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

Reservoir · New Hampshire

Lake Tarleton, New Hampshire: Rainbow Trout. 91.7% of it is 48 feet deep or less. 1 ramp or launch. At least 60 ft deep. 3,895 fish stocked since 2026.

Lake Tarleton fishing: Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout 1

Lake Tarleton fishing: Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout 2

Lake Tarleton fishing: Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout 3

Reservoir

Surface area: 335 acres0.5 mi²from the mapped waterbody polygon; varies with water level
Maximum depth: 60 ftdeep
Average depth: 27.9 ftpublished figure, LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0 (no bottom map)
Fish species: 5
Access points: 2
Access: open to the public

Dissolved oxygennow 8.1 mg/L

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

Target species: Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Brown Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Lake Tarleton Boat Access Facility.

The lake

Lake Tarleton covers 335 acres in New Hampshire, across Grafton County. It is a lake: 91.7% of it is 48 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 60 feet (18.3 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 60 ft (18.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.7% of the water is 48 feet or shallower. We hold 49 depth contour lines for this water.

Lake Tartleton 090906 259.jpg — Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0

0–3 ft: 3.3% of the water
3–6 ft: 5.8% of the water
6–9 ft: 6.8% of the water
9–12 ft: 6.4% of the water
12–15 ft: 6.1% of the water
15–18 ft: 6% of the water
18–21 ft: 6.4% of the water
21–24 ft: 5.8% of the water
24–27 ft: 5.3% of the water
27–30 ft: 6.1% of the water
30–33 ft: 6% of the water
33–36 ft: 5.6% of the water
36–39 ft: 5.6% of the water
39–42 ft: 5.6% of the water
42–45 ft: 5.3% of the water
45–48 ft: 5.6% of the water
48–51 ft: 4.5% of the water
51–54 ft: 1.6% of the water
54–57 ft: 1.3% of the water
57–60 ft: 1% of the water

Stocking: 3,895 fish in 2026

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department records list 3,895 fish released into this water in 2026.

Brown Trout: 1,200 in 2026
Rainbow Trout: 1,200 in 2026

One more species on the stocking list.

Lake Tartleton 090906 258.jpg — Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0

4 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.
Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.

Also recorded here: Lake Whitefish.

1 ramp or launch on this water

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

Lake Tarleton 090906 257.jpg — Dougtone · CC BY-SA 2.0

Lake Tarleton Boat Access Facility — Piermont.

Shore access for bank fishing

Lake Tarleton State Park — restrooms. Piermont.

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.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 6.4. These readings span 2017–2026.

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.