Swains Lake fishing: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill

Target species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Swains Lake Boat Launch.

The lake

Swains Lake covers 391 acres in New Hampshire, across Strafford County. It is a lake: 91.7% of it is 18 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.7% of the water is 18 feet or shallower. We hold 44 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 10.7% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 18.4% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 13.9% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 13.8% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 12% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 7% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 4.9% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 4.2% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 3.8% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 2% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 1.7% of the water
  • 24–25 ft: 0.9% of the water

3 target fish, led by Largemouth Bass

  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Bluegill — Feeding water: 70–85°F.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 boat ramp.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2023
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2023 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain
  • Swains Lake Boat Launch — restrooms. Barrington.

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.

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.