Fishing near Candia in Rockingham County, NH

3.47 Rating based on 99 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Tiger Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Common Carp, Rainbow Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 139
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 317
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Candia Fishing Photos

feeding frenzy near Candia

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every bend and pool near Candia

every bend and pool

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old mill ruins on the Maple Falls Brook
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small pool near Candia

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Top Fishing Spots near Candia

Clarks Pond
Clarks Pond

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Tower Hill Pond
Tower Hill Pond

Avg. Rating: 4.25
# Reviews: 4
Views: 11776

Little Massabesic Lake
Little Massabesic Lake

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

Onway Lake
Onway Lake

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 3615

Dubes Pond
Dubes Pond

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Calef Pond
Calef Pond

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
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Candia Area Fish Species

Recent Candia Fishing Reports

Maple Falls Brook Mill Ruins Fishing Report Jul 25, 2013

Maple Falls Brook Mill Ruins

Maple Falls Brook -

I decided to explore the part of Maple Falls Brook that flows into Tower Hill and found some bass pools. I followed the trail to the old mill then hi...

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morning tradition Fishing Report Sep 18, 2012

morning tradition

Clarks pond -

went out here a couple days in a row. Ive caught A ton of perch and very decent size large mouth. including my biggest of the year. (if my scale is no...

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after dinner stop Fishing Report Jul 15, 2013

after dinner stop

Clark's Pond -

I stopped by Clark's Pond on the way home and hooked a couple three-pounders....

Avg. Rating: 4
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A slow day at Tower Hill Pond Fishing Report Aug 07, 2013

A slow day at Tower Hill Pond

Tower Hill Pond -

I stopped by Tower Hill after work and caught two bass right away then nothing for hours. Turned out the bass weren't biting for anyone; they just...

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Quick stop Fishing Report Sep 21, 2012

Quick stop

Clark's Pond -

Stopped by Clark's Pond on my way to feed a cat. The water was pretty high from the rain we got the other day. The treeline was underwater....

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After work Fishing Report Aug 13, 2013

After work

Clark's Pond -

I had a couple hours to kill after work, so I stopped by Clark's Pond on the way home....

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Baits and Tackle used near Candia

Check Prices

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

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

Creature Check Prices

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

    strike king crankbait

    white spinnerbait
  • Berkley Havoc Pit Boss
  • Jigs, Shakyheads with worms or jig trailers, creature baits

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
  • Live Minnows
  • Live Shiner
  • We used live Arkansas Shiners with Bobbers
  • We used Arkansas Shiners and couldn't even get a bite over a 2 1/2 to 3 hour period!
  • Large shiners
  • 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

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

Lizard Check Prices

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

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • Caffiene Shad
  • 4.5in Slug-Go
  • 4.5in Slug-go - Arkansas 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
  • tried a few different lures b4 this one none was working...small spinnerbait

Casting & Trolling Spoon Check Prices

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • powerbait nuggets
  • black/yellow heddon spook

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Use any kind of spinning lure. I do not think there are any bass here, but PLENTY of hard fighting pickerel, and perch.
  • 1/4 ounce
  • 1/8oz Rooster Tail
  • a couple of types of different of single hook only lures
  • Mepps #6 Bronze and Orange

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • shad darts

Terrestrial Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • wacky-rigged yamamoto dinger
  • Just any worm
  • Wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • wacky-rigged yum dillie
  • Wacky-rigged yum f2 dinger
  • wacky-rigged yum dillies
  • blck and red zoom bait crawlers
  • black /silver flake senko
  • black/silver flake senko

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Dark senko texas rigged
  • white zoom flukes
    green yamamoto wacky rigged worm.

    booyah boo jog / craw trailer
  • zoom white flukes
  • white zoom fluke
  • Zoom - Watermelon Seed Fishies - "Bass love 'em"

Soft Baits Check Prices

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • mepps #3 trebble hook
  • mepps #2
  • mepps
  • sluggos
  • 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

  • crawfish Lure
  • repala 2 1/2" frog countdown
  • crawfish lure
  • 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.
  • Strike King sexy shad 2.5
  • Strike King 2.5 sexy shad,Seaguar InvizX Fluorocarbon 10lb
  • Blue gill crankbait
  • Bluegill squarebill cranks
  • KVD Strike King Pumpkinseed crank
  • Silver shad crank
  • Koppers Live Target Rainbow Smelt
  • purple/red metallic deep diving crankbait. rattles
  • Silver-Chartreuse-Red Shiner.

Bass Jig Check Prices

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

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • white
  • Senko wacky rig and soft plastic swim baits

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

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

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • with a colorado blade leader
  • boomer two feet up
  • colorado blade leader
  • bass werent biting so we made a morning of it useing worms and caught a bunch of small fish.
  • Nightcrawlers
  • Nightcrawlers and Snails with a bobber.
  • any thing will work
  • half a nightcrawler on a 2 way spinner trolling at#5 back towards boat launch
  • Bobber, worm, slow current.
  • Sent to the bottom, just in deeper water than the first two.

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

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

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.
  • berkley gulp nightcrawler powerbait
  • My buddy used a small crank bait. I used a Neon Yellow rooster tail spinner.
  • just some good old rainbow paste
  • shiners, p-bait, worms, small spinners,spoons u name it
  • We used chartreuse Powerbait nuggets with 3/4 oz. weights.

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