Nubanusit Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Atlantic Salmon, Smallmouth Bass

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

The lake

Nubanusit Lake covers 720 acres in New Hampshire, across 2 counties: Cheshire and Hillsborough. It is a lake: 91.4% of it is 65 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 90 feet (27.4 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 90 ft (27.4 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.4% of the water is 65 feet or shallower. We hold 80 depth contour lines for this water.

Nubanusit Lake.jpg
Ken Gallager at English Wikipedia · CC BY 3.0
  • 0–5 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 8.1% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 9.6% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 9.2% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 8.8% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 6.6% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 7.9% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 8.4% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 4.8% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 4.1% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 4.4% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 2.9% of the water
  • 70–75 ft: 2.4% of the water
  • 75–80 ft: 1.4% of the water
  • 80–85 ft: 1.1% of the water
  • 85–90 ft: 0.8% of the water

Stocking: 2,569 fish in 2026

New Hampshire Fish and Game Department records list 2,569 fish released into this water in 2026.

  • Rainbow Trout: 2,000 in 2026

One more species on the stocking list.

3 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout

  • Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
  • Atlantic Salmon — Feeding water: 45–60°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.

Also recorded here: Largemouth Bass, Brown Trout.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

  • Nubanusit Lake Boat Launch — Hancock.

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 74°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 6.3. These readings span 2016–2024.

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.