bank of Manchester Closed to all fishing River river and island adjacent to pow- erhouse for 500 ft downstream from fishway entrance Merrymeeting New Merrymeeting Lake Dam to 200 ft Closed to all fishing River Durham below Powder Mill Hatchery New No closed season Merrymeeting From 200 ft below Powder Mill LMB, ECP, Daily limit of 2 brook Durham to for all species except River Hatchery to lower dam at Alton HP, W P trout through the ice Alton salmon and smelt* Jan. 1 – June 15 June 16 – Sept. 30 LLS, RT, and Oct. 1–31 combined daily limit Merrymeeting From lower dam at Alton to Route LMB, SMB, Jan. 1 through fly-fishing only, for trout and salmon Open season as Alton River 11 bridge at Alton Bay EC P, W P, October 31 barbless hooks, is 2 fish, min length stated, except smelt HP catch-and- 15 inches, min length release lake trout 18 inches SMB, LMB, No closed season Hollis to From MA/NH border to Mine Falls Daily limit of 2 brook Nashua River EC P, HP, for all species except Nashua Dam in Nashua trout through the ice BC, BG salmon and smelt* Jackson Mills Dam 200 ft above Nashua River Nashua Closed to all fishing to 200 ft below Nashua River Nashua Mines Falls Dam to 200 ft below Closed to all fishing SMB, LMB, No closed season All salmon caught Below Mine Falls Dam to Daily limit of 2 brook Nashua River Nashua ECP HP, for all species except shall be immedi- confluence with Merrimack River trout through the ice BC, BG smelt ately released Jan. 1 – March 31 daily limit for trout 2 fish and all salmon immediately Oct. 1–31 barbless Newfound Area between West Shore Road Jan. 1 through Fly-fishing only Bristol EBT, RT, LLS released; April 1 – hooks only, catch- River and dam adjacent to Crescent St October 31 Jan. 1 – Oct. 31 Sept. 30 combined and-release all fish daily limit for trout/ salmon is 2 fish This waterbody, and its tributaries to the Pemigewasset Headwaters Headwaters to Route 104 bridge Jan. 1 through EBT, RT first upstream dam, River to Bristol in Bristol October 15 shall be closed to the taking of salmon No closed season Pemigewasset From Route 104 bridge to Ayers Daily limit of 2 brook Bristol EBT, RT for all species except River Island Dam trout through the ice smelt* Pemigewasset From Ayers Island Dam 300 ft Bristol Closed to all fishing River downstream From 300 ft below Ayers Island No closed season Pemigewasset Bristol to Daily limit of 2 brook Dam to the Eastman Falls Dam EBT, BT, RT for all species except River Franklin trout through the ice in Franklin smelt* Pemigewasset From Eastman Falls Dam 150 ft Franklin Closed to all fishing River downstream From 150 ft below Eastman Falls No closed season Pemigewasset Daily limit of 2 brook Franklin Dam to the confluence of EBT, BT, RT for all species except River trout through the ice Winnipesaukee River salmon and smelt* Happy Corner Bridge to EBT, RT, BT, Jan. 1 through Daily limit for brook Perry Stream Pittsburg Fly-fishing only Connecticut River LLS Oct. 15 trout is 2 fish No closed season Piscataquog Daily limit of 2 brook Goffstown Howe Bridge to Glen Lake EBT, RT, BT for all species except River trout through the ice salmon and smelt* From 300 ft upstream of the October 16 – bridge located at 42° 57.447’N June 15 Catch- Piscataquog June 16 – October 15 71° 42.494’W using WGS84 and-release River, South New Boston EBT, RT, BT June 16 – Oct. 15 daily limit for brook map datum on Lyndeboro Road single barbless Branch trout is 5 fish or 5 lbs downstream to the first bridge on hook artificial Route 13 in New Boston flies and lures * See page 22 for species length and bag limits.

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OTHER SPECIAL WATERBODY TOWN(S) SECTION SPECIES SEASON METHODS TROUT RULES RULES SMB, LMB, No closed season All salmon caught Piscataquog From Kellys Falls Dam to conflu- EC P, HP, Daily limit of 2 brook Manchester for all species except shall be immedi- River ence with the Merrimack River BC, BG, trout through the ice smelt ately released RT, BT Single barbless Odell to Jan. 1 through Managed for wild Pond Brook All sections EBT hook, artificial Catch-and-release Stratford Labor Day trout lures/flies SMB, LMB, No closed season Daily limit of 2 brook Powwow River Kingston All sections EC P, HP, for all species except trout through the ice BC salmon and smelt* Lucy Brook downstream to conflu- Jan. 1 through Daily limit for brook Saco River Conway EBT, BT Fly-fishing only ence with Artist Falls Brook Oct. 15 trout is 2 fish Crawford Notch State Park dam Closed to all fishing Hart's at Willey House historical site Jan. 1 through Saco River EBT except children 12 Location upstream to where Saco River Oct. 15 and under enters Willey Pond Single barbless Jan. 1 through Managed for wild Sand Brook Hillsborough All sections EBT hook, artificial Catch-and-release Labor Day trout lures/flies SMB, LMB, No closed season All salmon caught Loudon to From Loudon Village Dam to con- EC P, HP, Daily limit of 2 brook Soucook River for all species except shall be immedi- Pembroke fluence with the Merrimack River BC, BG, trout through the ice smelt ately released RT, BT October 16 – From 300 ft upstream of green June 15 Catch- New June 16 – October 15 All salmon caught Souhegan bridge on Old Wilton Road in and-release Ispwich to EBT, RT, BT June 16 – Oct. 15 daily limit for brook shall be immedi- River Greenville to 300 ft downstream single barbless Wilton trout is 5 fish or 5 lbs ately released of Route 31 bridge in Wilton hook artificial flies and lures New All salmon caught Souhegan Ipswich to All sections ATS shall be immedi- River Merrimack ately released No closed season From dam in Auburn Village LMB, SMB, Daily limit of 2 brook Sucker Brook Auburn for all species except downstream to Lake Massabesic HP, EC P trout through the ice salmon and smelt* Kellyville Bridge to the so-called Jan. 1 through Daily limit for brook Sugar River Newport EBT, RT, BT Fly-fishing only Oak Street Bridge Nov. 30 trout is 2 fish Barn- From Route 126 bridge in Barn- EBT, RT, BT, No closed season stead to Daily limit of 2 brook Suncook River stead downstream to China Mill SMB, LMB, for all species except Allenstown/ trout through the ice Dam in Allenstown/Pembroke EC P, BC salmon and smelt* Pembroke From China Mill Dam down to EBT, RT, BT, No closed season All salmon caught Allenstown/ Daily limit of 2 brook Suncook River confluence with the Merrimack SMB, LMB, for all species except shall be immedi- Pembroke trout through the ice River EC P, BC smelt ately released Sandwich to From Route 113A bridge down- Jan. 1 through Daily limit for brook Swift River EBT, RT Fly-fishing only Tamworth stream to Route 113 bridge Oct. 15 trout is 2 fish No closed season Hampton LMB, ECP, Daily limit of 2 brook Taylor River West of Route 95 for all species except Falls HP trout through the ice salmon and smelt* No closed season LMB, ECP, Daily limit of 2 brook Turkey River Concord All sections for all species except HP trout through the ice salmon and smelt* Single barbless West Branch Jan. 1 through Managed for wild Colebrook All sections EBT hook, artificial Catch-and-release Mohawk River Labor Day trout lures/flies From dam at Paugus Bay to 500 ft downstream and Messer Street bridge downstream to Dixon Winnipesaukee Laconia to RT, LLS, Point; and from old Union Bridge April 1 – Sept. 30 River Tilton SMB, WP abutment in Tilton/Belmont downstream to a point 1000 ft below Lochmere Dam Tilton, No closed season Winnipesaukee From Franklin Falls Dam to conflu- EBT, RT, BT, Daily limit of 2 brook Northfield for all species except River ence with Merrimack River SMB trout through the ice to Franklin smelt* Single barbless Witches Spring Jan. 1 Managed for wild Hollis All sections EBT hook, artificial Catch-and-release Brook through Labor Day trout lures/flies * See page 22 for species length and bag limits.

N.H. STATE RECORD FRESHWATER FISH

SPECIES LENGTH WEIGHT PLACE TOWN DATE ANGLER STATE

American Eel 44.50" 8 lbs. Crystal Lake Eaton 7/6/1975 Michael Hansharak NH Black Crappie 17.25" 2 lbs. 12.8 oz. Bellamy Reservoir Madbury 2/9/2000 Tom Noyes NH Bluegill 11.25" 2 lbs. 0.64 oz. Goodwins Pond Acworth 6/18/1992 Justin S. Therieau NH Bowfin 28.00" 8 lbs. 13 oz. Wilson Pond Swanzey 8/24/1994 Kenneth L’Abbe NH Brook Trout 25.50" 9 lbs. Pleasant Lake New London 5/8/1911 A. Val Woodruff NH Brown Bullhead 17.95" 3 lbs. 4.8 oz. Merrimack River Merrimack 8/06/2005 Donald Robbins NH Brown Trout 32.50" 16 lbs. 6 oz. Connecticut River Pittsburg 7/4/1975 Ken Reed, Jr. CT Carp (Bow Harvested) 40.50" 41 lbs. 0.04 oz. Connecticut River Hinsdale 6/2/2013 Kevin Martin NH Carp 36.50" 33 lbs. Connecticut River Hinsdale 10/28/2007 Fintan Moore III NH Chain Pickerel 26.00" 8 lbs. Plummer Lake Sanbornton 4/24/1966 Carroll R. Akeley MA Channel Catfish 29.50" 12 lbs. 4.8 oz. Connecticut River Hinsdale 9/20/2014 Dave Kellam NH Common White Sucker 22.50" 4 lbs. 13.28 oz. Pawtuckaway Lake Nottingham 4/16/2014 Jooson Kim NH Cusk 34.50" 12 lbs. 3.52 oz. Lake Winnipesaukee Gilford 3/13/2007 Ken Cayer NH Fallfish 20.75" 3 lbs. 8.96 oz. Lake Winnipesaukee Gilford 7/12/1991 John Conti MA Lake Trout 39.50" 28 lbs. 8 oz. Newfound Lake Bristol 4/24/1958 Albert C. Staples MA Lake Whitefish 21.75" 5 lbs. 1 oz. Winnipesaukee Alton 8/23/1974 Paul E. Littlefield NH 34.50" 18 lbs. 8 oz. Pleasant Lake New London 8/31/1942 Mrs. Letty M. Clark NH Landlocked Salmon 36.00" 18 lbs. 8 oz. Pleasant Lake New London 8/30/1914 Mr. P.H. Killelea MA Largemouth Bass 25.80" 10 lbs. 8 oz. Lake Potanipo Brookline 5/1967 G. Bullpitt NH Northern Pike 44.5" 26 lbs. 9.44 oz. Moore Reservoir Dalton 2/16/2013 Kevin Phelps NH 10.00" 13.6 oz. Winnipesaukee Moultonborough 3/31/2011 Mark Beauchesne NH Pumpkinseed 9.50" 13.6 oz. Winnipesaukee Moultonborough 11/20/2011 John A. Viar NH Rainbow Trout 35.50" 15 lbs. 7.2 oz. Pemigewasset River Bristol 9/16/1996 Lance King NH Rock Bass 13.50" 1 lb. 8 oz. Island Pond Stoddard 9/18/1982 Linc Chamberland CT Round Whitefish 18.00" 1 lb. 11.68 oz. Newfound Lake Bristol 2/05/2005 Marty Martin NH Smallmouth Bass 23.25" 7 lbs. 14.5 oz. Goose Pond Canaan 8/1970 Francis H. Lord MA Splake Trout 26.88" 9 lbs. Crystal Lake Eaton 2/20/1980 Thomas Barbour NH Sunapee Trout 33.00" 11 lbs. 8 oz. Sunapee Lake Sunapee 10/2/1954 Ernest Theoharris NH Tiger Muskellunge 35.50" 11 lbs. 11.68 oz. Connecticut River W. Lebanon 6/27/1982 Brian Patch NH Tiger Trout 20.00" 3 lbs. 8.64 oz. Willard Pond Antrim 7/6/2011 Molly Metivier NH Walleye 34.00" 12 lbs. 8.8 oz. Connecticut River Wells River, VT 5/4/1992 Anthony Bartolini NH White Catfish 23.00" 5 lbs. 11 oz. Big Cub Pond Danville 8/4/1996 Zachary Cross NH White Perch 17.20 " 3 lbs. 11.5 oz. Winnipesaukee Moultonborough 12/29/1986 John J. Ziolkowski CT Yellow Bullhead 16.00" 2 lbs. 8 oz. Pecknolds Pond Chester 8/1980 Gerald Menard NH Yellow Perch 15.50" 2 lbs. 6 oz. Head’s Pond Hooksett 3/4/1969 R. Hebert NH

Trophy Fish Program Skylar Deloia of New Hampshire’s Trophy Fish Program gives anglers of all ages recognition for their biggest catches, Uxbridge, MA, while giving biologists important information on the fisheries over time. There are awards for both caught this 19" kept and released fish in 22 freshwater species and 7 saltwater species categories. trophy brook All qualifying entrants receive a “Trophy Fish” shoulder patch for submitting their catch information. trout (4lbs. 5oz.) Each year, the person catching the heaviest fish or releasing the longest fish in a particular species in Profile Lake. category receives a certificate suitable for framing. All ages and all legal methods of angling are represented. Your trophy may qualify for a state record; see list above. Check FishNH.com for N.H. trophy fish rules, minimum weights/lengths and entry forms.

FishNH.com 27 BOATING IN N.H. New Hampshire is a Register Your Boat Boater’s Paradise! The N.H. Department of Safety is responsible You’re never more than a for issuing boat registrations in New Hamp- General Boating short drive away from a boat- shire. Call (603) 271-2333. A few boating reg- Information able lake, pond or river in istration fast facts: the Granite State. There are • Which boats? All motorized vessels of Marine Patrol Headquarters more than 400 public federal and state-owned any size must be registered, in addition to (603) 293-2037 launch sites where you can get your motorboat, sailboats and sailboards 12 feet or longer. Motor Restrictions kayak or canoe into the water—not to mention Unmotorized canoes, kayaks and small sail- Division of Safety Services town-owned ramps that you can check out. boats do not need to register. (603) 293-2037 or New Hampshire offers great destinations for • New boat: The boat owner must register in NH.gov/safety/divisions/nhsp/fob/ paddlers, from whitewater for the adrenaline- person at any N.H. Department of Motor marine-patrol/restricted.html rush crowd to peaceful stretches of scenic quiet Vehicles substation. Some marinas, sport See “Restricted Bodies of Water” water. Bring your binoculars, because many of shops and town halls also can provide boat these waterbodies are in state parks and N.H. registrations; call first. The owner will be Boating Safety Courses Fish and Game-owned Wildlife Management asked to show proof of ownership (such as Areas; depending on the season and time of a bill of sale) and a photo ID. • Classes offered year-round by day, you can enjoy watching birds, turtles, • Renewal: Once a boat is registered, regis- N.H. Marine Patrol and maybe even a moose! And, of course, don’t trants will receive a renewal form in the mail • Many locations throughout the state. forget your fishing rod and tackle box! in subsequent years; boat registrations may • Open to any boater over 14 years of age. be renewed by mail or in person. • Online study materials: boat-ed.com/nh Boat Access Sites Reciprocity • NASBLA approved. Any vessel that is registered in another state N.H. Fish and Game owns and maintains may operate on New Hampshire waters for 30 • Satisfies requirements of mandatory boating education law. 142 public boat access sites around the consecutive days or less without a N.H. boat state. Visit FishNH.com for a list. For more registration. Operators must have the appropri- • For class schedule, call N.H. Marine information, call Fish and Game Boat ate Safe Boating Certificate. Patrol at 1-888-254-2125. Access Coordinator Garret Graaskamp at (603) 271-1748. • Be smart — boat safe!

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28 2015 New Hampshire Freshwater Fishing Digest BOATING IN N.H. Ten Tips for Safe Boating 1. Don’t Overload Carry only the specified Wildlife & Sport Fish Restoration: limit for your craft and don’t sit on the gun- 75 Years of Restoring, Managing and wales or the transom. Researching Fish and Wildlife 2. Wear Life Jackets or Vests State law req Our thanks to hunters, shooters, anglers, boaters and our industry uires one wearable life preserver for each per- partners! With the purchase of firearms and ammunition, archery son in a boat. Kids 12 and under must wear equipment, fishing equipment, and motorboat fuels, hunters, a life preserver. anglers and manufacturers pay excise taxes that are distributed to 3. Know the Water Always carry a chart state fish and wildlife agencies for approved projects. (map) of the waters you are boating on. The US Fish and Wildlife Service joins state fish and wildlife agencies, private industry and the public in a partnership to conserve fish and wildlife resources. 4. In an Accident Your first obligation is to save lives and help the injured. Call N.H. With help from over $121 million in federal aid funding over three quarters of a century, Marine Patrol: (603) 293-2037. New Hampshire Fish and Game has been able to: 5. Water and Alcohol Don’t Mix Sixty per- • Gain knowledge through research cent of recent boating fatalities in N.H. are • Manage fish and wildlife populations alcohol-related. Don’t drink and boat—the .08 law applies to boaters, too! • Acquire Wildlife Management Areas • Improve and protect aquatic habitat 6. Use Your Lights All boats operating after dark must display lights to be visible to • Restore fish and wildlife populations other boaters. • Conduct Hunter and Aquatic Education programs 7. Use Caution When passing within 150 feet • Construct, upgrade and maintain more than 140 of another boat, swimmers, rafts, shore, public access sites for boating and fishing. docks, or mooring fields, you must be at headway speed. Your purchase of hunting and fishing equipment and motorboat fuels supports wildlife and sport fish 8. Don’t Use the Water as a Dump It is illegal restoration and boating access facilities. to litter or discharge sewage into the water. 9. Don’t Harass Wildlife All wildlife are protected on the state’s waters, subject to strict hunting and fishing regulations. 10. Take a Boating Safety Course For info call Diver There, Please Beware Marine Patrol at (603) 267-7256. N.H. State law requires boaters to stay at least 150 feet away from a red flag with a white stripe or other flags in the water. They signal that scuba divers are in the area.

Good Fishing Depends Let’s Go Fishing! on Clean Water Classes with Many of our rivers, lakes, and coastal areas Fish and Game are experiencing algae blooms that cover Want to learn how to fish, our favorite fishing spots with green slime enhance your fishing skills, and cause fish kills and “dead zones” where help turn a friend into a fish- no aquatic life can survive. The cause is ing buddy? Check out Let’s Go usually nitrogen and phosphorus pollution Fishing classes from N.H. Fish that comes from farm and lawn fertilizers, and Game’s Aquatic Resources septic systems, animal waste, and sewage Education team! Courses are treatment plants. Everyone can do their offered throughout the state by part for clean water by reducing fertilizer trained volunteer instructors who use, preserving plants along shorelines, bring a wealth of experience and and picking up pet waste. Supporting water knowledge to help anglers get quality protection supports great fishing! started. Learn more at: epa.gov/nutrientpollution. A message from the US Environmental Pro- Courses for adults and children tection Agency. are free of charge, and designed to teach basic ecological concepts, fishing skills and new ways to enjoy the outdoors together. Courses cover basic techniques for year-round fishing in ponds, lakes, streams and the ocean. A typical course offers hands-on instruction, plus a field trip to put your new skills to the test on the water. Let’s Go Fishing also offers specialty clinics and weekend workshops on fly fishing, saltwater fly fishing, fly tying, ice fishing and more. For a class schedule, visit FishNH.com.

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Get your family excited about going ice fishing! A few basic preparations can make your ice-angling adventure a day to remember.

Equipment Other Gear Ice-fishing equipment is specialized but simple. For a more active ice-fishing experience, try A small tackle box carries other items you You need a sled for moving equipment onto a jig rod—like a regular spinning outfit with shouldn’t be without—hooks, spare sound- the ice—a big plastic boat sled can haul your a short (2 to 3-foot) rod. Jig rods are named ers, non-lead sinkers, lures, jigs, a first-aid kit, gear or a tired child. A homemade sled works for the up-and-down “jig” motion the angler pliers and trash bags. For safety and comfort, great, too; try a wooden box attached to a pair gives the bait or lure. They allow you to fish also bring rope (15 feet), extra clothing (leave of old downhill skis. throughout the water column. in vehicle), a compass, fire starter and matches, A “spud” can be used to test the thickness of a folding lawn chair or pack chair, a heavy the ice, to make holes in the ice or to re-open Bait blanket, and those handy little instant-heat holes made by someone else. An auger is a giant Live shiners are the bait of choice, and are sold packets. Consider ice crampons or “creepers” drill for making holes in the ice; get a hand in many locations. You will need a bait bucket for walking on ice. auger for the exercise, or a power auger to make for them, and a bait dipper, which is a small Ice fishing is the main focus of the trip, but lots of holes in a hurry. Use a “skimmer”—a net to retrieve the little rascals from the cold there is some waiting involved; having activi- long-handled slotted spoon—to remove slush water. Mealworms and maggots are best baits ties to keep busy and warm will only add to and ice from your ice-fishing holes. for sunfish and crappies. the fun. Frisbee, wildlife tracking, snow-fort The most popular ice-fishing device is the building and skating are favorites. Time of “tip-up.” The reel, spooled with several hun- Clothing day doesn’t matter, so plan your trip around dred feet of braided line, is submerged in the A good pair of insulated boots, heavy wool the warmest part of the day, and keep it short water; the rest of the device is suspended on socks and long johns are musts. A fleece layer to start. You don’t have to go far from home to the ice by a pair of crossed “arms.” A simple is next—or perhaps the traditional wool pants have a good time ice fishing. Let’s face it—New triggering mechanism makes a flag pop up and shirt. Your outer layer needs to be wind- Hampshire winters can seem a little long. Hav- when a fish takes the bait, at which point you proof and waterproof; snow pants and a good ing an activity to look forward to makes them pull the device from the water and reel the winter coat will do the trick. Layering will much more fun. Enjoy your winter on the ice! fish in by hand. give you and your family better protection and Your bait will usually be near the bottom, comfort in the cold. Don’t forget a warm hat so you’ll want a “sounder” to know how far and mittens. down the bottom is. A sounder is a heavy metal Whether you’re fishing for weight with a clip that attaches to your hook Food or line. Lower it into the hole, and take the Snacks and drinks are very important for keep- trout, bass, crappie, or perch guesswork out of how deep to fish. Mark your ing your energy up on the ice. Fill a thermos — ice fishing is a great way line with a button or small sinker, and you with beef stew or mac and cheese, and another to spend a winter day. won’t have to re-sound after catching a fish or with hot cocoa. changing bait. ICE FISHING General Rules Cusk Fishing Ice fishing in most New Hampshire lakes and Freshwater cusk (burbot) may be taken through ponds begins at “ice-in” and ends at “ice-out.” the ice with a cusk fishing device (see defini- Safety on Ice Depending on the weather and ice safety, this tion on page 8) marked with the name and Is the ice safe? You won’t know until you “season” can be from late December through address of the user. In addition to the normal test it. Use a chisel or “spud” to thump the mid-April. These types of waters support number of lines allowed (see line limits above), ice as hard as you can; if it does not break mostly warmwater fish populations, including up to 6 cusk fishing lines may also be used. Any through, continue onto the ice. Make a test perch, pickerel, black crappie and bass, with species other than cusk caught on a cusk line hole to check the thickness where you hit, a few waters providing opportunities to catch must be released immediately by cutting the and check the ice at intervals on your way brook, rainbow or brown trout through the line without removing the fish from the water. out to your fishing spot. ice. For specific bag limits for certain species, The sinker of the cusk fishing device must Generally speaking, solid, clear ice of 5 see Lakes & Ponds: General Rules on page 13. rest on the bottom of the waterbody. Through to 6 inches is adequate for small groups; Waters managed for lake trout and/or the ice, cusk fishing devices will be permit- ice thickness of 8 inches and up is good salmon have a defined season of January 1 ted to be set and left unattended, except once for large groups. Be aware that ice can through March 31. Remember—salmon may during each 24-hour period, the bait end of be weakened by objects frozen into it, not be taken through the ice. Designated the line must be inspected. “Bobbing,” “jig- because they hold the heat from the sun; trout ponds are closed to ice fishing. ging,” or movement of the bait to attract fish avoid docks, large rocks and trees fallen On most New Hampshire waters, the general is prohibited. onto the ice. Also avoid areas with springs rule is 6 ice fishing devices (lines) per person The use of cusk fishing devices is or moving water under the ice. when ice fishing, with the following exceptions: restricted to the following waters: First Con- • Ice anglers are limited to 5 lines while ice necticut Lake (Pittsburg), Second Connecti- fishing on N.H.-Maine border waters, except cut Lake (Pittsburg), Third Connecticut Lake Great East Lake, which has a 2-line limit. (Pittsburg), Lake Francis (Pittsburg), Lovell • Only 2 ice fishing devices (lines) per angler Lake (Wakefield), Merrymeeting Lake (New Win a $100 Gift Card! are allowed when fishing the designated Durham), Newfound Lake (Bristol, Alexandria, lake trout and salmon lakes listed below Bridgewater, Hebron), Ossipee Lake (Freedom/ Take the monthly (see exceptions under Cusk Fishing): Ossipee), Silver Lake (Madison), Big Squam Note on Interstate Waters: See pages 38–39 Lake (Holderness, Center Harbor, Sandwich, for additional rules for ice fishing on interstate Moultonboro), Little Squam Lake (Holderness, waters. Ashland), South Pond (Stark), Sunapee Lake Hooks used for bait while ice fishing must (Newbury, New London, Sunapee), Waukewan have only a single hook with a single hook Lake (Meredith), Wentworth Lake (Wolfboro), point per ice fishing device. 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FishNH.com 31 YOUR FISHERIES HABITAT FEE Are you a Landlocked Salmon Angler? Restoring and Conserving Fish Habitat in New Hampshire Anglers can help to conserve our land- When you buy a fishing license in New Hampshire, $1 of your license fee goes into the Fisher- locked salmon fishery through responsi- ies Habitat Account. Since it was created in 2000, this account has funded many restoration ble catch-and-release angling practices, and land conservation efforts. Typically, it funds about 10–20% of completed fisheries habitat including the use of rubber nets, careful projects. Recent projects have included Lake Horace Marsh in Weare, where the aquatic plant removal of hooks, and minimizing the time community and warmwater fish habitat has been greatly improved. At Thompson Brook in fish are held out of water. By pledging to be Greenland, we are restoring brook trout habitat and connectivity. a dedicated steward of New Hampshire’s One special effort is Nash Stream in Coos County, which was named one of the ten “Waters limited landlocked salmon fishery, you can to Watch” in the U.S. by the National Fish Habitat Partnership. The Nash Stream Restoration make a real difference in sustaining this Project began in 2005. Because the stream is so large, we first had to conduct scientific and valuable resource. Check FishNH.com for rigorous assessments of the existing conditions, and then develop plans to restore the river more info and download a brochure. processes and fish habitat in the mainstem and its tributaries. Through the assessment work, we found that the watershed was almost devoid of large in- stream wood, a vital component of healthy brook trout habitat. Think about that deep pool formed by a downed log—that’s where the trout are. For several years, we have been restoring in-stream wood, doing it at a pace that does not suddenly “overload” the streams. In the tributaries, our work focused on felling nearby trees, cutting them into appropriate lengths and then carrying them to the stream and placing them strategically to look and function exactly as trees that fall into the streams. In the main stream, our work has focused mostly on creating large wood jams on the sides of the stream channel, like those that naturally occur in rivers. We constructed large ones, so they would be stable and provide excellent trout habitat for decades. Just as people need to move around the landscape, so do trout. Studies conducted in northern New Hampshire clearly showed that wild trout often migrate dozens of miles in any given year, often to find suitable spawning and winter habitat. This is another component of healthy trout habitat. We have restored this connectivity in the Nash Stream watershed by the targeted removal or replacement of stream crossings, such as culverts. In one stream, wild trout migrated upstream through the new crossing within minutes. Clearly, these trout were actively migrat- Conserving This Unique ing upstream to spawn. Fishery Through What does all this restoration work do? It makes wild trout, for you to enjoy catching. Responsible Angling.

Restoring in-stream wood, as staff and volunteers are doing in Pierce Brook, below, can help improve habitat for wild trout. Morning Shower. Campers’ Style.

Ten-inch wild brook trout caught in August 2013 at one of the Nash Stream restoration sites.

Go outdoors and get refreshed. New Hampshire is made for camping with its natural beauty, recreational activities, family-oriented attractions, world-class events, and more. Visit our website for information on our campgrounds. www.nhlovescampers.com FRESHWATER SMELT Bag Limits and General Rules: Season for Taking Smelt with a Dip Net: The daily bag limit for smelt is 2 quarts liquid From March 15 through April 30, smelt may be taken by means of a dip net not over 18 inches measure of whole (head and tail intact) fresh- in diameter, between the hours of sunset and 12 midnight. Only the following waters are water smelt in the 24 hour period between 12 open to the taking of freshwater smelt by dip net: noon one day and 12 noon the following day. Persons taking freshwater smelt must at all POND/LAKE NAME TOWN times keep their individual take in separate, Deering Reservoir Deering unbreakable containers marked with their Manning Lake/Guinea Pond Gilmanton name. A person cannot take smelt while using Pea Porridge Pond Madison a boat propelled by mechanical power. Rust Pond Wolfeboro Season for Taking Smelt Sandy Pond Richmond by Angling: Suncook Lake Barnstead From June 16 through March 14, smelt may Sunset Lake/Places Pond Alton, Gilmanton be taken by angling only, except in Trout and Webster Lake Franklin Fly-Fishing-Only ponds, which are open June 16 through Oct. 15. STREAM/RIVER NAME TOWN Bearcamp River (From Tamworth/Ossipee town line to Ossipee Lake) Ossipee Mascoma River (From Canaan/Enfield town line to Mascoma Lake) Enfield

Important Changes to Use of Lead Tackle in N.H. Careful with those Loons, swans, cranes and other waterbirds can die from lead poisoning after swallowing lead Plastic Baits! fishing sinkers and jigs lost by anglers. New Hampshire fisheries biologists are Biologists have studied the effects of lead sinkers and jigs on waterbirds, such as loons and reporting increasing numbers of caught swans, since the 1970s. Their ongoing research has documented that, in the northeast U.S. trout and salmon with indigestible soft and Canada where loons breed, lead sinkers or jigs can account for up to half of dead adult plastic lures in their stomachs. A discarded loons found by researchers. soft plastic lure consumed by a trout from the bottom of a freshwater lake likely State law prohibits the use of certain size lead sinkers and jigs in all freshwaters of New Hamp- remains in that fish’s stomach for the rest shire. The ban prohibits the use of lead sinkers weighing 1 ounce or less and lead jigs less of its life, and may cause health issues than 1 inch long along their longest axis. The sale of these lead sinkers and jigs is prohibited such as ulcers and weight loss. Anglers in the state of N.H. are strongly encouraged to purchase In June of 2016, a new law takes effect that will ban the sale and use of all lead sinkers biodegradable and food-based lures and jigs that weigh one ounce or less. Anglers are being encouraged to make the transition rather than soft plastic ones. It is also to non-lead tackle alternatives as soon as possible. It is the right thing to do, not just for loons, important that anglers not discard plastic but for all wildlife that may ingest lead sinkers and jigs. lures into any waters, and also to attempt to retrieve any soft plastic lures that have What You Can Do: become unhooked. Thanks. • Switch to non-lead sinkers and jigs. • Spread the word. Tell other anglers about the problem with lead. • Dispose of old lead sinkers and jigs properly. Drop-off locations include all N.H. Fish and Game offices and hatcheries.

These lures were found in the stomach of a 14-pound lake trout caught by George Manley of Sidney, Maine, in Maranacook Lake in 2009. (Image courtesy of MDIFW)

FishNH.com 33 FISH IDENTIFICATION

Adipose fin grey to Upper jaw to rear olive—never orange edge of eye or slightly beyond

Caudal peduncle narrow

Landlocked Atlantic salmon American shad

Adipose tinged with red-orange Upper jaw well past eye

Rainbow smelt Caudal peduncle thick Brown trout

Dark chain-like markings on olive background

Profuse spots on fins Fully scaled gill cover Chain pickerel

Pink stripe Light-colored bean-shaped spots on olive background Rainbow trout

No scales on lower half of Red spots with Worm-like markings gill cover Northern pike blue halos on back

Leading edge of Square tail fins white Brook trout

Whitefish Illustrations, this page: Landlocked Atlantic salmon, American shad, Rainbow smelt ©NHFG Victor Young; Brown trout, Rainbow trout, Chain pickerel, Brook trout ©Duane Raver; Northern pike, Cusk, Whitefish ©Ellen Edmondson (Image courtesy of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. All rights reserved.); Lake trout ©Timmothy Knepp. ©Timmothy trout Lake reserved.); rights Conservation. All Environmental Departmentof State York New the of courtesy (Image Edmondson ©Ellen Whitefish Cusk, Northern pike,

Leading edge of Deeply forked tail fins white Lake trout Cusk (Burbot)

34 2015 New Hampshire Freshwater Fishing Digest FISH IDENTIFICATION

Upper jaw past rear edge of eye

Lateral dark stripe

White perch Largemouth bass

NOTE: Both may be referred to as “black bass” on the regulatory pages.

Upper jaw middle to rear edge of eye

Dark vertical bars

Smallmouth bass Yellow perch

Rock bass Walleye

Bluegill Walleye, Rock bass © Ellen Edmondson (Image courtesy of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. All rights reserved.) Pumpkinseed Illustrations, this page: White perch, Largemouth bass, Yellow perch, Smallmouth bass, Pumpkinseed, Bluegill, Brown bullhead, Black crappie ©Duane Raver; Raver; ©Duane crappie Black bullhead, Brown Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, bass, Smallmouth perch, Yellow bass, Largemouth perch, White page: this Illustrations,

Brown bullhead (Horned pout) Black crappie

FishNH.com 35 STOP AQUATIC HITCHHIKERS!

The quality of our waters is extremely valuable, ZEBRA MUSSEL QUAGGA MUSSEL both as a natural and economic resource. In addition to providing essential aquatic habitat, New Hampshire’s waters annually provide 14.7 million visitor days for boating, fishing and swimming —popular family-oriented recreational activities that generate more than $1 billion to the state’s economy each year. Your help is needed to protect these resources. It’s J.E. Moredan City of San Diego up to boaters and anglers to keep nuisance ASIAN CLAM CHINESE MYSTERY SNAIL species from invading N.H.’s waters! New Hampshire’s waters are threatened by several non-native aquatic invasive plants and animals. They can easily be transported to new waters by boats, motors, trailers, fishing equipment, live-wells, bait buckets, diving gear and other aquatic recreational equipment. Check your boat and equipment and remove any plants A. Smagula A. Smagula or other materials—milfoil and other invasives RUSTY CRAYFISH SPINY WATER FLEA can easily adhere to propellers and many other catch points. Invasives can also be put into our waters by individuals who are not aware of the environmental and economic damages these nuisance plants and animals can cause. Never release plants, fish or animals into a body of water unless they came out of that body of water. B. Roth/Univ. Wisconsin Minnesota Sea Grant It’s the law! DIDYMO VARIABLE MILFOIL Invasive Plants It is illegal to transport, import, purchase, propagate, sell or distribute 14 species of non- native aquatic plants in N.H. Among the 14 species, variable milfoil is the most abundant and problematic invasive aquatic plant in N.H. An invasive algae threatening our waters is Tyler Baker A. Smagula “didymo” or “rock snot,” which is present in the Connecticut River and several tributaries. If you fish, boat or swim in this river, disinfect Asian clams are already present in the lower Learn More all of your gear before using elsewhere. Merrimack River and several ponds; they com- For more information, contact the N.H. Depart- pete with native mussels for space and food. ment of Environmental Services Exotic Species Invasive Animals The Chinese mystery snail is also here, Program at 603-271-2248, des.nh.gov; N.H. Nonnative invasive animals are also a growing present in lakes and ponds in southeastern Fish and Game at 603-271-2501, FishNH.com; concern in New Hampshire. Zebra mussels New Hampshire. Rusty crayfish have been or visit protectyourwaters.net. and quagga mussels can attach to boat hulls found in Vermont. The spiny water flea is and clog water intake systems. They are not present in the Great Lakes. These invaders here yet—it is extremely important to keep compete with native species for zooplankton, them out of New Hampshire waters. impacting the entire food chain.

Clean…Drain…Dry To help prevent the transport of aquatic nuisance species, clean all recreational equipment whenever you leave a body of water: • Remove any visible mud, plants, fish or animals. • Drain water from equipment (engine water intake systems, bilge, live wells, bait buckets). • Clean and dry anything that comes into contact with water (boats, paddles, trailers, waders, etc.).

36 2015 New Hampshire Freshwater Fishing Digest BAITFISH INFORMATION Possession and Use of »» Fallfish(Semotilius corporalis) Live Fish for Bait »» Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) • Only the following species shall be pos- • No baitfish shall be imported from states Dispose of Bait on sessed and used as live fish for bait when known to have waters infested with zebra Land or in the Trash fishing any freshwaters of the state: mussels or from states which allow the Bait and non-native plants and animal import of baitfish from states infested with Common name (Scientific Name) hitchhiking in bait can harm our lakes zebra mussels unless the source of baitfish »» Rainbow smelt (Osmerus mordax) and rivers. Remember not to litter—please is approved free of zebra mussels. »» Longnose dace (Rhinichthys cataractae) dispose of bait containers in appropriate »» Blacknose dace (Rhinichthys atratulus) receptacles! Taking of Smelt by »» Northern redbelly dace (Phoxinus eos) Licensed Bait Dealers »» Lake chub (Couesius plumbeus) • Licensed bait dealers may take freshwater »» Creek chub (Semotilius atromaculatus) Unused bait and invasive smelt for sale as bait or for personal use, in »» Fallfish(Semotilius corporalis) plants and animals accordance with the restrictions for taking »» Golden shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) hitchhiking in bait buckets smelt in Fis 400. »» Common shiner (Luxilus cornutus) can ruin your fishing. • No licensed bait dealer shall have in posses- »» Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides) sion more than one daily limit of freshwater »» Spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius) smelt while taking freshwater smelt for sale »» Silvery minnow (Hybognathus nuchalis) as bait from streams, pond or lakes, or when »» Creek chubsucker (Erimyzon oblongus) leaving such waters. »» Longnose sucker (Catostomus catostomus) • Licensed bait dealers may take freshwater »» White sucker (Catostomus commersoni) smelt for sale as bait, from ice-in through »» Killifish/tomcod(Fundulus sp.) February 28, only as follows: • Daily limit of baitfish for personal use is • During even-numbered calendar years, the limited to 2 quarts liquid measure. See spe- following waterbodies shall be open: cial rules for rainbow smelt on page 33. »» Cedar Pond, Milan • No more than 6 bait traps shall be used »» Crystal Lake, Enfield to take baitfish, and all bait traps, holding »» Crystal Lake, Gilmanton boxes or other receptacles shall be plainly ALWAYS: »» Iona Lake, Albany marked with the name and address of the DRAIN BAIT BUCKET WATER ON LAND »» Loon Lake, Freedom DISPOSE OF UNWANTED BAIT IN THE TRASH owner or user. »» Pleasant Lake, Deerfield www.protectyourwaters.net Developed by Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant & Illinois Natural »» Post Pond, Lyme History Survey, Prairie Research Institute with funding Suckers from the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative ©2012 The »» South Pond, Stark Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. IISG-12-31 In addition to angling and ice fishing, suckers

»» Suncook Ponds, Barnstead Image courtesy of Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program may be taken for personal use as bait by use »» Sunset Lake, Alton/Gilmanton of traps, made of wire slats not more than 50 »» Tewksbury Pond, Grafton inches long nor more than 30 inches wide, with »» Wentworth Lake, Wolfeboro an aperture for the entrance of fish no smaller • During odd-numbered calendar years, the than 3 and 1/2 inches in diameter, except as following waterbodies shall be open: Make Hunting & Fishing otherwise provided in Fis 406 and Fis 407. No »» Beech Pond (Lower), Tuftonboro more than 2 traps shall be used by a licensed Dreams Come True! »» Christine Lake, Stark fisherman, and all bait traps, holding boxes or »» Crystal Pond, Eaton Hunt of a Lifetime is a other receptacles shall be plainly marked with »» Deering Reservoir, Deering nonproﬁ t organization the name and address of the owner and user. »» Loon Pond, Gilmanton that grants hunting and There are no bag limits for suckers. ﬁ shing dreams to children, »» Manning Lake, Gilmanton age 21 and under, who »» Pea Porridge Pond, Madison Importation of Finfish for Bait have been diagnosed with »» Rust Pond, Wolfeboro life threatening illnesses. • Licensed bait dealers shall obtain a permit »» Sandy Pond, Richmond from the N.H. Fish and Game Department If you are interested in helping a child live their »» Sunapee Lake, Little, Springfield before importing any shipment or lot of bait- dream, please contact us for more information. »» Webster Lake, Franklin fish from hatchery sources or wild stock. »» White Lake, Tamworth Toll Free 866.345.4455 HuntofaLifetime.org Such permits shall be issued to import only: • Licensed bait dealers may take smelt in the Common name (Scientific Name) waterbodies listed above by means of a dip »» Common/white sucker (Catostomus net held in hand, a drop net not over 48 commersoni) inches in diameter, or by means of a square »» Chub sucker (Erimyzon oblonguscreek) umbrella net not over 42 inches on a side. »» Tomcod/killifish(Fundulus sp.) • The daily limit for smelt taken in waterbod- »» Golden shiner/Arkansas shiner (Notemi- ies listed above shall be 8 quarts liquid of gonus crysoleucas) whole, head and tail intact, freshwater smelt »» Common shiner (Luxilus cornutus) in the 24 hours between 12 o’clock one day »» Spottail shiner (Notropis hudsonius) and 12 o’clock noon the following day. »» Hunt’s shiner/silvery minnow (Hybogna- thus regius) Got Questions? »» Emerald shiner (Notropis atherinoides) For more information about licensed bait dealer »» Northern/lake chub (Couesius plumbeus) regulations, please contact the N.H. Fish and »» Northern creek chub (Semotilius Game Department’s Inland Fisheries Division atromaculatus) at (603) 271-2501. FishNH.com 37 INTERSTATE WATERS

NEW HAMPSHIRE • MAINE

Licenses Ice Fishing Restrictions (NH • ME) Open Water Restrictions (NH • ME) All New Hampshire and Maine fishing licenses It is unlawful to: It is unlawful to: are valid for the taking of fish from NH-Maine • Use more than five (5) lines; except on Great • Use more than two (2) lines; interstate waters listed below. East Lake where no more than two (2) lines • Take, sell or possess for use as bait any of can be used. the following fish, dead or living—pickerel, Waters Include: • Take, sell or possess for use as bait any of goldfish, yellow perch, white perch, bass, • Umbagog Lake in Errol/Cambridge, NH, the following fish, dead or living—pickerel, sunfish, crappie, horned pout, carp or any and Upton, ME (waters of Umbagog Lake goldfish, yellow perch, white perch, bass, spiny finned fish; include the waters of the Androscoggin River sunfish, crappie, horned pout, carp or any • Take bass with anything other than artificial upstream of the Errol Dam, the waters of the spiny-finned fish; lures or flies between April 1 and June 20. Magalloway River within the state of New • Take salmon or cusk. Hampshire and the waters of the Rapid River Daily Limits upstream to the marker at Cedar Stump in Daily Limits • Bass: 1 fish from April 1 to June 20 and 3 Maine. Trout and Lake Trout (togue), except in Umbagog fish from June 21 to Sept. 30. • Province Lake in Effingham/Wakefield, Lake: 5 fish, but not more than 2 lake trout (togue), • Lake Trout (togue), Trout and Salmon: 5 NH, and Parsonsfield, ME. 2 rainbow trout, 2 brown trout or 2 brook trout. fish, but no more than 2 salmon, 2 lake trout • Balch Pond in Wakefield, NH, and Acton/ • Pickerel: 5 fish. (togue), 2 rainbow trout, 2 brown trout, or 2 Newfield, ME. • Bass: 1 fish. brook trout (see exceptions below*). • Horn Pond in Wakefield, NH, and Acton, • Smelt:* 2 quarts. • Pickerel: 5 fish. ME.—The northern terminus of Horn Pond • Other Species: none. • Other Species: none. will be delineated by signage. * Angling is the only legal means of taking • Smelt: 2 quarts. • Great East Lake in Wakefield, NH, and smelt in interstate waters and their tribu- Angling is the only legal means of taking Acton, ME. taries, except in the tributaries of Great smelt in interstate waters and their tributar- • Milton Watershed in Milton, NH, and Leba- East Lake where no smelt may be taken. ies, with the following exceptions: non, ME (Milton Watershed includes all of »» Lower Kimball Pond: Dip nets not over Minimum Lengths the Milton Three Ponds—Northeast Pond, 18 inches in diameter shall be permitted Fish are measured from the tip of the nose to Milton Pond and Townhouse Pond, begin- between sunset and 12 midnight during the tail tip. ning at the dam in Milton to the influx of the the open water season. • Lake Trout (togue): 18 inches, except in Branch River and the Salmon Falls River). »» Tributaries of Great East Lake: No smelt Great East Lake where the minimum length • Lower Kimball Pond in Chatham, NH, and may be taken. is 16 inches. Fryeburg, ME. • Brook Trout: 6 inches, except in Umbagog Minimum Lengths • Spaulding Pond in Milton, NH, and Leba- Lake where the minimum length is 18 inches. Fish are measured from the tip of the nose to non, ME. • Brown and Rainbow Trout: 10 inches in the tail tip. • Salmon Falls River in Wakefield, Milton, lakes and ponds. • Salmon: 14 inches. Rochester, Somersworth and Rollinsford, • Bass: 12 inches. • Lake Trout (togue): 18 inches, except in NH, and Acton, Berwick and South Berwick, • Other Species: No minimum length. Great East Lake where the minimum length ME, including the upper reach of the Salmon is 16 inches. Falls River beginning at the outlet dam of Ice Fishing Shacks • Brook Trout: 6 inches, except in Lake Great East Lake, also known as State Line No person who owns any shack or temporary Umbagog where the minimum length is 18 Canal, to a point downstream marked by structure used for ice fishing shall place, or allow inches. signage delineating the northern terminus to be placed, the shack or structure on the ice more • Brown and Rainbow Trout: 10 inches in of Horn Pond. than 3 days before the waters on which shack or lakes and ponds and 6 inches in rivers and structure is located are open to ice fishing. Open Fishing Seasons streams. All ice fishing shacks, while on the ice, must • Jan. 1 to Mar. 31: Ice fishing—all species • Bass: 12 inches, except from June 21 to Sept. have the name and address of the owner on the except salmon. 30 only 1 bass can be greater than 14 inches. outside in 2-inch letters. • Apr. 1 to Nov. 30: Open water fishing season, • Other Species: No minimum length. Ice fishing shacks shall be removed from except that in all lakes and ponds between the ice within 3 days after those waters close Oct. 1 and Nov. 30, all trout, salmon, lake * Exceptions to Open Water Restrictions to ice fishing. trout and black bass must be released alive • Umbagog Lake: The daily limit for brook at once. Exceptions To Ice Fishing Season trout is 1 fish. • Dec. 1 to Dec. 31: Closed to all fishing. • Salmon Falls River: Closed to ice fishing. • Salmon Falls River: The open water season • Umbagog Lake: The portion of Umbagog will run from January 1 to December 31. Dates Lake north of a straight line between Molls • In the Magalloway River in New Hampshire Whenever a period of time is named during Rock, Errol, New Hampshire and the red there shall be no size or bag limit for bass. which an act is permitted or prohibited, both post between Spillman and Glassby Coves, the first and second dates named are included Closed Season (NH•ME) Magalloway Plantation, Maine is closed to within such period. No fishing in any waters, except Salmon Falls ice-fishing. The daily limit for brook trout River, from December 1 through December 31. on Umbagog Lake is 1 fish. • In the Magalloway River in New Hampshire there shall be no size or bag limit for bass.

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NEW HAMPSHIRE • VERMONT

Connecticut River Regulations »» Through open water, the daily limit is 5 • Northern Pike: The daily limit is 1 fish; For that portion of the river between N.H. and fish or 5 pounds (whichever limit is first minimum total length 28 inches. Vermont. “Connecticut River” means all waters reached), except the daily limit is 1 fish • Pickerel: The daily limit is 10 fish. of the river including the bays, set backs and from the Samuel Moore Dam downstream • Walleye (Pike Perch): No person shall take tributaries, only to the first highway bridge to the Rte. 18 bridge. walleye 16 to 18 inches; the daily limit is 4 crossing said tributaries on the Vermont and »» Through the ice, the daily limit is 2 fish, fish, of which only 1 can be larger than 18 New Hampshire sides. except the daily limit is 1 fish from the inches. Samuel Moore Dam downstream to the Licenses Special Exceptions Rte. 18 bridge. All New Hampshire resident and Vermont From a point 1,600 feet upstream from the • Black Bass (Largemouth and Smallmouth resident fishing licenses are valid for the bridge in North Stratford upstream to a point Bass): The daily bag limit for black bass is 2 taking of fish from the Connecticut River as 250 feet below the Lyman Falls Dam in North fish, of which only one may be greater than defined above. All other nonresidents with Stratford, and marked by a sign, the following 16 inches, from January 1 through March 31. a N.H. nonresident fishing license shall only restrictions apply: Fishing shall be permitted »» The daily limit for black bass from April take fish east of the Vermont low water mark by artificial lures and flies only. All lures and 1 through May 14 and June 16 to June while on the Connecticut River. flies shall have barbless hooks or shall have all 30 is 2 fish. barbs pinched so they will not interfere with Season »» Between May 15 and June 15, all black removal of the hook from the fish. All fish are Open to fishing all year, except no fishing bass shall be immediately released to be immediately released unharmed. Oct. 16–Dec. 31 from the confluence of the unharmed, at the site of catch, to the Upper Ammonoosuc River and the Connecticut waters from which taken. Fishways Closed River in Northumberland, NH, to the northern »» The daily limit for black bass from July 1 Vernon Dam in Vernon, Vermont, and Hin- boundary of the town of Canaan, VT. through December 31 is 5 fish. sdale, New Hampshire, shall be closed to all »» During the period beginning May 15 and fishing to a point 150 feet below the dam. Devices ending June 15, black bass shall be taken Wilder Dam in Wilder, Vermont, and Lebanon, No more than 6 ice fishing devices are allowed. only by artificial lures and flies. New Hampshire, shall be closed to all fishing When fishing in open water, no more than 2 • Carp: May be taken by any legal method to a point 150 feet below the dam. lines may be used. and by bow and arrow with cord attached, Species Rules in that part of the river beginning at the The rules below apply during the open season point on the northern boundary of Grafton for fishing. County in New Hampshire which is directly • American Shad: Catch and release only. opposite the town of Concord, VT, south to • Atlantic Salmon: No open season for Atlan- the Massachusetts border. tic salmon until declared by the Connecticut • Black Crappie, Yellow and White Perch, River Atlantic Salmon Commission. Sunfish, Horned Pout (Bullhead): The • Brook, Brown and Rainbow Trout: The daily bag limit for each species shall be 25 season for taking brook, brown or rainbow fish and the aggregate daily limit shall not trout by all legal methods shall open on exceed 50 fish. January 1 and close October 15.

NEW HAMPSHIRE • MASSACHUSETTS Share your love of fishing with others— Become a Licenses Seasons “Let’s Go Fishing” Instructor! All New Hampshire and Massachusetts fishing There are no closed seasons for taking any licenses are valid for the taking of fish from species, by all legal methods. Volunteer instructors needed. NH-MA interstate waters listed below. Species For more information on the “Let’s Go Waters Include: For all species: see Lakes and Ponds: General Fishing” program, call (603) 271-3212. • Bent Pond in Winchester, NH, and War- Fishing Rules on page 13. Aquatic Resources Education wick, MA. N.H. Fish and Game Department • Long Pond in Pelham, NH, and Dracut, MA. • Lake Monomonac in Rindge, NH, and Winchendon, MA. • Robbins Pond in Rindge, NH, and Winchen- don, MA. • Tuxbury Pond in South Hampton, NH, and Amesbury, MA.

FishNH.com 39 FISH CONSUMPTION GUIDELINES Is it Safe to Eat the Fish? Stocked trout contains relatively low levels of In addition, NO fish should be consumed from mercury. For rainbow and brown trout, women the Androscoggin River from Berlin south Fish Consumption Guidelines of childbearing age and children can safely eat to the Maine border due to potential dioxin Fish can be an important part of a healthy ONE meal per week; others can eat SIX meals contamination. diet, but some fish contain varying levels of per week. Brook trout could be either stocked or For more information on freshwater and pollutants like mercury. Because of this, the from a native population, and therefore should saltwater guidelines, contact: N.H. Department of Environmental Services be consumed at the rate of the general freshwa- N.H. Department of Environmental Services recommends the following guidelines for ter advisory above. Environmental Health Program eating freshwater fish that you catch in New Fish from several waterbodies in New Hamp- (603) 271-1370 Hampshire: shire have been shown to have higher than des.nh.gov (search “fish consumption”) • Pregnant and nursing women, and women average mercury concentrations. For the water- who may become pregnant can safely eat bodies identified below, women of childbearing ONE, 8-ounce meal of freshwater fish per age and young children should not consume month. any fish; others may consume TWO meals per • Children under age 7 can safely eat ONE, month: 4-ounce meal of freshwater fish per month. • Ashuelot Pond, Washington • All other adults and children age 7 and older • Comerford and Moore Reservoirs can safely eat FOUR, 8-ounce meals of fresh- on the Connecticut River water fish per month. • Crystal Lake, Gilmanton • When eating bass, pickerel, white perch or • Dubes Pond, Hooksett yellow perch, limit consumption to fish 12 • Jackman Reservoir, Hillsboro inches or less in length while following the • Mascoma Lake, Enfield above guidelines. • May Pond, Washington • Tower Hill Pond, Candia ANGLER’S SHOWPLACE

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40 2015 New Hampshire Freshwater Fishing Digest 2015 SUNRISE-SUNSET TABLES Please note that the N.H. Sunrise and Sunset times may be sev- Eastern Standard Time—Concord, NH eral minutes before or after the times shown below, which are for Lunar Phases: = Full = Last Quarter Concord, NH. Check local media for exact sunrise/sunset times. = New = First Quarter Daylight Savings Time has been incorporated into this chart (in red).

JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. MAY JUNE Rise Set Lunar Rise Set Lunar Rise Set Lunar Rise Set Lunar Rise Set Lunar Rise Set Lunar Day Day A.M. P.M. Phase A.M. P.M. Phase A.M. P.M. Phase A.M. P.M. Phase A.M. P.M. Phase A.M. P.M. Phase 1 7:18 4:21 7:02 4:58 6:23 5:35 1 6:29 7:12 5:40 7:47 5:09 8:19 2 7:18 4:22 7:01 4:59 6:21 5:36 2 6:27 7:13 5:39 7:49 5:09 8:20 3 7:18 4:23 7:00 5:01 6:19 5:37 3 6:25 7:15 5:37 7:50 5:08 8:21 4 7:18 4:24 6:59 5:02 6:18 5:39 4 6:23 7:16 5:36 7:51 5:08 8:21 5 7:18 4:25 6:57 5:03 6:16 5:40 5 6:22 7:17 5:35 7:52 5:07 8:22 6 7:18 4:26 6:56 5:05 6:14 5:41 6 6:20 7:18 5:33 7:53 5:07 8:23 7 7:18 4:27 6:55 5:06 6:13 5:42 7 6:18 7:19 5:32 7:54 5:07 8:23 8 7:18 4:28 6:54 5:07 7:11 6:44 8 6:16 7:20 5:31 7:55 5:07 8:24 9 7:18 4:29 6:53 5:09 7:09 6:45 9 6:15 7:22 5:29 7:56 5:06 8:25 10 7:17 4:30 6:51 5:10 7:07 6:46 10 6:13 7:23 5:28 7:58 5:06 8:25 11 7:17 4:31 6:50 5:11 7:06 6:47 11 6:11 7:24 5:27 7:59 5:06 8:26 12 7:17 4:33 6:49 5:13 7:04 6:49 12 6:10 7:25 5:26 8:00 5:06 8:26 13 7:16 4:34 6:47 5:14 7:02 6:50 13 6:08 7:26 5:25 8:01 5:06 8:27 14 7:16 4:35 6:46 5:15 7:01 6:51 14 6:06 7:28 5:24 8:02 5:06 8:27 15 7:15 4:36 6:44 5:17 6:59 6:52 15 6:05 7:29 5:23 8:03 5:06 8:28 16 7:15 4:37 6:43 5:18 6:57 6:53 16 6:03 7:30 5:22 8:04 5:06 8:28 17 7:14 4:38 6:41 5:19 6:55 6:55 17 6:01 7:31 5:21 8:05 5:06 8:28 18 7:14 4:40 6:40 5:21 6:53 6:56 18 6:00 7:32 5:20 8:06 5:06 8:29 19 7:13 4:41 6:39 5:22 6:52 6:57 19 5:58 7:33 5:19 8:07 5:06 8:29 20 7:12 4:42 6:37 5:23 6:50 6:58 20 5:56 7:35 5:18 8:08 5:06 8:29 21 7:12 4:43 6:36 5:25 6:48 6:59 21 5:55 7:36 5:17 8:09 5:06 8:30 22 7:11 4:45 6:34 5:26 6:46 7:01 22 5:53 7:37 5:16 8:10 5:06 8:30 23 7:10 4:46 6:32 5:27 6:45 7:02 23 5:52 7:38 5:15 8:11 5:07 8:30 24 7:09 4:47 6:31 5:29 6:43 7:03 24 5:50 7:39 5:14 8:12 5:07 8:30 25 7:09 4:49 6:29 5:30 6:41 7:04 25 5:49 7:40 5:14 8:13 5:07 8:30 26 7:08 4:50 6:28 5:31 6:39 7:05 26 5:47 7:42 5:13 8:14 5:08 8:30 27 7:07 4:51 6:26 5:32 6:37 7:06 27 5:46 7:43 5:12 8:15 5:08 8:30 28 7:06 4:53 6:24 5:34 6:36 7:08 28 5:44 7:44 5:12 8:16 5:09 8:30 29 7:05 4:54 6:34 7:09 29 5:43 7:45 5:11 8:17 5:09 8:30 30 7:04 4:55 6:32 7:10 30 5:41 7:46 5:10 8:17 5:09 8:30 31 7:03 4:57 6:30 7:11 31 5:10 8:18

JULY AUG. SEPT. OCT. NOV. DEC. Rise Set Lunar Rise Set Lunar Rise Set Lunar Rise Set Lunar Rise Set Lunar Rise Set Lunar Day Day A.M. P.M. Phase A.M. P.M. Phase A.M. P.M. Phase A.M. P.M. Phase A.M. P.M. Phase A.M. P.M. Phase 1 5:10 8:30 5:36 8:08 6:10 7:22 1 6:43 6:28 6:21 4:38 6:58 4:12 2 5:10 8:30 5:37 8:07 6:11 7:20 2 6:44 6:26 6:22 4:37 6:59 4:12 3 5:11 8:29 5:38 8:06 6:12 7:18 3 6:46 6:24 6:23 4:36 7:00 4:11 4 5:12 8:29 5:39 8:04 6:13 7:16 4 6:47 6:22 6:25 4:34 7:01 4:11 5 5:12 8:29 5:40 8:03 6:14 7:15 5 6:48 6:21 6:26 4:33 7:02 4:11 6 5:13 8:29 5:42 8:02 6:16 7:13 6 6:49 6:19 6:27 4:32 7:03 4:11 7 5:14 8:28 5:43 8:01 6:17 7:11 7 6:50 6:17 6:28 4:31 7:04 4:11 8 5:14 8:28 5:44 7:59 6:18 7:09 8 6:51 6:15 6:30 4:30 7:05 4:11 9 5:15 8:27 5:45 7:58 6:19 7:07 9 6:52 6:14 6:31 4:28 7:06 4:11 10 5:16 8:27 5:46 7:56 6:20 7:06 10 6:54 6:12 6:32 4:27 7:07 4:11 11 5:16 8:26 5:47 7:55 6:21 7:04 11 6:55 6:10 6:34 4:26 7:08 4:11 12 5:17 8:26 5:48 7:54 6:22 7:02 12 6:56 6:09 6:35 4:25 7:09 4:11 13 5:18 8:25 5:49 7:52 6:23 7:00 13 6:57 6:07 6:36 4:24 7:09 4:11 14 5:19 8:25 5:50 7:51 6:24 6:58 14 6:58 6:05 6:38 4:23 7:10 4:11 15 5:20 8:24 5:51 7:49 6:25 6:57 15 7:00 6:04 6:39 4:22 7:11 4:11 16 5:21 8:23 5:52 7:48 6:26 6:55 16 7:01 6:02 6:40 4:21 7:12 4:12 17 5:21 8:23 5:54 7:46 6:28 6:53 17 7:02 6:00 6:41 4:20 7:12 4:12 18 5:22 8:22 5:55 7:45 6:29 6:51 18 7:03 5:59 6:43 4:20 7:13 4:12 19 5:23 8:21 5:56 7:43 6:30 6:49 19 7:04 5:57 6:44 4:19 7:14 4:13 20 5:24 8:20 5:57 7:42 6:31 6:48 20 7:06 5:56 6:45 4:18 7:14 4:13 21 5:25 8:19 5:58 7:40 6:32 6:46 21 7:07 5:54 6:46 4:17 7:15 4:14 22 5:26 8:19 5:59 7:38 6:33 6:44 22 7:08 5:53 6:48 4:17 7:15 4:14 23 5:27 8:18 6:00 7:37 6:34 6:42 23 7:09 5:51 6:49 4:16 7:16 4:15 24 5:28 8:17 6:01 7:35 6:35 6:40 24 7:11 5:50 6:50 4:15 7:16 4:15 25 5:29 8:16 6:02 7:33 6:36 6:39 25 7:12 5:48 6:51 4:15 7:17 4:16 26 5:30 8:15 6:03 7:32 6:38 6:37 26 7:13 5:47 6:52 4:14 7:17 4:16 27 5:31 8:14 6:05 7:30 6:39 6:35 27 7:14 5:45 6:54 4:14 7:17 4:17 28 5:32 8:13 6:06 7:28 6:40 6:33 28 7:16 5:44 6:55 4:13 7:17 4:18 29 5:33 8:12 6:07 7:27 6:41 6:31 29 7:17 5:42 6:56 4:13 7:18 4:19 30 5:34 8:10 6:08 7:25 6:42 6:30 30 7:18 5:41 6:57 4:12 7:18 4:19 31 5:35 8:09 6:09 7:23 31 7:19 5:40 7:18 4:20 Source: US Naval Observatory (http://www.usno.navy.mil) FishNH.com 41 Innovation & Design for your ﬁ shing today, tomorrow,tomorrow, a lifetime.lifetime.

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