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These important laws are reprinted for your convenience from the
NH freshwater fishing digest. We recommend you obtain a copy
from the New Hampshire Department of Fish & Game and
familiarize yourself with it's complete text before doing some
fishing.
Obtain the most recent information here
Smallmouth
Bass & Largemouth Bass
Ice-in
to May 14 and June 16 to June 30 2 fish;
May 15 to June 15 all fish must be immediately released
unharmed at site of catch; July 1 to ice-in 5 fish.
Brook
Trout, Brown Trout, Rainbow Trout, Tiger Trout
Combined
daily limit : Open water 5 fish or 5 pounds, whichever is
reached first. Through the ice 2 fish. No length limit.
Lake
Trout
Open
water season April 1 to September 30; Ice-fishing season
January 1 to March 31. 2 fish daily limit. Minimum length 18
inches. Daily bag limit for lake trout and salmon is 2 fish (2
lake trout, 2 salmon, or 1 of each).
Landlocked
Salmon
Season:
April 1 to September 30. 2 fish daily limit. Minimum length 15
inches. Daily bag limit for lake trout and salmon is 2 fish (2
lake trout, 2 salmon, or 1 of each.)
Pickerel
No closed
season. 10 fish daily limit; no length or weight limits.
Northern
Pike
No closed
season. 1 fish daily limit; minimum length 28 inches.
Walleye
No closed
season. 2 fish daily limit; minimum length 18 inches; no limits on
weight.
White/Yellow
Perch, Crappie, Horned Pout, Sunfish & Rockbass
No closed
season. No daily limits; no length or weight limits.
Carp
No closed season; no
daily limits; no length or weight limits.
Cusk
No closed season; no
daily limits; no length or weight limits.
American
Shad
No closed season; 2 fish
limit.
Shad
(Whitefish)
No length or weight limits; 2
fish daily limit.
Suckers
No closed season; no
daily limits; no length or weight limits.
