Fishing near Waterville Valley in Grafton County, NH

3.98 Rating based on 29 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 77
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 56
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The Mad River in Upper Campton Village, New Hampshire
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Top Fishing Spots near Waterville Valley

Flat Mountain Ponds
Flat Mountain Ponds

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Black Mountain Pond
Black Mountain Pond

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Mad River
Mad River

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Upper Greely Pond
Upper Greely Pond

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Sabbaday Brook
Sabbaday Brook

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Guinea Pond
Guinea Pond

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Waterville Valley Area Fish Species

Recent Waterville Valley Fishing Reports

bearcamp pond kayak fishing Fishing Report Aug 08, 2020

bearcamp pond kayak fishing

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The sun was setting so we kayaked out to a rock that looked good and fished for a while i use a harry lure heres a link

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Little pond Fishing Report Jun 14, 2009

Little pond

Little pond Sandwich N.H. -

Canoe trip to This pond scored Joe and myself 13 Lms, 2 pics, and even a short smallie. Nice quiet pond w/easy access and a good amount of shore fishi...

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Work  Fishing Report Jun 12, 2012

Work

Squam Lkae N.H. -

Went to work wknd again this year with my Buddy DaveP and of course we went a few days early and brought the kayaks.Got to camp Weds May 30th 7:30 a.m...

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Great Day on Squam Lake , NH Fishing Report Jul 03, 2010

Great Day on Squam Lake , NH

Squam Lake, NH -

Fished from 5:30am til 2 pm. Beautifully clear water, lots of fish (smallies(8), largies (5) and pickerel (1)) Tried some deep holes, mainly fished R...

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Perfect day on Squam Lake Fishing Report Jun 30, 2010

Perfect day on Squam Lake

Squam lake, NH -

Spent all day on the northern end of the lake, caught largies, smallies and a nice pickerel....

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Squam Lake Fishing Report Aug 31, 2011

Squam Lake

Squam Lake, NH -

Launched at the Squam Lakes Association launch in Pipers cove with my wife and 2 other friends.

We caught a few blue gills along the way while ...

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Baits and Tackle used near Waterville Valley

Check Prices

  • Wacky 4 inch senkos
  • wacky rig senko in various colors.
  • wacky rigged senko & spinnerbait when windy
  • pitchin a worm
  • wacky rig senko & jigs
  • wacky rig senko
  • wacky, C rigging
  • shaky worm
  • drop shot
  • wacky senkos and C rigging

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Drop Shot, and Shakeyhead all between 15"-12"
  • Dropshot
  • Shakey Head - a 1lber and two 10"ers
  • Dropshot and in the 7" range
  • Shakeyhead, and Dropshot. Between a 24" 3lb fatty to 12"
  • All on the Dropshot 1lb 15oz, 1-3/4lb, 1-1/2lb, 1-1/4lb, and 1 just over a lb
  • Dropshot, and C-Rig
    4 Keepers, and 2 Shorts
  • 3 Keepers
    1.47lbs, 1lb 2oz, and 3/4lbs

    Also 2 shorts
  • Dropshot - Too many of these suckers

Creature Check Prices

  • Brush Hog

Minnow Check Prices

  • Shiners and nightcrawlers. Normally don't use live bait, it's so boring to me. I was teaching my girlfriend how to bobber fish in the hopes that she would embrace my hobby. Didn't work. Oh well.
  • 15 feet off ground
  • Dead

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • Mostly J7 and J9 rapalas both in Black and Neon Orange
  • Scum Frog black hollow body
  • hollow body
  • Popper and around 7"
  • reble pop r
  • Black Jitterbug

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • 5" senko in bluegrass color, weightless

Lizard Check Prices

  • Gr pumpkin dipped tail

Jigs Check Prices

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • wacky rigged senko

    smallies and larrys

Crankbait Check Prices

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • jig, fluke,worm,crankbait
  • shakey head

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • just regular old dillies did the trick here.
  • Nightcrawlers, shiners.
  • nightcrawler on a bobber
  • Drop a nightcrawler in the fast water and just wait a min. They will bite
  • Sinker above a barrel swivel. Then powerbait to help lift the hook off the bottom. Nightcrawler on the hook.
  • same setup as the bass
  • half a nightcrawler on a #8 hook with spinner and bead rig. had a swivel and weight about a 12" up
  • it was getting late sun was just about down and we started catching Brown Bullheads

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • 3-5' jerk bait
  • deep diveing jerk bait

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • FishSeeUV panther martin inline spinner.
  • Joe's Flies spinner
  • rooster tail
  • Gold teardrop panther marlin
  • Gold panther marlin
  • 1st was 6"
    2nd was 1-1/2lbs
    3rd was 10"

Dry Fly Check Prices

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • brass dotted harry lure

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • zara spook
  • Green with black spots jitter bug

Worm Check Prices

  • Yum Watermelon red flak texas rigged weightless
  • Fished plastic worms around structures for smallies and large weedless spoon in weeds for pickerel.
  • Dropshot - 1-1/4lb and a 11"er
  • 6" Green Brown Pumpkin Senko
  • 5" Green tailed YUM worm
  • Black Gary Yamamotto Worm, hooked weedless
  • Yamamotto
  • This was the first (and bigger) of the two Smallmouth I managed to boat. Despite the looks, (he bled quite a bit, I think due to gill damage) I was able to release him safely. For the billionth time, those Tequila Sunrise Power Worms produced all of the action.
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • 1st was 1-1/2lbs
    2nd was 1lb 14oz

Grub Check Prices

  • Brown curly tailed w/ blue flak weightless
  • Brown curly tailed w/ blue flake weightless
  • Bass Pro Brown with blue flake curly tailed grub

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • Trout magnet 1/64 ounce jig with a white split-tail grub.

Other Check Prices

  • Squid

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