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Lake Winnipesaukee is a public lake in Belknap County and Carroll County, New Hampshire, managed by New Hampshire Fish and Game. It is public water managed for fishing by the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Public access confirmed via marquee water.
Lake Winnipesaukee — New Hampshire's largest lake, 21 miles long with 253 miles of shoreline. Smallmouth and largemouth bass, lake trout, landlocked salmon, yellow perch and a big summer boating scene.
Lake Winnipesaukee covers about 44,422 acres in the Lakes Region region. Anglers here mostly fish for smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, lake trout, landlocked salmon; rainbow trout, yellow perch, black crappie, chain pickerel are also on record. The nearest other mapped waters on PiscaMaps are Basin, The Pond and Mirror Lake.
Species from PiscaMaps water-type profiles, NHFG trout designations and hand research.
Night fishing: New Hampshire allows fishing 24 hours a day on most waters; some designated trout ponds are restricted to daylight hours seasonally — check the current NHFG fishing digest for this water.
Boats: Lake Winnipesaukee, Squam, Sunapee and the other big lakes take full-size boats with developed ramps; many smaller ponds have only a hand-carry or cartop access. NH requires boater education for personal watercraft and for operators born after 1 Jan 1988.
Bank & bivvy camping: Camp at New Hampshire state parks (several on Winnipesaukee, Squam and the Connecticut Lakes) and White Mountain National Forest campgrounds along the trout streams.
Boat ramps: 15 mapped — Boat ramp, Boat ramp, Boat ramp, States Landing, Boat ramp, Boat ramp and others nearby.
Camping: 7 sites mapped nearby — Camp Winaukee, Camp Kabeyun, Camp Robindel, Camp Winaukee, Camp Belknap, Green Tops Campground and others.
Source: OpenStreetMap contributors.
Anyone 16 or older needs a New Hampshire fishing licence — the resident annual is about $45, the non-resident annual about $73, with non-resident 1-day (~$14) and 7-day (~$47) licences also sold. New Hampshire residents 68 and older need no licence. Buy from NH Fish and Game at wildlife.nh.gov. A New Hampshire fishing licence covers this water — it is in the NH Fish and Game Freshwater Fishing Guide.
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