Stinson Lake fishing: Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Atlantic Salmon
Target species: Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Atlantic Salmon
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Stinson Lake Boat Access Facility.
The lake
Stinson Lake covers 342 acres in New Hampshire, across Grafton County. It is a lake: 93.2% of it is 65 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93.2% of the water is 65 feet or shallower. We hold 26 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–5 ft: 5.6% of the water
- 5–10 ft: 10.4% of the water
- 10–15 ft: 10.1% of the water
- 15–20 ft: 7% of the water
- 20–25 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 25–30 ft: 6.2% of the water
- 30–35 ft: 6% of the water
- 35–40 ft: 6% of the water
- 40–45 ft: 6.2% of the water
- 45–50 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 50–55 ft: 6.4% of the water
- 55–60 ft: 7.7% of the water
- 60–65 ft: 8.8% of the water
- 65–70 ft: 7% of the water
Stocking: 1,600 fish in 2026
New Hampshire Fish and Game Department records list 1,600 fish released into this water in 2026.
- Rainbow Trout: 1,300 in 2026
One more species on the stocking list.
3 target fish, led by Rainbow Trout
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
- Atlantic Salmon — Feeding water: 45–60°F.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.
- Stinson Lake Boat Access Facility — Rumney.
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 72°F; they do not cover the whole year, so this is not a yearly average. pH averages 6. 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.
