Lake Wicwas fishing: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Black Crappie
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Pickering Park.
The lake
Lake Wicwas covers 343 acres in New Hampshire, across Belknap County. It is a lake: 94.5% 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.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 30 ft (9.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 94.5% of the water is 24 feet or shallower. We hold 48 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 11.7% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 7% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 8% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 8.9% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 9% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 9.3% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 9.4% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 8.8% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 7.3% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 5.5% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 5.1% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 4.6% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 0.8% of the water
3 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.
- Pickering Park — Meredith.
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 75°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 6.2. 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.
