Silver Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Lake Whitefish
Target species: Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Lake Whitefish
The lake
Silver Lake covers 977 acres in New Hampshire, across Carroll County. It is a lake: 91.3% of it is 90 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 160 feet (48.8 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 160 ft (48.8 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.3% of the water is 90 feet or shallower. We hold 27 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–10 ft: 12.3% of the water
- 10–20 ft: 14% of the water
- 20–30 ft: 13.9% of the water
- 30–40 ft: 10.2% of the water
- 40–50 ft: 9% of the water
- 50–60 ft: 10.9% of the water
- 60–70 ft: 10.7% of the water
- 70–80 ft: 7.6% of the water
- 80–90 ft: 2.7% of the water
- 90–100 ft: 2% of the water
- 100–110 ft: 1.6% of the water
- 110–120 ft: 1.4% of the water
- 120–130 ft: 1.2% of the water
- 130–140 ft: 1% of the water
- 140–150 ft: 0.9% of the water
- 150–160 ft: 0.6% of the water
3 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Lake Whitefish — Feeding water: 40–55°F.
Ramps and access
On this water we hold 5 shore access points.
Shore access for bank fishing
- Big Island — Madison.
- Hurricane Point Natural Area — Madison.
- Kennett Park — Madison.
- Nichols Beach — Madison.
- Silver Lake Town Boat Ramp — restrooms. Madison.
Fee and opening hours are blank for all 5 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 77°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. These readings span 2017–2022. The latest reading is from 2022, more than three years ago: read these numbers as history, not as the water today.
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.
