Fishing near Francestown in Hillsborough County, NH

3.81 Rating based on 49 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Bluegill
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 136
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 243
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Francestown Fishing Photos

Piscataquog near Francestown

Piscataquog

Here's a pic of the Piscataquog River in Goffstown, NH.
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Right Before Lunch near Francestown

Right Before Lunch

This one hit well before the bait hit the bottom.

*This fish is the lower of the two.
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Just After Dawn near Francestown

Just After Dawn

Caught on or very close to the bottom after a few minutes wait.

*This fish is the upper of the two.
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Francestown fishing photo 3

Canoeing the Deering Reservoir
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The Deering Reservoir!
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Top Fishing Spots near Francestown

Haunted Lake
Haunted Lake

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 2
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Haunted Lake
Haunted Lake

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# Reviews:
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Piscataquog River
Piscataquog River

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Deering Reservoir
Deering Reservoir

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# Reviews:
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Badger Pond
Badger Pond

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# Reviews:
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Putnam Lake
Putnam Lake

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Francestown Area Fish Species

Recent Francestown Fishing Reports

March icefishing on Haunted Lake Fishing Report Sep 02, 2009

March icefishing on Haunted Lake

Haunted Lake, NH -

Ice Fishing on Haunted Lake, Francistown, NH March 2007...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Happy Trout Day! Fishing Report Apr 29, 2013

Happy Trout Day!

Whittemore Lake - Bennington, NH. -

Opening day for designated trout ponds.
We were on the water before sun up, mostly full moon still looming over the lake and the fish were rising l...

Avg. Rating: 5
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Kayaking Powder Mill Pond Fishing Report Jul 19, 2012

Kayaking Powder Mill Pond

Powder Mill Pond - Bennington, NH -

More kayaking than fishing since the water was so low, due to spillways being fixed.

There are some fairly large Yellow Perch in this overgrown...

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When Hiking Turns Into Fishing. Fishing Report Jun 24, 2012

When Hiking Turns Into Fishing.

Powder Mill Pond - Bennington, NH -

A great day dodging thunderstorms and exploring unused train tracks.
Very glad I always carry a fishing rod and tackle and had the good sense to pi...

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Our summer fishing, mostly Mystic river Watershed Fishing Report Jul 09, 2009

Our summer fishing, mostly Mystic river Watershed

Arlington, Winchester, Woburn, Lexington, Concord -

We live across the street and kayak and fish here weekly, but sometimes take excursions elsewhere. This "trip" is our master list to keep tr...

Avg. Rating: 2
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8/3/13 wilton  Fishing Report Aug 03, 2013

8/3/13 wilton

wilton nh -

took a break from the BBQ to try this little pond i heard about from a guy at the party. smacked this guy on a top water popper at sundown. he inhaled...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Baits and Tackle used near Francestown

Check Prices

  • mepps
  • tiki
  • mepps lure
  • mepps lure
  • mepps lure agila
  • texes rigged senko
  • senko
  • just used plain worms.
  • Green Lizards
  • Plastic worm and Madam X Parchute Fly

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Caught Hornpout with Hard dog food on a hook

Minnow Check Prices

  • Large shiners
  • pinners
  • pike shinners, 5 to 7 inches long

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • mepps #2
  • mepps
  • Bronze 2-Way spinner hook & trout worm.
  • mepps #3 trebble hook

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • jitterbug
  • rebel popr
  • rebel pop-r
  • heddon crazy crawler
  • frogs, spinners, and buzz bait

Lizard Check Prices

  • Fish back right of the pond

Jerk Bait Check Prices

Crankbait Check Prices

  • shallow running crank baits
  • purple/red metallic deep diving crankbait. rattles
  • Silver-Chartreuse-Red Shiner.

Bass Jig Check Prices

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

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • not having any luck with the bass I decided to try for trout and caught a smallmouth instead

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • white
  • Dropshot 12" leader , 1/4 oz weight, with various 3" baits
  • 4" BkBl senko texas rigged on 3/0 Gami hook
  • KVD Caffeine Shad paddletail swimbait.

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Neon Orange 2-way spinner hook.
  • Silver 2-way spinner hook.

    Lazily trolling.
  • Bronze 2-way spinner hook.
  • Silver/Silver 2-Way Spinner Hook.
  • Silver/Silver 2-Way Spinner Hook
  • Silver/Copper 2-Way Spinner Hook.
  • Bronze 2-Way Spinner Hook
  • Sherbert (Pink & Orange Glitter) Powerbait.
  • Worm + Hook + Bottom = Hornpout.
  • Bobber, worm, slow current.

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Swimming the frog through the pads

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • gary yamamoto senko black with silver flakes.
  • black/yellow heddon spook

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • using all types of lures here on this day.. just too cold too chase the hunt,,, lazy b****es
  • 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
  • Size 1 Mepps Agila, Silver blade

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • EHC

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

Nymph Check Prices

  • Copper John, under a EHC
  • Prince & Copper John

Worm Check Prices

  • Bronze 2-way spinner hook.
  • Silver/Copper 2-way spinner hook.
  • Neon yellow 2-way spinner hook.
  • Bronze 2-way spinner hook, size #4
  • Neon Yellow 2-way spinner hook.
  • They liked the brighter green ones.
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • let worm sink, then retrieve slow and steady
  • Wacky-rigged yum f2 dinger
  • wacky-rigged yum dillie

Grub Check Prices

  • Yamamoto 5" Double Curly Tail Grub, Green with Red Flakes
    Also caught on KVD 5" Caffeine Shad Paddle Tail Swimbait

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • white zoom fluke
  • 7" Plastic worms caught 2 pickerell and 3 largemouth
  • white zoom flukes
    green yamamoto wacky rigged worm.

    booyah boo jog / craw trailer
  • zoom white flukes
  • Rubber Crawdads, Carolina rigged. The kids switched over to use live bait (night crawlers) about halfway through the trip.
  • Zoom - Watermelon Seed Fishies - "Bass love 'em"

Other Check Prices

  • Rainbow PowerBait. Trout Formula.
  • 2 fish were caught with a Neon Yellow 2-way spinner hook and worm.
    One was caught on a #6 hook and floating orange Powerbait "Trout Nibbles".
    All were caught mid-water, on the retrieve.
  • worms and P.bait
  • worms and powerbait
  • power bait baby

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