 Winnipesaukee is an Indian name that means "Smile of the Great Spirit". New Hampshire's largest lake, it has 240 - 283 miles of shoreline, depending on your source, and a surface area of 44,586 acres. Following, are statistics for some of the lakes of the Lakes Region.
Body of
Water |
Area |
Greatest
depth |
Location |
Fishing |
| Ayers Lake |
228 acres |
40 feet |
Barrington |
Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, hornpout |
| Balch Pond |
704 acres |
44 feet |
Wakefield |
Pickerel, yellow perch, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie |
| Bow Lake |
1,160 acres |
75 feet |
Strafford
Northwood |
Rainbow trout, brown trout, smallmouth bass, pickerel, hornpout, yellow perch |
| Lake Chocorua |
222 acres |
28 feet |
Tamworth |
Rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, pickerel, hornpout, white perch |
| Crystal Lake |
441 acres |
51 feet |
Gilmanton |
Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, rainbow trout, yellow perch, white perch, hornpout |
| Dan Hole Pond |
408 acres |
126 feet |
Ossipee
Tuftonboro |
Salmon, lake trout, brook trout, smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, cusk, hornpout, smelt |
| Great East Lake |
1,686 acres |
102 feet |
Wakefield |
Rainbow trout, brook trout, brown trout, lake trout, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, pickerel, white perch, yellow perch, hornpout, bluegill, smelt |
| Half Moon Lake |
280 acres |
29 feet |
Barnstead
Alton |
Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, white perch, hornpout |
| Jenness Pond |
243 acres |
28 feet |
Northwood
Pittsfield |
Smallmouth bass, pickerel, hornpout |
| Lovell Lake |
538 acres |
41 feet |
Wakefield |
Rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, white perch, hornpout, pickerel |
| Manning Lake |
202 acres |
56 feet |
Gilmanton |
Brook trout, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, hornpout, smelt |
| Merrymeeting Lake |
1,111 acres |
122 feet |
New Durham |
Salmon, lake trout, rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, hornpout, smelt |
| Mirror Lake |
377 acres |
44 feet |
Tuftonboro
Wolfeboro |
Largemouth bass, yellow perch, hornpout, pickerel |
| Newfound Lake |
4,105 acres |
183 feet |
Bristol
Hebron
Alexandria
Bridgewater |
Salmon, rainbow trout, lake trout, brook trout, smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, shad, suckers, whitefish, cusk, smelt |
| Ossipee Lake |
3,092 acres |
61 feet |
Ossipee
Freedom |
Salmon, rainbow trout, lake trout, brook trout, pickerel, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, cusk, yellow perch, white perch, suckers, hornpout, smelt |
| Paugus Bay |
1,206 acres |
90 feet |
Laconia |
Salmon, rainbow trout, lake trout, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, hornpout |
| Pemigewasset Pond |
241 acres |
30 feet |
Meredith
New Hampton |
Smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, hornpout, black crappie |
| Pine River Pond |
593 acres |
61 feet |
Wakefield |
Pickerel, smallmouth bass, yellow perch, hornpout |
| Province Lake |
1,008 acres |
17 feet |
Wakefield |
Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, hornpout |
| Rust Pond |
210 acres |
39 feet |
Wolfeboro |
Smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, hornpout |
| Silver Lake |
996 acres |
158 feet |
Madison |
Rainbow trout, lake trout, smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, cusk, hornpout, whitefish, smelt |
| Squam Lake |
6,765 acres |
98 feet |
Holderness
Center Harbor
Sandwich
Moultonborough |
Salmon, rainbow trout, lake trout, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, pickerel, white perch, yellow perch, hornpout, whitefish, cusk, smelt |
| Little Squam Lake |
408 acres |
84 feet |
Holderness
Ashland |
Salmon, rainbow trout, lake trout, smallmouth bass, pickerel, hornpout, yellow perch, cusk |
| Stinson Lake |
346 acres |
75 feet |
Rumney
Ellsworth |
Rainbow trout, brook trout, lake trout, yellow perch, pickerel, smallmouth bass, white suckers, fallfish |
| Lower Suncook Lake |
216 acres |
15 feet |
Barnstead |
Smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, rainbow trout, pickerel, white perch, yellow perch, hornpout |
| Upper Suncook Lake |
362 acres |
41 feet |
Barnstead |
Smallmouth bass, rainbow trout, pickerel, yellow perch, white perch, hornpout |
Sunset Lake
(Place's Pond) |
206 acres |
62 feet |
Gilmanton |
Smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, hornpout |
Swains Pond
(Union Pond) |
520 acres |
29 feet |
Barrington |
Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, hornpout, bluegill, white perch |
| Lake Waukewan |
912 acres |
68 feet |
Meredith
New Hampton |
Rainbow trout, smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, hornpout |
| Webster Lake |
612 acres |
40 feet |
Franklin |
Smallmouth bass, rainbow trout, brown trout, pickerel, yellow perch, white perch, hornpout |
| Lake Wentworth |
3,108 acres |
49 feet |
Wolfeboro |
Smallmouth bass, rainbow trout, pickerel, white perch, hornpout, whitefish |
| White Oak Pond |
291 acres |
32 feet |
Holderness |
Pickerel, yellow perch, hornpout |
| Wickwas Lake |
328 acres |
30 feet |
Meredith |
Largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, black crappie, pickerel, yellow perch, white perch, hornpout |
| Lake Winnipesaukee |
44,586 acres |
187 feet |
Alton
Center Harbor
Gilford
Laconia
Meredith
Moultonborough
Tuftonboro
Wolfeboro |
Salmon, rainbow trout, brook trout, lake trout, smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, white perch, hornpout, cusk, smelt, bluegill, whitefish |
| Lake Winnisquam |
4,264 acres |
150 feet |
Sanbornton
Laconia
Tilton
Meredith
Belmont |
Salmon, lake trout, rainbow trout, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, pickerel, yellow perch, white perch, hornpout, smelt | |
