Fishing near Ashland in Grafton County, NH

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  • Most Caught Species: Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 93
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 94
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Larry Smalls near Ashland

Larry Smalls

Off dock in the shallows near the shore. Rocky bottom
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Larry Shire near Ashland

Larry Shire

4 lb 18inch Large Mouth caught in a weedy area surronded by lilly pads
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The trip capper! near Ashland

The trip capper!

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Boon Bass near Ashland

Boon Bass

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Mother Goose and turtles near Ashland

Mother Goose and turtles

Such a scenic lake to tour!
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Top Fishing Spots near Ashland

Little Squam Lake
Little Squam Lake

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Squam River
Squam River

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White Oak Pond
White Oak Pond

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Fox Pond At Langdon Park
Fox Pond At Langdon Park

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Lake Winona
Lake Winona

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Squam Lake
Squam Lake

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Ashland Area Fish Species

Recent Ashland Fishing Reports

Foreign Larry Hunting: Part 2- "Morning Bite" Fishing Report Aug 19, 2009

Foreign Larry Hunting: Part 2- "Morning Bite"

Lake Waukewan, NH -

We ended up hitting a Harley Bar and owned the place Saturday night. We left and went angling from about 10:30pm to 1am. It was a crystal clear night,...

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Foreign Larry Hunting in NH Fishing Report Jun 01, 2015

Foreign Larry Hunting in NH

Squam Lake, NH -

Took the day off on Friday plus the weekend to get away for some camping on Squam Lake with the lady friend. Couldn't waste the great weather we w...

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pre fishing Fishing Report May 04, 2011

pre fishing

lake waunkewan -

went to lake waunkewan pre fishing for our next tournament...

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Lake Waukewan-Part II: Jen's Larry Fishing Report Aug 24, 2009

Lake Waukewan-Part II: Jen's Larry

Lake Waukewan, NH -

So I head back to Lake Waukewan in NH with my girlfriend Jen to spend some time with my family for the weekend. The trip was more focused on having f...

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NH & MA Angling Fishing Report Sep 17, 2011

NH & MA Angling

Lake Waukewan, NH -

Jen and I headed up to NH for a couple days to stay at a boat house on Lake Winnepasauke. First time staying in a boat house- the water in the garage...

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Squam Lake Fishing Report Aug 31, 2011

Squam Lake

Squam Lake, NH -

Launched at the Squam Lakes Association launch in Pipers cove with my wife and 2 other friends.

We caught a few blue gills along the way while ...

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Baits and Tackle used near Ashland

Check Prices

  • jerk bait
  • I used a white rocket shad while trolling.
  • large shinner weighted
  • pitchin a worm
  • wacky rig senko
  • wacky rig senko & jigs
  • wacky rigged senko & spinnerbait when windy
  • wacky rig senko in various colors.
  • drop shot
  • Wacky 4 inch senkos

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • 6 & 7 inch on Rooster Tail and Crankbait

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Dropshot
  • Drop Shot, and Shakeyhead all between 15"-12"
  • Shakey Head - a 1lber and two 10"ers
  • Shakeyhead, and Dropshot. Between a 24" 3lb fatty to 12"
  • All on the Dropshot 1lb 15oz, 1-3/4lb, 1-1/2lb, 1-1/4lb, and 1 just over a lb
  • Dropshot and in the 7" range
  • Dropshot, and C-Rig
    4 Keepers, and 2 Shorts
  • 3 Keepers
    1.47lbs, 1lb 2oz, and 3/4lbs

    Also 2 shorts
  • Dropshot - Too many of these suckers

Minnow Check Prices

  • Dead
  • 15 feet off ground
  • Here is the first pickerel I caught. Came up early in the day. Nice to have some action early to keep you interested. As usual, it took a live shiner.
  • This is the first fish I have ever caught using a tip-up device. My other ice fishing catches were done using my normal bass road sitting by a single hole in the ice. I much prefer to do things this way! It was just a small Chain Pickerel however. For bait we were using some live shiners we bought at a local shop. This is also the first time I have ever used those!
  • Here is the fish I caught, which was the first fish of the day, an okay pickerel. Everybody was using live shiners on their tip ups and jig rods.

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • Mostly J7 and J9 rapalas both in Black and Neon Orange
  • reble pop r
  • Popper and around 7"
  • Black Jitterbug
  • Scum Frog black hollow body
  • hollow body

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • 5" senko in bluegrass color, weightless
  • Rooster Tail

Lizard Check Prices

  • Gr pumpkin dipped tail
  • zoom 6" pumpkinseed
  • Same as train track 2
  • I used those blue lizards again in this shallow area. They always seem to produce well in this lake one way or the other.
  • I caught this on the same type of blue lizard that I have been hammering the Largemouth with. I was twitching it along the rocky bottom when this guy decided to play.
  • I caught this little guy on the same rig that I caught the Smallmouth on. A blue lizard texas rig.
  • Although I got some nibbles on the plastic worms, all of the fish were landed on those plastic salamanders again!
  • Thry just don't stop biting those plastic salamanders.

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • wacky rigged senko

    smallies and larrys

Jigs Check Prices

  • same
    i was trowing a jig and my son was throwing a worm
  • jig & worm

Crankbait Check Prices

  • chrome crankbait

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • shakey head
  • jig, fluke,worm,crankbait

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

Wet Fly Check Prices

  • Trolling with lead core line

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Sinker above a barrel swivel. Then powerbait to help lift the hook off the bottom. Nightcrawler on the hook.
  • same setup as the bass
  • Silver/Copper 2-way spinner hook.
    Neon Orange 2-way spinner hook.
  • One average nightcrawler and one small red worm sent to the bottom beyond the drop off.
  • Silver/Copper 2-way spinner hook.
  • trolling with nightcrawler and a 2-way spinner rig 2 weights near the swivel
  • just regular old dillies did the trick here.
  • reg. worms
  • Silver 2-way spinner hook.
  • Small "trout size" worms were the bait of choice here.

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • 3-5' jerk bait
  • deep diveing jerk bait

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • 1st was 6"
    2nd was 1-1/2lbs
    3rd was 10"
  • 1/8oz Rooster Tail
  • all between 7in and 4in
  • Also included in mess of fish attacking the fly spinner was this large sunfish. To be honest, I'm not entirely sure which species it is. I'm guessing it's a Bluegill, due to it's size and lack of red on the gill cover, or blue "war paint." I forgot how much fun catching these fish on light tackle was! The picture is not so good, but it was dark and this was the best I could do.
  • While plying the northern end of the lake by the mouths of the inlet streams, I tossed around one of those Joe's "Fly Spinners." While I didn't get any trout, it turns out that Sunnies and yellow perch couldn't get enough of it!
  • Joe's Flies spinner

Dry Fly Check Prices

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • brass dotted harry lure

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Green with black spots jitter bug
  • zara spook

Grub Check Prices

  • Bass Pro Brown with blue flake curly tailed grub
  • Brown curly tailed w/ blue flake weightless
  • Brown curly tailed w/ blue flak weightless

Worm Check Prices

  • 5" Green tailed YUM worm
  • Black Gary Yamamotto Worm, hooked weedless
  • Fished plastic worms around structures for smallies and large weedless spoon in weeds for pickerel.
  • Yamamotto
  • Yum Watermelon red flak texas rigged weightless
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • 1st was 1-1/2lbs
    2nd was 1lb 14oz
  • Dropshot - 1-1/4lb and a 11"er
  • 6" bl/bl or watermelon Senkos wacky rigged Deadsticked

    Gr pumkin C rigged lizards dragged slowly
  • 4" BP Roadkill senko style

Marabou / Bucktail Jig Check Prices

  • I was using the same jig/nightcrawler combintion as last time.

Panfish Jig Check Prices

Other Check Prices

  • Squid
  • Orange floating Powerbait pellets about 3.5' off the bottom.
  • Rainbow Powerbait.
  • Rainbow Powerbait (floating), off bottom.
  • Worms & Orange Powerbait.

    Silver/Copper 2-Way spinner hooks, bobbers & bottom fishing.
  • Curious about the trout-like fish I always see swimming by the boat ramp, I tossed in some powerbait on a light rod to see what they were. Turns out, they were some suckers! You know, they fight pretty hard for their size. I'll keep this spot in mind the next time I need some lake trout bait!

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