Pawtuckaway Pond fishing: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Target species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Pawtuckaway Lake Boat Access.
The lake
Pawtuckaway Pond covers 822 acres in New Hampshire, across Rockingham County. It is a lake: 91.4% of it is 21 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 45 feet (13.7 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 45 ft (13.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.4% of the water is 21 feet or shallower. We hold 64 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–3 ft: 41.1% of the water
- 3–6 ft: 15.5% of the water
- 6–9 ft: 9.5% of the water
- 9–12 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 12–15 ft: 6.9% of the water
- 15–18 ft: 7.5% of the water
- 18–21 ft: 3.8% of the water
- 21–24 ft: 2% of the water
- 24–27 ft: 1.5% of the water
- 27–30 ft: 1.3% of the water
- 30–33 ft: 1% of the water
- 33–36 ft: 0.9% of the water
- 36–39 ft: 0.9% of the water
- 39–42 ft: 0.8% of the water
- 42–45 ft: 0.5% of the water
2 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
Also recorded here: Black Crappie.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 77°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 6.8. These readings span 2017–2026.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 boat ramp and 1 shore access point.
- Pawtuckaway Lake Boat Access — restrooms. Nottingham.
Shore access for bank fishing
- Pawtuckaway State Park — restrooms. Nottingham.
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 2 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 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.
