Ossipee 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 Lakefront Landing Marina.
The lake
Ossipee Lake covers 3,249 acres in New Hampshire, across Carroll County. It is a lake: 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. We hold 30 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–3 ft: 23.9% of the water
- 3–6 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 6–9 ft: 4.9% of the water
- 9–12 ft: 3.7% of the water
- 12–15 ft: 3.1% of the water
- 15–18 ft: 3% of the water
- 18–21 ft: 2.7% of the water
- 21–24 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 24–27 ft: 2.1% of the water
- 27–30 ft: 2% of the water
- 30–33 ft: 1.9% of the water
- 33–36 ft: 1.9% of the water
- 36–39 ft: 2.1% of the water
- 39–42 ft: 2.3% of the water
- 42–45 ft: 2.8% of the water
- 45–48 ft: 3.6% of the water
- 48–51 ft: 4.6% of the water
- 51–54 ft: 3.8% of the water
- 54–57 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 57–60 ft: 17.2% of the water
Stocking: 5,684 fish in 2026
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department records list 5,684 fish released into this water in 2026.
- Rainbow Trout: 3,500 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 and 2 shore access points.
- Lakefront Landing Marina — restrooms. Ossipee.
Shore access for bank fishing
- Constitution Park - Deer Run Trail — restrooms. Ossipee.
- Ossipee Lake Natural Area — Ossipee.
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.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 71°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 6.5. 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.
- EPA NLA — EPA National Lakes Assessment: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
- 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.
