Lake Wentworth fishing: Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon

Target species: Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon

The lake

Lake Wentworth covers 3,107 acres in New Hampshire, across Carroll County. It is a lake: 93.1% of it is 40 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 80 feet (24.4 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

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Ken Gallager · CC BY-SA 4.0

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 80 ft (24.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.1% of the water is 40 feet or shallower. We hold 53 depth contour lines for this water.

Lake Wentworth.jpg
Bernie Ongewe · CC BY-SA 4.0
  • 0–5 ft: 15.5% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 12.7% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 12% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 14.7% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 16.6% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 12.7% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 5.7% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 3.2% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 2.3% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 1.8% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 1.2% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 0.8% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 0.3% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 0.2% of the water
  • 70–75 ft: 0.2% of the water

Stocking: 3,566 fish in 2026

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department records list 3,566 fish released into this water in 2026.

  • Rainbow Trout: 2,100 in 2026

One more species on the stocking list.

2 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

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

Also recorded here: Smallmouth Bass, Lake Whitefish.

Water and conditions

Our water temperature readings average 76°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2026.

Ramps and access

On this water we hold 3 shore access points.

Shore access for bank fishing

  • Allen H. Albee Town Beach — restrooms. Wolfeboro.
  • Clow Beach — restrooms. Wolfeboro.
  • Stamp Act Island — Wolfeboro.

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.

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.