First Connecticut Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Lake Trout

Target species: Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Lake Trout
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Boat Ramp.

The lake

First Connecticut Lake covers 3,011 acres in New Hampshire, across Coos County. It is a lake: 94.1% of it is 120 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 160 feet (48.8 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

First Connecticut Lake in August 2019.jpg
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Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 160 ft (48.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 94.1% of the water is 120 feet or shallower. We hold 32 depth contour lines for this water.

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  • 0–10 ft: 11.4% of the water
  • 10–20 ft: 11.1% of the water
  • 20–30 ft: 14.9% of the water
  • 30–40 ft: 8.8% of the water
  • 40–50 ft: 7.8% of the water
  • 50–60 ft: 6.9% of the water
  • 60–70 ft: 5.1% of the water
  • 70–80 ft: 5% of the water
  • 80–90 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 90–100 ft: 7.1% of the water
  • 100–110 ft: 6.3% of the water
  • 110–120 ft: 4.3% of the water
  • 120–130 ft: 3.2% of the water
  • 130–140 ft: 1.2% of the water
  • 140–150 ft: 0.8% of the water
  • 150–160 ft: 0.8% of the water

3 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Atlantic Salmon — Feeding water: 45–60°F.
  • Lake Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 boat ramps.

Luther Parker marker at First Connecticut Lake 2.jpg
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  • Boat Ramp — Pittsburg.
  • First Connecticut Lake Picnic and Launch Area — restrooms. Pittsburg.

Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 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.

What is hard here

Only 2 public ramps are 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.