Deering Reservoir fishing: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout

Reservoir · New Hampshire · Deering, 0.8 mi away

Deering Reservoir, New Hampshire: Largemouth Bass. 91.7% of it is 24 feet deep or less. 1 ramp or launch. At least 30 ft deep. 450 fish stocked since 2026.

Reservoir

Surface area: 340 acres0.5 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 30 ftdeep
Average depth: 11.5 ftpublished figure, LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0 (no bottom map)
Fish species: 3
Access points: 1
Access: open to the public
Nearest town: Deering0.8 mi

Dissolved oxygennow 8.8 mg/L

Deering Reservoir fishing: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout

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

The reservoir

Deering Reservoir covers 340 acres in New Hampshire, across Hillsborough County. It is a reservoir: 91.7% of it is 24 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 30 feet (9.1 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Stocking: 450 fish in 2026

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department records list 450 fish released into this water in 2026.

Rainbow Trout: 450 in 2026

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 30 ft (9.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.7% of the water is 24 feet or shallower. We hold 35 depth contour lines for this water.

0–2 ft: 24.8% of the water
2–4 ft: 8.9% of the water
4–6 ft: 9.3% of the water
6–8 ft: 10% of the water
8–10 ft: 11.6% of the water
10–12 ft: 4.8% of the water
12–14 ft: 3.2% of the water
14–16 ft: 3.1% of the water
16–18 ft: 3.4% of the water
18–20 ft: 4.5% of the water
20–22 ft: 5.3% of the water
22–24 ft: 2.8% of the water
24–26 ft: 2.1% of the water
26–28 ft: 1.7% of the water
28–30 ft: 4.7% of the water

3 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

Deering Reservoir Sept 2022.jpg — Ken_Gallager · CC BY-SA 4.0

Town Beach — restrooms. Deering.

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 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. 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.