Lake Francis fishing: Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout

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

The lake

Lake Francis covers 1,902 acres in New Hampshire, across Coos County. It is a lake: 90.8% of it is 65 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90.8% of the water is 65 feet or shallower. We hold 75 depth contour lines for this water.

Lake Francis looking south in Pittsburg, New Hampshire, August 2019.jpg
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  • 0–5 ft: 3.5% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 5.2% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 5% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 5% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5.4% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 5.5% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 5.8% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 14.4% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 16.7% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 9.2% of the water

Stocking: 5,232 fish in 2026

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department records list 5,232 fish released into this water in 2026.

  • Brown Trout: 2,000 in 2026
  • Rainbow Trout: 2,000 in 2026

One more species on the stocking list.

Lake Francis in Pittsburg, New Hampshire, August 2019.jpg
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3 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

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

2 ramps and launches on this water

On this water we hold 2 boat ramps.

  • Lake Francis State Park — restrooms. Pittsburg.
  • Route 3 Access - Boat Launch — 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.

Lake Francis boat launch in Pittsburg, New Hampshire, August 2019.jpg
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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.