Newfound Lake fishing: Smallmouth Bass, Atlantic Salmon, Rainbow Trout
Target species: Smallmouth Bass, Atlantic Salmon, Rainbow Trout
Boat: 2 ramps and launches on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Grey Rocks Conservation Area.
The lake
Newfound Lake covers 4,477 acres in New Hampshire, across Grafton County. It is a lake: 90% of it is 140 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 180 feet (54.9 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 180 ft (54.9 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 90% of the water is 140 feet or shallower. We hold 62 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–10 ft: 14.6% of the water
- 10–20 ft: 8.2% of the water
- 20–30 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 30–40 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 40–50 ft: 5.2% of the water
- 50–60 ft: 5% of the water
- 60–70 ft: 4.7% of the water
- 70–80 ft: 5.7% of the water
- 80–90 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 90–100 ft: 6.5% of the water
- 100–110 ft: 5.9% of the water
- 110–120 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 120–130 ft: 4.9% of the water
- 130–140 ft: 4.2% of the water
- 140–150 ft: 3.2% of the water
- 150–160 ft: 3.3% of the water
- 160–170 ft: 2.4% of the water
- 170–180 ft: 1.4% of the water
Stocking: 6,450 fish in 2026
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department records list 6,450 fish released into this water in 2026.
- Rainbow Trout: 4,775 in 2026
One more species on the stocking list.
3 target fish, led by Smallmouth Bass
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Atlantic Salmon — Feeding water: 45–60°F.
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
Also recorded here: Largemouth Bass.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 6.3. These readings span 2017–2026.
2 ramps and launches on this water
On this water we hold 2 boat ramps and 4 shore access points.
- Grey Rocks Conservation Area — restrooms. Hebron.
- Newfound Lake Boat Access Facility — restrooms. Bristol.
Shore access for bank fishing
- Bean Nature Conservation Area — Hebron.
- Fishing Access — Bristol.
- Paradise Point — restrooms. Hebron.
- Wellington State Park Beach — restrooms. Bristol.
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 6 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.
