Fishing near Gilsum in Cheshire County, NH

4 Rating based on 12 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Other (Freshwater), Rainbow Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 65
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 49
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Gilsum Fishing Photos

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Check out this Rainbow Trout and the yearling that were both caught out of Chapman Pond in Sullivan, NH.
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Here's Chapman Pond in Sullivan, NH.
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Ed on the river near Gilsum

Ed on the river

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Top Fishing Spots near Gilsum

Lily Pond
Lily Pond

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Surry Mountain Lake
Surry Mountain Lake

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Chapman Pond
Chapman Pond

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Surry Mountain Dam
Surry Mountain Dam

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Warren Lake
Warren Lake

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Granite Lake
Granite Lake

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Gilsum Area Fish Species

Recent Gilsum Fishing Reports

Hinsdale Conn River Fishing Report Jul 13, 2012

Hinsdale Conn River

Hinsdale conn river N.H. -

I got a chance to get away and fish with my good buddy Ed on the Conn. River LAST SAT. truely a treat as he got to show me the river at 65 mph (my eye...

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Granite State Fishing Report Jun 21, 2010

Granite State

Island Pond, Stoddard,NH -

My aunt and uncle have a place on a lake in southern NH They're retired and live in Tennessee, and were up north for a little bit this summer, so ...

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Bellows Falls Dam Fishing Report Jul 05, 2009

Bellows Falls Dam

Bellows Falls , VT -

More dam fishing pretty dam good.

Plenty of small mouth bass are here if you know where to look. I have seen people pulling rainbow trout an...

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fishing with friends Fishing Report Jul 13, 2013

fishing with friends

Harrisville Pond -

I brought some friends out to Skatutakee Lake, but that didn't turn out so well, so we fished Harrisville Pond Instead....

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Canoes on the Pond Fishing Report Jul 14, 2012

Canoes on the Pond

Stone Pond -

My sister and girlfriend paddled me around Stone Pond in a canoe to all the good looking bass spots I pointed at....

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out west Fishing Report Jul 09, 2013

out west

All over Harrisville and Marlborough -

I went out to visit my folks and spent a few minutes fishing at a few different ponds; Meetinghouse Pond, Russel Reservoir, Harrisville Pond and Skatu...

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Baits and Tackle used near Gilsum

Check Prices

  • Live Worms
    Live Shiners
  • texes rigged senko
  • senko

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • dilly worms
  • Moussies and wax worms

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

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • 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.
  • jitterbug
  • Homemade jitter type lures
  • early morning, or after sunset
  • Rapala Jointed Floating Minnow. Cast upstream in a stillpocket with cover. Twitch baut once and wait. Then hold on.

Lizard Check Prices

  • zoom 6 inch watermelon red flake

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Ripping a diving crankbait through and above developing weed beds.
  • shallow running crank baits

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Live nightcrawlers dropping them off the canoe
  • Bronze 2-way spinner hook.
  • Silver 2-way spinner hook.

    Lazily trolling.
  • Neon Orange 2-way spinner hook.
  • Lures and live bait are good here but you have to be crafty and match the conditions.
  • Drop sinker with 2 ft leader gold hook.
  • 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 .

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Swimming the frog through the pads

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • using all types of lures here on this day.. just too cold too chase the hunt,,, lazy b****es

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • EHC

Nymph Check Prices

  • Copper John, under a EHC

Worm Check Prices

  • wacky-rigged yum dingers
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • senko wacky rigged

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • 7" Plastic worms caught 2 pickerell and 3 largemouth

Other Check Prices

  • Rainbow PowerBait. Trout Formula.

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