Fishing near Goffstown in Hillsborough County, NH

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  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 141
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 306
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Top Fishing Spots near Goffstown

South Branch Piscataquog River
South Branch Piscataquog River

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Piscataquog River
Piscataquog River

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Dorrs Pond
Dorrs Pond

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Nutt Pond
Nutt Pond

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Baboosic Brook
Baboosic Brook

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Stevens Pond
Stevens Pond

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Goffstown Area Fish Species

Recent Goffstown Fishing Reports

chilln Fishing Report Sep 15, 2009

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Piscataquag River -

2 perch 1 kibbbie 1 pickerel...

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Before work 5 Fishing Report Aug 03, 2012

Before work 5

Merrimack River -

I had a couple hours to kill before work, so I headed back to the Intervale Country Club to fish the Merrimack River....

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lunch break Fishing Report May 28, 2014

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Merrimack River -

I had an hour, so I went down the road to the intervale country club to see if anything was active. I didn't see a single fish, but on my way out...

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Intervale country club Fishing Report Aug 05, 2012

Intervale country club

Intervale country club -

Went early this morning to check out this spot.not bad i had to bass hit but lost them both.Got one to hit a jidderbug and the other a red devil.Have ...

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lunch break Fishing Report Jun 05, 2014

lunch break

Merrimack River -

caught my first smallie of the year....

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Before work 3 Fishing Report Jul 15, 2012

Before work 3

Merrimack River -

I had an hour before work, so I decided to check out a place on the Merrimack River I keep seeing as I drive by. It was posted by the Intervale Countr...

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Baits and Tackle used near Goffstown

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  • mepps
  • mepps lure
  • mepps lure
  • mepps lure agila
  • just used plain worms.
  • Green Lizards
  • Plastic worm and Madam X Parchute Fly
  • All types of baits
  • live, rubber, spinner
  • tiki

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

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

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

Minnow Check Prices

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

Topwater Bait Check Prices

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

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

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • 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

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Ribbit frog

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
  • using all types of lures here on this day.. just too cold too chase the hunt,,, lazy b****es
  • 1/8oz Rooster Tail
  • Size 1 Mepps Agila, Silver blade

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • EHC

Terrestrial Check Prices

Nymph Check Prices

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

Worm Check Prices

  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • Wacky-rigged yum f2 dinger
  • wacky-rigged yum dillie
  • 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 dillies
  • They liked the brighter green ones.
  • let worm sink, then retrieve slow and steady
  • Just any worm
  • blck and red zoom bait crawlers
  • wacky-rigged yamamoto dinger

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • 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
  • Dark senko texas rigged

Soft Baits Check Prices

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • mepps #2
  • mepps
  • mepps #3 trebble hook
  • Bronze 2-Way spinner hook & trout worm.
  • sluggos
  • Bronze, Silver/Copper & Florescent Yellow 2-Way spinner hooks with trout worms.
  • Florescent Yellow 2-Way spinner hook and a trout worm.
  • Bronze 2-Way spinner hook and a Nightcrawler.
  • Bronze 2-Way Spinner and a trout worm.

    Copper/Silver 2-Way Spinner and a Shiner.
  • Copper/Silver 2-way spinner and a Shiner.

Craw Check Prices

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

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

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

Crankbait Check Prices

  • purple/red metallic deep diving crankbait. rattles
  • Silver-Chartreuse-Red Shiner.
  • 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
  • Caught one on a small shiner-type and the other on a bright silver and yellow.

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

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • white
  • Senko wacky rig and soft plastic swim baits

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • 1/8 ounce gold Phoebe

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
  • Bobber, worm, slow current.
  • Worm + Hook + Bottom = Hornpout.
  • boomer two feet up
  • Sherbert (Pink & Orange Glitter) Powerbait.
  • Bronze 2-Way Spinner Hook
  • Silver/Silver 2-Way Spinner Hook.
  • Silver/Copper 2-Way Spinner Hook.

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

Live Baits Check Prices

  • Worm

Panfish Jig Check Prices

Other Check Prices

  • worms and P.bait
  • worms and powerbait
  • 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.
  • power bait baby
  • Rainbow PowerBait. Trout Formula.
  • My buddy used a small crank bait. I used a Neon Yellow rooster tail spinner.
  • Shiners
  • just your regular brand of hot-dog, essems are the fav.
  • We used chartreuse Powerbait nuggets with 3/4 oz. weights.
  • Power Bait, yellow. Used on #12 treble hook.

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