Fishing near Winchester in Cheshire County, NH

4.09 Rating based on 43 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Other (Freshwater), Chain Pickerel
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 69
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 83
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Winchester Fishing Photos

Ice fishing 28 Jan 2008 near Winchester

Ice fishing 28 Jan 2008

Sout side setback under the power lines
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Patti and Keiran near Winchester

Patti and Keiran

Patti took Keiran fishing for the very first time. The each cought two, 2 Blue Gills and 2 Yellow Perch
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Winchester fishing photo 2

I think these brown trout may have been stocked elsewhere and found their way the area I caught them in? They do stock some of the ashuelot now in Swanzey so who knows? I was fishing for Smallmouth on a fly rod. This area has a ton of bait and could use a lot more stocking.
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Winchester fishing photo 4

Lee's 1st Walleye
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slabside bluegills and white perch near Winchester

slabside bluegills and white perch

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Top Fishing Spots near Winchester

Forest Lake
Forest Lake

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Roaring Brook
Roaring Brook

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North Round Pond
North Round Pond

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Ct River Setback
Ct River Setback

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 3380

Ashuelot River
Ashuelot River

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 19

Hastings Pond
Hastings Pond

Avg. Rating: 3.5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 1198

Winchester Area Fish Species

Recent Winchester Fishing Reports

Roaring Brook Fishing Report May 24, 2008

Roaring Brook

Richmond, NH -

First time out for the season...

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june trout Fishing Report Jun 06, 2008

june trout

Richmond, NH -

Roaring Brook...

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CT River Fishing Report Jul 31, 2010

CT River

Gill to NH border -

warm, clear day, water levels good, lots of boat traffic. Only caught 1 smallie but still a great day!...

Avg. Rating: 3
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Hinsdale setback Fishing Report May 24, 2008

Hinsdale setback

Ct. River, Hinsdale -

Ice fishing on the Ct. River...

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Feb hard water Fishing Report May 24, 2008

Feb hard water

Ct. River, Hinsdale -

Ice fishing in Hinsdale...

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Hinsdale setback Fishing Report Jun 06, 2008

Hinsdale setback

Ct. River, Hinsdale -

setback in hinsdale, nh...

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Baits and Tackle used near Winchester

Check Prices

  • Live Worms
    Live Shiners
  • Yamamoto 5" Double Curly Tail Grub
    Booyah Pad Crasher Hollow Body Frog
    KVD 5" Caffeine Shad Swimbait
  • senco
  • frogs and senkos
  • texes rigged senko
  • senko
  • 6" Senkos

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • dilly worms
  • Moussies and wax worms

    pond shiners once cought for tip ups
  • moussies and wax worms

Creature Check Prices

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

Tube Check Prices

Minnow Check Prices

  • pike shinners, 5 to 7 inches long

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • early morning, or after sunset
  • jitterbug
  • Homemade jitter type lures
  • frogs, spinners, and buzz bait
  • Rapala Jointed Floating Minnow. Cast upstream in a stillpocket with cover. Twitch baut once and wait. Then hold on.
  • Need to find calmer and slower moving water to get these results. I think any bass lure would do fine but this time topwater was hot.

Craw Check Prices

  • Yammamoto flippin hog

Lizard Check Prices

  • zoom 6 inch watermelon red flake

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Ripping a diving crankbait through and above developing weed beds.
  • many different types of lures thrown here will catch the fish
  • shallow running crank baits
  • X-rap for this fish, but have had grea luck with a jig and grub

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • KVD 5" Caffeine Shad Paddletail Swimbait
  • 4' senko daquiri
  • KVD 5" Caffeine Shad - Light Blue with Silver belly.
  • 4" senkos watermellon gold
  • KVD Caffeine Shad paddletail swimbait.
  • 4" strike king shadalicious on 4/0 eighth ozgmakatsu swimbait hook.cant remember the color name but its purpletop with silver belly
  • 4" BkBl senko texas rigged on 3/0 Gami hook
  • Dropshot 12" leader , 1/4 oz weight, with various 3" baits

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Live nightcrawlers dropping them off the canoe
  • Lures and live bait are good here but you have to be crafty and match the conditions.
  • Just used worms dug from my garden. The best result came from the largest worm on a gold eagle claw hook and no sinker no bobber .
  • Drop sinker with 2 ft leader gold hook.

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Rubber Frogs, Flukes, and This hybrid lizard/fish/tube bait sold at wal-mart
  • Swimming the frog through the pads

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • silver&blue kastmaster

Worm Check Prices

  • senko wacky rigged
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • Senko
    1st was 11-3/4in
    2nd was 6in on the inline spinner
  • wacky-rigged yum dingers
  • senkos
  • gary yatommotto senko black with siver flake.
  • Black or Brown with Chartreuse tail
  • Black or brown body with Chartreuse tail
  • Black or Brown body with Chartreuse tail

Grub Check Prices

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

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • 6 inch light green senko
  • Rubber Crawdads, Carolina rigged. The kids switched over to use live bait (night crawlers) about halfway through the trip.

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