Fishing near Jaffrey in Cheshire County, NH

3.96 Rating based on 51 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Other (Freshwater)
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 105
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 132
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Jaffrey Fishing Photos

contoocook lake ringe n.h. near Jaffrey

contoocook lake ringe n.h.

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contoocook lake ringe n.h. near Jaffrey

contoocook lake ringe n.h.

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Here's another pic of Contoocook Lake in Jaffrey, NH.
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Check out this view of Contoocook Lake in Jaffrey, NH.
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Here's Contoocook Lake in Jaffrey, NH.
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Top Fishing Spots near Jaffrey

Gilmore Pond
Gilmore Pond

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1
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Thorndike Pond
Thorndike Pond

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# Reviews:
Views: 3648

Mountain Brook Reservoir
Mountain Brook Reservoir

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 2447

Frost Pond
Frost Pond

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 1152

Contoocook Lake
Contoocook Lake

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 10429

Pearly Lake
Pearly Lake

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# Reviews:
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Jaffrey Area Fish Species

Recent Jaffrey Fishing Reports

contoocook lake ringe n.h. Fishing Report Aug 25, 2009

contoocook lake ringe n.h.

contoocook lake ringe n.h. -

went out for 2 hours from about 2 in the afternoon till around 4 just to check the lake out. caught 2 small large mouth bass about 1 lb.or so.on the w...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Pool Pond Fishing Report Jun 09, 2011

Pool Pond

Pool Pond -

Rindge Nh ...

Avg. Rating: 4
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fishing with dad Fishing Report Jun 24, 2013

fishing with dad

Perkins Pond -

I went fishing with my dad at Perkin's Pond off the side of the highway and we caught a few nice bass....

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After dinner quickie Fishing Report Sep 13, 2012

After dinner quickie

Perkins Pond -

After dinner we headed down the road to Perkins Pond to try for some bigger bass. There's a pretty decent spot right off the highway where I'...

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Marlborough pond tour Fishing Report Aug 10, 2013

Marlborough pond tour

Marlborough -

I hit a few ponds in Marlborough and actually got skunked at one, but came out ahead for the day....

Avg. Rating: 5
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emerson pond ringe n.h. Fishing Report Jul 30, 2009

emerson pond ringe n.h.

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went out today just after the rain hooked a nice 4 lbs 2oz largemouth bass in the grass he pulled my kayak right into the rocks and heavy grass by the...

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Baits and Tackle used near Jaffrey

Check Prices

  • texes rigged senko
  • senko
  • Yamamoto 5" Double Curly Tail Grub
    Booyah Pad Crasher Hollow Body Frog
    KVD 5" Caffeine Shad Swimbait
  • frogs and senkos
  • 6" Senkos
  • Live Worms
    Live Shiners
  • senco
  • wacky worms and spinnerbaits
  • smoke red flake senkos
  • fished meal worms, night crawlers off the bottom

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • dilly worms
  • Moussies and wax worms

    pond shiners once cought for tip ups
  • moussies and wax worms
  • 10 inch fat yellow perchy! Bigger the bait.......

Creature Check Prices

  • They are called brush hogs, and manufactured by Zoom baits, sold at wal-mart.

Minnow Check Prices

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

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • jitterbug
  • frogs, spinners, and buzz bait

Crankbait Check Prices

  • shallow running crank baits
  • many different types of lures thrown here will catch the fish
  • shallow running crank bait minus one.

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • Crawfish style.

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Green with one blade. 1/2 oz.

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • 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.
  • KVD 5" Caffeine Shad Paddletail Swimbait
  • KVD 5" Caffeine Shad - Light Blue with Silver belly.
  • 4" strike king shadalicious on 4/0 eighth ozgmakatsu swimbait hook.cant remember the color name but its purpletop with silver belly
  • Green/silver belly shad. 5/0 hook rigged weedless. Thrown into cover, dragged to the edge of cover and allowed to fall - strike typically occurred while bait was falling.

Lake Pattern Check Prices

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Swimming the frog through the pads
  • Rubber Frogs, Flukes, and This hybrid lizard/fish/tube bait sold at wal-mart
  • Cast a rubber from rigged weedless into cover and retrieve using a methodical twitching to simulate a frog swimming. When frog reached end of cover let sink for a couple of seconds before continuing twitching retrieve.

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Bronze 2-way spinner hook.
  • Silver 2-way spinner hook.

    Lazily trolling.
  • Neon Orange 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.
  • Live nightcrawlers dropping them off the canoe
  • Neon green 2-way spinner hook.

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • gary yamamoto senko black with silver flakes.

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

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

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • EHC

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • silver&blue kastmaster

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • Chatterbait

Nymph Check Prices

  • Copper John, under a EHC

Worm Check Prices

  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • wacky-rigged yum dingers
  • Black or Brown body with Chartreuse tail
  • Black or Brown with Chartreuse tail
  • Black or brown body with Chartreuse tail
  • gary yattamotto seko black siver flake
  • senko
  • Bronze 2-way spinner hook, size #4
  • Neon Yellow 2-way spinner hook.
  • Silver/Copper 2-way spinner hook.

Grub Check Prices

  • Yamamoto 5" Double Curly Tail Grub, Green with Red Flakes
    Also caught on KVD 5" Caffeine Shad Paddle Tail Swimbait
  • Yamamoto Twin Tail Grub
    Booyah Frog
  • Yamamoto 5" Curly Tail Grub - watermelon with red flakes.

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Rubber Crawdads, Carolina rigged. The kids switched over to use live bait (night crawlers) about halfway through the trip.
  • Strike King KVD Paddle Tail Swimbait - Silver belly, blue back with glitter specks.
  • yum 5" monny minnows white

Flies Check Prices

  • Fished a wooly bugger with a casting bubble

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.

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