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Boat ramps near Manchester
Manchester, NHBuilt from our data

Boat ramps near Manchester

12 stops6 watersUpdated Nov 6

72 public boat ramps on published waters near Manchester.

Distances are straight-line from downtown Manchester; below are the 12 closest, grouped by water.

Massabesic Lake

Recorded in Massabesic Lake: Chain Pickerel, Bluegill, Largemouth Bass, and Smallmouth Bass.

Surveyed depths in Massabesic Lake reach 50 ft.

  1. 1Candia Road Boat Launch: boat ramp on Massabesic Lake, ≈ 3.6 mi from downtown.
  2. 2Deerneck Bridge Cartop Launch: boat ramp on Massabesic Lake, ≈ 4.1 mi from downtown.
  3. 3Canoe & kayak launch — Massabesic Lake: boat ramp on Massabesic Lake, ≈ 4.3 mi from downtown.
  4. 4Clair's Landing: boat ramp on Massabesic Lake, ≈ 5.5 mi from downtown.
  5. 5Shore Drive Access Point: boat ramp on Massabesic Lake, ≈ 5.6 mi from downtown.

Big Island Pond

Recorded in Big Island Pond: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie, and Brown Trout.

Surveyed depths in Big Island Pond reach 70 ft.

  1. 6BIPC Ramp: boat ramp on Big Island Pond, ≈ 15.5 mi from downtown.
  2. 7Canoe & kayak launch — Big Island Pond: boat ramp on Big Island Pond, ≈ 15.8 mi from downtown.

Pawtuckaway Pond

Recorded in Pawtuckaway Pond: Smallmouth Bass, Largemouth Bass, and Black Crappie.

Surveyed depths in Pawtuckaway Pond reach 45 ft.

  1. 8Canoe & kayak launch — Pawtuckaway Pond: boat ramp on Pawtuckaway Pond, ≈ 16.3 mi from downtown.
  2. 11Pawtuckaway Lake Boat Access: boat ramp on Pawtuckaway Pond, ≈ 17.4 mi from downtown.

Cobbetts Pond

Recorded in Cobbetts Pond: Largemouth Bass, Goldfish, Smallmouth Bass, and Walleye.

Surveyed depths in Cobbetts Pond reach 50 ft.

  1. 9Town Beach: boat ramp on Cobbetts Pond, ≈ 16.5 mi from downtown.

Pleasant Lake

Recorded in Pleasant Lake: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, and Brown Trout.

Surveyed depths in Pleasant Lake reach 60 ft.

  1. 10Pleasant Lake Boat Launch: boat ramp on Pleasant Lake, ≈ 17 mi from downtown.

Weare Reservoir

Recorded in Weare Reservoir: Largemouth Bass, Green Sunfish, Smallmouth Bass, and Brown Trout.

Surveyed depths in Weare Reservoir reach 30 ft.

  1. 12Chase Park Town Beach: boat ramp on Weare Reservoir, ≈ 18.2 mi from downtown.

When the fish bite here

By our bite calendar, Rainbow Trout is at peak around Manchester in November. Chain Pickerel bites well.

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Where this guide comes from

Every sentence here is assembled from the data on the Manchester fishing page: road drive times where a route was built (≈ marks straight-line distances), access points from state registries, the species recorded in each water and our bite calendar, adjusted for latitude. Nothing is written by hand or generated by AI.

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