Contoocook Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass

Target species: Rainbow Trout, Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Brown Trout
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Town Landing.

The lake

Contoocook Lake covers 372 acres in New Hampshire, across Cheshire County. It is a lake: 95% of it is 19 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Contoocook Lake, Jaffrey NH.jpg
John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 95% of the water is 19 feet or shallower. We hold 41 depth contour lines for this water.

Jaffrey Monadnock Rail Trail.jpg
EninE · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • 0–1 ft: 43.1% of the water
  • 1–3 ft: 6% of the water
  • 3–5 ft: 7% of the water
  • 5–7 ft: 7.1% of the water
  • 7–9 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 9–11 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 11–13 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 13–15 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 15–17 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 17–19 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 19–20 ft: 5.1% of the water

4 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.
  • Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp and 2 shore access points.

  • Town Landing — Rindge.

Shore access for bank fishing

  • Boat Landing — Jaffrey.
  • Town Beach — restrooms. Jaffrey.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 3 places in this list: 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 73°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 6.1. These readings span 2017–2024.

What is hard here

Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.

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.