Fishing near Auburn in Rockingham County, NH

3.47 Rating based on 138 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Common Carp, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 169
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 377
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Weeds next to restricted area near Auburn

Weeds next to restricted area

this guy had some battle scars, part of his upper lip was torn
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rainy day near Auburn

rainy day

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Inlet back of island near Auburn

Inlet back of island

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Cement foundations protruding into lake near Auburn

Cement foundations protruding into lake

Straight out 25ft from te far right cement point in 6fow.
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Top Fishing Spots near Auburn

Calef Pond
Calef Pond

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
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Massabesic Lake
Massabesic Lake

Avg. Rating: 3.5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 26147

Little Massabesic Lake
Little Massabesic Lake

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 5459

Cohas Brook
Cohas Brook

Avg. Rating: 0
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Clarks Pond
Clarks Pond

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
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Long Pond
Long Pond

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1
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Auburn Area Fish Species

Recent Auburn Fishing Reports

Massabesic shallow cove Fishing Report Aug 09, 2012

Massabesic shallow cove

Lake Massabesic -

I went back to the beach I found the last time I came out to Massabesic. I caught a small bass on my first cast and another with the second. A heron f...

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Quick trip Fishing Report Aug 03, 2012

Quick trip

Lake Massabesic -

I spent a few hours fishing Lake Massabesic to try something different. I've never had good luck here, but I decided to try out a new spot anyways...

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rainy day Fishing Report Sep 12, 2009

rainy day

massabesic lake -

1 pickeral...

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Massabesic  Fishing Report Aug 18, 2013

Massabesic

Massabesic Lake -

inlets and weedbeds with my dad...

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sunday morning at the lake Fishing Report Jul 22, 2012

sunday morning at the lake

Lake Massabesic,NH -

Fished lake massabesic this morning but nothing really to brag about just some sunfish and perch.saw some bass jumping but they were'nt biteing....

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Massabesic  RT 28 canoe / kayak launch Fishing Report Sep 09, 2011

Massabesic RT 28 canoe / kayak launch

Lake Massabesic Aurburn NH -

Kayak up the North East side toward the marina, lots of cover several small bass. Nothing big but had the first one within 5 minutes after lauching. T...

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Baits and Tackle used near Auburn

Check Prices

  • Green Lizards
  • Plastic worm and Madam X Parchute Fly
  • live, rubber, spinner
  • All types of baits
  • mepps
  • mepps lure agila
  • mepps lure
  • mepps lure
  • live worms and random lures any thing will work i have even caught bass here with gummy worms lol
  • tiki worms

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • A "well seasoned" dead Shiner, sent to the bottom.
  • A "well seasoned" dead shiner, sent to the bottom.
  • Caught Hornpout with Hard dog food on a hook
  • Bobber & Shiner.

Creature Check Prices

  • orange pumpkin with red and black flake, watermelon with gold and black flake creatures

    strike king crankbait

    white spinnerbait
  • Jigs, Shakyheads with worms or jig trailers, creature baits
  • Berkley Havoc Pit Boss
  • Mixed it up every half hour, the Hog was caught on a pumpkin creature with black flake, but both the black with red flake and watermelon with black flake were effective.
  • Orange Pumpkin Yama creature... my go-to soft plastic

Tube Check Prices

  • T-rigged Pearl Damiki Hydra
    White Ice Zoom Small tube
    White Super Fluke Jr drop-shot
  • 1/4oz white tube jig/ watermelon and and red flake 1/4oz tube jig

Minnow Check Prices

  • pinners
  • Both on live minnows and panfish jigs
  • Live minnows
  • Live minnow
  • We used live Arkansas Shiners with Bobbers
  • Live Minnows
  • Live Shiner
  • We used Arkansas Shiners and couldn't even get a bite over a 2 1/2 to 3 hour period!
  • Large shiners
  • hooked through back on tipup

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • jitterbug
  • rebel popr
  • rebel pop-r
  • heddon crazy crawler
  • 3 inch floating Blue & White Rappala
  • Bone Zara spook

Lizard Check Prices

  • Fish back right of the pond
  • Zoom Lizards and creature baits. Texas rigged or on a shaky head jig.
  • Rubber worm, spinning bait on the edge of the pond, jig middle of pond
  • hit while sinking

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • 4.5in Slug-Go
  • 4.5in Slug-go - Arkansas Shad
  • Caffiene Shad

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • not having any luck with the bass I decided to try for trout and caught a smallmouth instead
  • Spinner Baits
    Jigs (Texas Rig)
  • Chartuese w/ Green
  • Giant white double bladed buzzbait
  • Dark Colors

Casting & Trolling Spoon Check Prices

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Ribbit frog

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • powerbait nuggets
  • black/yellow heddon spook

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • 1/4 ounce
  • 1/8oz Rooster Tail
  • Use any kind of spinning lure. I do not think there are any bass here, but PLENTY of hard fighting pickerel, and perch.
  • a couple of types of different of single hook only lures
  • White Rooster Tail
  • Gold Vibrafox #2
  • Try casting farther out with a small spinner for pickerel
  • Caught many fish here over the years on many different baits but the spinners seem to work best
  • Aglia spinner, bronze body, silver flash
  • Aglia spinner with bronze body, silver flash

Dry Fly Check Prices

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • shad darts

Terrestrial Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • wacky-rigged yamamoto dinger
  • I tried wacky-rigged yum dingers, a jitterbug, a mepps rooster tail, texas-rigged dingers, grubbs, and a rapala original floating minnow. Nothing worked on the bass that are supposed to be in here.
  • wacky-rigged yum dillie
  • Wacky-rigged yum f2 dinger
  • Just any worm
  • wacky-rigged yum dillies
  • Wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • Yamamoto!
  • blck and red zoom bait crawlers

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Dark senko texas rigged
  • Zoom - Watermelon Seed Fishies - "Bass love 'em"
  • white zoom fluke
  • white zoom flukes
    green yamamoto wacky rigged worm.

    booyah boo jog / craw trailer
  • zoom white flukes

Soft Baits Check Prices

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • mepps #3 trebble hook
  • sluggos
  • mepps
  • mepps #2
  • Bronze 2-Way spinner hook & trout worm.
  • Bronze 2-Way Spinner and a trout worm.

    Copper/Silver 2-Way Spinner and a Shiner.
  • Copper/Silver 2-way spinner and a Shiner.
  • Rooster Tail
  • Spinnerbait
  • 6/30 on Rooster Tail
    7/22 on Rapala Original Minnow #5

Craw Check Prices

  • Strike King Rage Tail Rage Craw. June Bug Blue.

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • repala 2 1/2" frog countdown
  • crawfish Lure

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Pro model strike king 6xd sexy shad. # 2 mustad triple grip ultra point treble hooks, 7' mojo bass- st.croix-crank rod, Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon 10lb, revo sx 6.4.1 baitcaster.
  • Blue gill crankbait
  • Bluegill squarebill cranks
  • KVD Strike King Pumpkinseed crank
  • Silver shad crank
  • Strike King sexy shad 2.5
  • Strike King 2.5 sexy shad,Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon 10lb
  • purple/red metallic deep diving crankbait. rattles
  • Silver-Chartreuse-Red Shiner.
  • Shiners are cheating here...
    Have to use your shallow swimmer crank bait.

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • 5/16 greenpumpkin bitsyjig w/ greenpumpkin rage chunk. Slowly dragged over rocks
  • Brown jig with a black n blue trailer. Chigger craw
  • Black n blue jig n pig
  • white zoom flukes
    and brown and green jig with green craw trailer

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • white
  • Senko wacky rig and soft plastic swim baits

Wet Fly Check Prices

  • Wolly Bugger tied onto spinning tackle, with bobber
  • Wolly Bugger

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • 1/8 ounce gold Phoebe
  • I was chucking a copper colored Thomas spoon

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • bass werent biting so we made a morning of it useing worms and caught a bunch of small fish.
  • colorado blade leader
  • with a colorado blade leader
  • Nightcrawlers
  • Nightcrawlers and Snails with a bobber.
  • boomer two feet up
  • any thing will work
  • Bobber, worm, slow current.
  • Sent to the bottom, just in deeper water than the first two.
  • Silver/Copper 2-way spinner hook.

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • Srike King 3/4 oz red eyed shad,gold black back.7' mojo bass -st.croix crank rod with Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon 10lb.Stop and rip out of surmerged grass.

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • swedish pimp

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Popper

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • Gold PK Lure PK Flutter Fish. Awesome lure.
  • Daredevil
  • micro King
  • Micro King
    Caffiene Shad

Live Baits Check Prices

  • Worm

Panfish Jig Check Prices

Other Check Prices

  • worms and P.bait
  • worms and powerbait
  • power bait baby
  • Shiners
  • just your regular brand of hot-dog, essems are the fav.
  • My buddy used a small crank bait. I used a Neon Yellow rooster tail spinner.
  • We used chartreuse Powerbait nuggets with 3/4 oz. weights.
  • Power Bait, yellow. Used on #12 treble hook.
  • We used Chartreuse Powerbait Nuggets with a 3/4 ounce weight.
  • a mixture of ice tips using minnows , power eggs( can't tell you the color) and a mixture of lures .....

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