Fishing near Swanzey in Cheshire County, NH

4.1 Rating based on 41 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Other (Freshwater), Chain Pickerel
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 74
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 90
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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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at the damn near Swanzey

at the damn

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November 1, 2012 - Meetinghouse Pond near Swanzey

November 1, 2012 - Meetinghouse Pond

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boat launch near Swanzey

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Top Fishing Spots near Swanzey

Ashuelot River
Ashuelot River

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

Forest Lake
Forest Lake

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Meetinghouse Pond
Meetinghouse Pond

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1
Views: 1354

Roaring Brook
Roaring Brook

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# Reviews:
Views: 833

North Round Pond
North Round Pond

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 555

Spofford Lake
Spofford Lake

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# Reviews:
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Swanzey Area Fish Species

Recent Swanzey Fishing Reports

june trout Fishing Report Jun 06, 2008

june trout

Richmond, NH -

Roaring Brook...

Avg. Rating: 3
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beautiful day Fishing Report Jul 06, 2014

beautiful day

Meetinghouse Pond -

I went to catch some bass with my sister's fiance for a couple hours, but we didn't have much luck. I did catch a 2.5 pound bass that was goi...

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One last trip, I mean it this time! Fishing Report Nov 02, 2012

One last trip, I mean it this time!

Meetinghouse Pond -

I thought I was done for the year, but when my sister and her boyfriend came out to visit from Utah I figured I'd give it one last trip. We hit a ...

Avg. Rating: 5
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killing time Fishing Report Jul 09, 2014

killing time

Meetinghouse Pond -

I went down the road and hit the pond, hoping to catch the one that got away last time, but I lost him again....

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backyard swamp monsters Fishing Report Aug 17, 2013

backyard swamp monsters

Meetinghouse Pond -

I went out west with family and we had a decent day fishing from canoes on a small pond. I even caught the one that slipped away on my last trip....

Avg. Rating: 5
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There really are bass in here Fishing Report Sep 13, 2012

There really are bass in here

Meetinghouse Pond -

Went to find bass in Meetinghouse Pond. I've been fishing it since I was a kid and had never caught one, nobody I know has caught one either, but...

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Baits and Tackle used near Swanzey

Check Prices

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

Minnow Check Prices

  • pike shinners, 5 to 7 inches long

Topwater Bait Check Prices

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

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

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

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

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

    Lazily trolling.
  • Neon Orange 2-way spinner hook.
  • Drop sinker with 2 ft leader gold hook.

Frog Bait Check Prices

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

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • gary yamamoto senko black with silver flakes.

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • EHC

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • silver&blue kastmaster

Worm Check Prices

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

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

  • 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.
  • 6 inch light green senko

Other Check Prices

  • Rainbow PowerBait. Trout Formula.

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