Canobie Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Target species: Rainbow Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Black Crappie, Bluegill, Rock Bass
The lake
Canobie Lake covers 381 acres in New Hampshire, across Rockingham County. It is a lake: 90.5% of it is 34 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 40 feet (12.2 m). Our records hold 7 species for this water.
7 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Chain Pickerel — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
- Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.
- Rock Bass — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 40 ft (12.2 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.5% of the water is 34 feet or shallower. We hold 51 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 9.8% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 7% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 6.5% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 6.3% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 6% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 5.7% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 5.3% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 4.8% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 4% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 3.7% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 3.6% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 3.6% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 3.7% of the water
- 28–30 ft: 4.1% of the water
- 30–32 ft: 4.9% of the water
- 32–34 ft: 5.1% of the water
- 34–36 ft: 4.4% of the water
- 36–38 ft: 2.7% of the water
- 38–40 ft: 2.5% of the water
Ramps and access
On this water we hold 1 shore access point.
Shore access for bank fishing
- Water Treatment Plant — Salem.
The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 79°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 7.1. These readings span 2017–2024.
Where this data comes from
- NH GRANIT — NH GRANIT: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
