Balch Pond Fishing Spot

• County: Carroll County
• Acreage: 577
• Public Fishing: Yes
• Mean Depth: 10'
• Max Depth: 46'
• Website: http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Fishing/bathy_maps/balch_wakefield.pdf
• Last Modified By: kash87 on 04/10/21 07:57 AM
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Although there are a few access points where the public can shore fish or launch a boat no bigger than they can carry, there is a trailor boat launch, but with a fee.

Balch has both warm water and cold water game fish in the lake including smallmouth bass, largemouth bass, black crappie, pickerel, horned pout, and yellow perch. Fishing tournaments and derbies are common - three to five events a year. You can launch at Dick's Marina for a fee ($5 to launch, $5 to park). There are no public launches or state owned access sites. Most access to Balch is private.

Located on the Maine/NH border, Balch pond is governed by special interstate water regulations, available wherever NH fishing licenses are sold. Balch Pond has excellent fisheries for Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie and Pickerel. Pickerel fishing begins in spring as soon as the water warms and is also excellent in winter for ice-fishing. The shoreline is moderately developed. Average ice-out is May 1st. The pond consists of numerous coves, islands, ledges, docks, shoreline riprap.

Stump Pond (also known as Balch Pond) is a 571-acre (2.31 km2)[1] water body located on the New Hampshire-Maine border, in the towns of Wakefield, New Hampshire and Acton and Newfield, Maine. The water body is known as Stump Pond in New Hampshire and Balch Pond in Maine. Water flows from the eastern end of Balch Pond into the Little Ossipee River, a tributary of the Saco River.