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I'm thinking about bringing the canoe out for the first time this year on Saturday morning to turtle pond, turkey pond, or Stumpfield. After reading the last few pages I have an idea of what bait is working, but how deep should I be looking for bass right now? Anyone have luck with any of these locations this spring yet? Thanks everyone.

I live just down the road from Freese's and when I first moved there I tried going out there with my canoe a few times but only came up with a few pickerel and a few trout near the dam. The only place I can catch bass there is from shore on either side of 107 where the water crosses under the road. Sometimes after my son goes to bed I'll head out for an hour and fish from shore, and I can usually get a couple 2lbers with a power worm. I have seen others in a canoe get some hits on a top water mouse over the pads but nothing huge. I would never waste my time again putting in a boat there, but it's ok for an hour or two from shore every once in awhile. There are a lot of areas of this pond that are unreasonable to get to with a boat, and that may be where the bigger ones are hiding.

Brother and I just got done Turkey pond in Concord. We each got our PB 5 lbs each. I'll try to get pictures up later. EDIT: My brother in green his fish was 5lb 3oz, I'm in tan and my fish was 5lb 1 oz. Our previous PBs were both 3lb 8oz so this was a nice surprise.

Thanks, I was able to hit Freese's Pond in Deerfield and caught two 2lb bass. I then tried Suncook river in Pembroke and caught a 10 inch trout. I also tried Horseshoe pond in Concord for a bit with no luck. I'm going to keep this list and try a few of the others on Thursday. I live right next to the Lamprey river in Deerfield but it seems really shallow here and I have only caught chubs / fallfish. I know it gets deeper in Raymond, but I haven't found a good spot to fish from shore yet.

Hey all. Got a surprise day off today and my canoe too heavy by myself. I am looking for recommendations on places to fish from shore either on the Merrimack river concord south to Manchester or any other pond/lake in that area and east to Epping. Thanks.

Fallfish, which is a large minnow. I catch them all the time in the Lamprey river.

Oh man, I have no idea what I would have done. I have been lucky enough not to run into any bears before. It must have scary as hell at the time, but its kind of a funny story now.

Went down to Freeses Pond last night and threw a Zoom Horny Toad. They were hitting it much better and I ended up with two 2lbers and another of unknown weight that got off. A couple walking by said they live on the pond and have caught one just under 5 lbs there. Anything over 3.5 lbs would be a PB for me so I'll keep trying there. At one point I was standing right next to the culvert and wasn't paying attention and a big beaver scared the crap out of me when he came out and noticed me he slapped the water and took off. I jumped but it was kinda neat seeing him that close. I thought I was going to be able to go out on the canoe this weekend, but it looks like I'll be stuck at home entertaining the wife's friends now so good luck to everyone else who ends up out there.

Great, so I'll bring a drop shot rig with me and give it a try. What depth should I target the smallies at? I looked at google maps and it looks like there is a dock right at the launch so I'll try there if there aren't too many boats going in and out. Thanks Shane!

My wife is bringing her summer camp kids to Wellington Beach on Newfound next Thursday the 26th. I have the day off and was thinking about going up with her. Just curious if I should bother to bring my fishing gear? Are there any good docks or banks to fish from near Wellington State Park? If so what should I try to throw and what can I expect to catch? Thank you!

Thanks for the welcome. If I know in advance I'll have time to go fishing and I can't get my brothers to go I'll send you a PM. Actually, I have Thursday the 26th off if your around let me know. Thank you, I have been following this thread and reading the forum in general alot this year. Most of the bass I have caught this year was due to tips I have read about here so it already has made me a better fisherman. Also, I went down the road to Freeses Pond in Deerfield last night between 7:30pm-8:30pm and did some shore fishing. I was using Zoom Horny Toads and fish would hit it and leave it. There were some guys in a canoe using a mouse with the same experience. I did end up hooking up with one using a powerworm near the culvert, but he cleared the water and threw the hook before I could get him in. If the weather hold out I am supposed to meet my sister-in-law and her boyfriend tonight to go shore fishing. We are bringing her cousins along and they don't want to fish so it's going to be somewhere with a ropeswing. Her boyfriend knows the place, but I'm assuming it's probably on the Merrimack. Any tips for what would work there tonight?

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forums. I have been reading here for awhile, but decided to join so I can share some of my experiences and perhaps get advice from those fishermen more adept than I. I am 26 from Deerfield, NH. I used to fish all the time when I was a kid and lived within bike riding distance of several good fishing holes, but have just got back into fishing seriously this year. I am currently car-topping a 17' aluminum canoe with a 30lb Minn Kota motor. I usually can only get out on Saturday mornings at this time. Because the canoe is too heavy to get on and off the car myself I only go out if I can get one of my two brothers to go with me. We have been fishing Turtletown pond almost exclusively lately due to its convenience. I caught my PB 3.5 lbs there earlier this year (First picture). I went to Turtletown this past Saturday with my youngest brother. We got out at 6:15am, the 2nd picture is of the first and biggest catch that day right off the bat using a Zara Spook. I got another 2 lber and a small one using 7" power worms within another 45 minutes. Things slowed down for awhile, but we saw schools of bluegills and crappies just bubbling up out of the water so we targeted them for awhile and hauled in 20+ with beetlespins and curlytail grubs I was using my ultralight rod at this point and unexpectedly hooked up with a 2.5 lb LMB using the smallest hook I had with a chart curlytail grub. He put up a good fun fight on my 2# test. We were done at 11:30am with my brother not able to get any bass, but did get some pickerel on topwaters. I went back from 6:30pm-8:30pm with my other brother, but no luck on the bass, but got some more crappies and bluegills. I have two questions. The schools of panfish we saw breaking the surface with their top half, is that normal behavior or are they trying to escape predator fish from below? Also, would the correct assumption be that where these schools are there are bass around, or that because these schools are active that there aren't any threats around and we should look elsewhere? Thank you, and I am excited to be part of the forum.