Spofford Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass
Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct for Northern Pike
Second window: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep for Largemouth Bass
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Boat Ramp (Pierce Island).
The lake
Spofford Lake covers 734 acres in New Hampshire, across Cheshire County. It is a lake: 92.4% of it is 57 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 60 feet (18.3 m). Our records hold 6 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. 92.4% of the water is 57 feet or shallower. We hold 70 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–3 ft: 3% of the water
- 3–6 ft: 3.6% of the water
- 6–9 ft: 4.3% of the water
- 9–12 ft: 5% of the water
- 12–15 ft: 5.9% of the water
- 15–18 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 18–21 ft: 5.1% of the water
- 21–24 ft: 4.8% of the water
- 24–27 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 27–30 ft: 4.4% of the water
- 30–33 ft: 4.5% of the water
- 33–36 ft: 5% of the water
- 36–39 ft: 5% of the water
- 39–42 ft: 4.9% of the water
- 42–45 ft: 4.1% of the water
- 45–48 ft: 4.3% of the water
- 48–51 ft: 4.8% of the water
- 51–54 ft: 5.4% of the water
- 54–57 ft: 7.4% of the water
- 57–60 ft: 7.8% of the water
Stocking: 1,000 fish in 2026
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department records list 1,000 fish released into this water in 2026.
- Rainbow Trout: 1,000 in 2026
4 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
- Largemouth Bass — Best months: Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- Rainbow Trout — Best months: Oct.
- Smallmouth Bass — Best months: May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
Also recorded here: Walleye, Bluegill.
Water and conditions
Our water temperature readings average 70°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. The coldest single reading we hold is 42°F and the warmest is 81°F; the warmest monthly average is 77°F. These readings span 2017–2024.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 boat ramp and 2 shore access points.
- Boat Ramp (Pierce Island) — Chesterfield.
Shore access for bank fishing
- North Shore Town Beach — restrooms. Chesterfield.
- Wares Grove Beach — restrooms. Chesterfield.
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.
What is hard here
Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish. Winter water drops to 42°F, and the warm-water species stop feeding well before you do.
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.
