N.H. Admin. Code § Fis 406.01

Current through Register No. 45, November 7, 2024

Section Fis 406.01 - Ponds, Lakes, and Tributaries

(a) The taking of fish from a lake or pond or a tributary as named in Table 400.1 below shall be subject to all of the following restrictions:

(1) All of the general restriction provisions of Fis 402;

(2) All of the limits for particular species contained in Fis 403;

(3) The methods of taking contained in Fis 405, unless a more restrictive provision appears in the table below;

(4) Unless a different rule provision is cited in the table below, the restrictions for a lake or pond as set forth in Fis 406.05(a); and

(5) Unless a different rule provision is cited in the table below, the restrictions for a tributary as set forth in Fis 406.06(a).

(b) Commercial or organized activities conducted upon any lake or pond or its tributaries listed in Table 400.1 below shall also be subject to the rules specified in Fis 500.

Table 400.1 PONDS AND LAKES TABLE

POND/LAKE NAME(S)	TOWN(S)	POND RULES, Fis 406.05(a), unless otherwise noted	TRIBUTARY RULES, Fis 406.06(a), unless otherwise noted
Adder/Hopkins Pond	Andover	Fis 406.02(a)
Airport Pond	Whitefield	Fis 406.02(a)
Archery Pond	Allenstown	Fis 406.03(c)
Back Lake	Pittsburg	Fis 406.02(a)
Barbadoes Pond	Madbury	Fis 406.02(a)
Basin Pond	Chatham	Fis 406.02(a)
Bear Brook Pond, Big Bear	Errol	Fis 406.02(a)
Bear Brook Pond, Little Bear	Wentworth Location	Fis 406.03(a)
Belknap Recreation Area Pond	Gilford	Fis 406.02(a)
Big Brook Bog	Pittsburg	Fis 406.03(a)
Black Mountain Pond	Sandwich	Fis 406.02(a)
Black Pond	Lincoln	Fis 406.02(a)
Blue Pond	Madison	Fis 406.02(a)
Bog, Little/Fourteen & Half Pond	Odell	Fis 406.02(a)
Boundary Pond	Pittsburg	Fis 406.03(a)
Bragg Pond	Millsfield	Fis 406.02(a)
Butterfield Pond	Wilmot	Fis 406.02(a)
Campton Pond/Unnamed	Campton	Fis 407.02(e)
Carr Pond	Clarksville	Fis 406.02(a)
Carter Pond	Bean's Purchase	Fis 406.02(a)
Center Pond	Nelson	Fis 406.02(a)
Chapin Pond	Newport, Claremont	Fis 406.03(a)
Clarksville Pond	Clarksville	Fis 406.03(a)
Clough Pond	Loudon	Fis 406.02(a)
Coldrain Pond	New Durham	Fis 406.03(a)
Cold Spring/Abbott Forest Pond	Stoddard	Fis 406.02(a)
Cole Pond	Enfield	Fis 406.03(b)
Connecticut Lake, 1	Pittsburg	Fis 406.04(c)
Connecticut River			Fis 407.01(a)
Connecticut Lake, 2	Pittsburg	Fis 406.04(c)
Connecticut Lake, 3	Pittsburg	Fis 406.04(c)
Conservation Pond	Wentworth	Fis 406.02(a)
Conway Lake	Conway, Eaton	Fis 406.04(k)
Coon Brook Bog	Pittsburg	Fis 406.03(a)
Conner Pond	Ossipee	Fis 406.02(a)
Corser Pond	Errol	Fis 406.02(a)
Cranberry Bog Pond	Columbia	Fis 406.02(a)
Dan Hole Pond, Big	Ossipee, Tuftonboro	Fis 406.04(c)
Deering Reservoir	Deering	Fis 406.05(d)	Fis 406.06(b)
Devils Washbowl	Odell	Fis 406.03(a)
Diamond Pond, Big	Stewartstown	Fis 406.04(c)
Diamond Pond, Little	Stewartstown	Fis 406.02(a)
Dublin Lake/Monadnock Pond	Dublin	Fis 406.02(a)
Dummer Pond, Big	Dummer	Fis 406.02(a)
Dummer Pond, Little	Dummer	Fis 406.02(a)
Duncan Lake	Ossipee	Fis 406.02(a)
Dustin Pond	Wentworth's Location	Fis 406.02(a)
East Inlet	Pittsburg	Fis 406.02(a)
Echo Lake	Franconia	Fis 406.02(a)
Ethan/Willey Pond	Bethleham	Fis 406.07(a)
Exeter Reservoir/Water Works Pond	Exeter	Fis 406.02(a)
Falls Pond	Albany	Fis 406.02(a)
Ferrin Pond	Weare	Fis 406.02(a)
Flat Mountain Pond	Waterville	Fis 406.02(a)
Four Mile Pond	Dix's Grant	Fis 406.02(a)
Francis Lake	Pittsburg	Fis 406.04(c)
Connecticut River	Clarksville		Fis 407.01
French Pond	Henniker	Fis 406.02(a)
Gilmore Pond	Jaffrey	Fis 406.02(a)
Gould Pond	Hillsboro	Fis 406.05(a)
Sand Brook	Hillsboro		Fis 407.01
Granite Lake/MunsonvillePond	Nelson, Stoddard	Fis 406.04(c)
Greely Pond, Upper	Livermore	Fis 406.02(a)
Greenough Pond, Big	Wentworth Location	Fis 406.04(a)
Greenough Pond, Little	Wentworth Location	Fis 406.07(a)
Guinea Pond	Sandwich	Fis 406.02(a)
Halfmile Pond	Enfield	Fis 406.02(a)
Hall Pond, Lower	Sandwich	Fis 406.02(a)
Hall Pond, Middle	Sandwich	Fis 406.02(a)
Hall Pond, Upper	Sandwich	Fis 406.03(b)
Harris Pond	Pittsburg	Fis 406.02(a)
Hatch/Hidden Pond	Eaton	Fis 406.02(a)
Hellgate Pond	Second College Grant	Fis 406.02(a)
Hopkins Pond/Adder	Andover	Fis 406.02(a)
Hot Hole Pond	Loudon, Concord	Fis 406.02(a)
Hoyt's Pond	Madbury	Fis 406.03(a)
Hunkins Pond	Sanbornton	Fis 406.02(a)
Hunts Pond	Hancock	Fis 406.02(a)
Jacquith Pond	Pittsburg	Fis 406.02(a)
Jericho Lake	Berlin	Fis 406.05 (f)
Jones Pond	Middleton	Fis 406.03(c)
Judd Pond	Clarksville	Fis 406.02(a)
Kiah Pond	Sandwich	Fis 406.02(a)
Lime Pond	Columbia	Fis 406.03(b)
Lonesome Lake	Lincoln	Fis 406.02(a)
Long Pond	Eaton	Fis 406.02(a)
Long Pond	Errol	Fis 406.02(a)
Long Pond	Benton	Fis 406.02(a)
Long Pond	Croydon	Fis 406.02(a)
Long Pond	Lempster	Fis 406.02(a)
Long Pond	Millsfield	Fis 406.02(a)
Lucas Pond	Northwood	Fis 406.02(a)
Manning Lake/Guinea Pond	Gilmanton	Fis 406.05(d)	Fis 406.06(b)
Meader Pond/Wachipauka Lake	Warren	Fis 406.02(a)
Merrymeeting Lake	New Durham	Fis 406.04(a)
Middle Pond	Pittsburg	Fis 406.02(a)
Millen Lake	Washington	Fis 406.02(a)
Millsfield Pond, Big	Millsfield	Fis 406.02(a)
Millsfield Pond, Little/Moose	Millsfield	Fis 406.03(a)
Mirror Lake	Whitefield, Dalton	Fis 406.02(a)
Moose Falls Flowage	Pittsburg	Fis 406.02(a)
Moose Pond	Pittsburg	Fis 406.03(a)
Morey Pond	Andover	Fis 406.02(a)
Mountain Pond	Brookfield	Fis 406.02(c)
Mountain Pond	Lyman	Fis 406.02(a)
Mountain Pond	Chatham	Fis 406.02(a)
Mt. Williams Pond	Weare	Fis 406.02(a)
Mud Pond	Easton	Fis 406.02(a)
Munn Pond	Errol	Fis 406.02(a)
Nathan Pond	Dixville	Fis 406.02(a)
Newfound Lake	Bristol, Alexandria, Bridgewater, Hebron	Fis 406.04(b)
Nubanusit Lake	Hancock, Nelson	Fis 406.04(c)
Oliverian Pond	Benton	Fis 406.02(a)
Orange Pond	Orange	Fis 406.02(a)
Ossipee Lake Including Berry Bay, Broad Bay, and Leavitt Bay	Ossipee, Freedom	Fis 406.04(j)
Pea Porridge Pond	Madison	Fis 406.05(d)	Fis 406.06(b)
Peaked Hill Pond	Thornton	Fis 406.02(a)	Fis 406.06(a)
Perch Pond	Campton	Fis 406.02(a)
Perry Pond	Pittsburg	Fis 406.03(a)
Phillips Pond	Odell	Fis 406.03(a)
Pike Pond	Stark	Fis 406.02(a)
Pleasant Lake	New London	Fis 406.02(b)
Pleasant/Waukeena Pond	Danbury	Fis 406.02(a)
Pond of Safety	Randolph	Fis 406.02(a)
Profile Lake	Franconia	Fis 406.03(b)
Province Pond	Chatham	Fis 406.02(a)
Rand Pond	Goshen	Fis 406.02(a)
Round Pond	Pittsburg	Fis 406.02(a)
Russell Pond	Woodstock	Fis 406.02(a)
Rust Pond	Wolfeboro	Fis 406.05(d)
Saco Lake	Carroll	Fis 406.03(a)
Saltmarsh Pond	Gilford	Fis 406.02(a)
Sand Pond/Echo Lake	Lempster, Marlow	Fis 406.02(a)
Sandy Pond	Richmond	Fis 406.05(d)	Fis 406.06(b)
Sawyer Pond, Big	Livermore	Fis 406.02(a)
Sawyer Pond, Little	Livermore	Fis 406.02(a)
Scotts Bog	Pittsburg	Fis 406.03(a)
Sessions Pond	Dummer	Fis 406.02(a)
Shaw Pond	Franklin	Fis 406.02(a)
Shawtown/Shaw Pond	Freedom	Fis 406.03(b)
Sheehan Flowage Pond	Clarksville	Fis 406.02(a)
Shoal Pond	Lincoln	Fis 406.07(a)
Signal Pond	Errol	Fis 406.02(a)
Silver Lake	Madison	Fis 406.04(a)
Silver Lake	Harrisville, Nelson	Fis 406.04(c)
Simmons Pond	Warner	Fis 406.02(a)
Sky Pond	New Hampton	Fis 406.03(b)
Smith Pond	Washington	Fis 406.02(a)
Solitude Lake	Newbury	Fis 406.02(a)
South Pond	Stark	Fis 406.05(g)
Spectacle Pond	Groton, Hebron	Fis 406.02(a)
Spofford Lake	Chesterfield	Fis 406.05(b)	Fis 406.06(c)
Spoonwood Lake	Nelson	Fis 406.02(a)
Squam Lake, Big Including the Squam Channel	Holderness, Center Harbor, Sandwich, Moultonborough	Fis 406.04(g)
Squam Lake, Little Including the Squam River above the outlet dam in Ashland	Holderness, Ashland	Fis 406.04(a)
Stacy/Trout Pond	Freedom	Fis 406.02(a)
Star Lake	Springfield	Fis 406.05(c)	Fis 406.06(c)
Stirrup Iron Pond	Salisbury	Fis 406.03(a)
Stone Pond	Marlborough, Dublin	Fis 406.02(a)
Stonehouse Pond	Barrington	Fis 406.03(a)
Stratford Bog Pond	Stratford	Fis 406.02(a)
Stub Hill Pond	Pittsburg	Fis 406.02(a)
Success Pond	Success	Fis 406.02(a)
Sunapee Lake	Newbury, New London, Sunapee	Fis 406.04(i)	Fis 406.06(e)
Suncook Lake	Barnstead	Fis 406.05(d)	Fis 406.06(b)
Sunset Lake/Places Pond	Alton, Gilmanton	Fis 406.05(d)	Fis 406.06(b)
Swains Pond	Wentworth	Fis 406.02(a)
Swanzey Lake	Swanzey	Fis 406.02(a)
Sweat Pond	Errol	Fis 406.02(a)
Three Ponds, Lower	Ellsworth, Warren	Fis 406.02(a)
Three Ponds, Middle	Ellsworth, Warren	Fis 406.02(a)
Three Ponds, Upper	Ellsworth, Warren	Fis 406.02(a)
Trio Pond, Lower 1&2	Odell	Fis 406.02(a)
Trio Pond, Upper 3	Odell	Fis 406.03(a)
Trout Pond	Lyme	Fis 406.02(a)
Unknown Pond	Pittsburg	Fis 406.03(a)
Waukewan Lake/Measley Pond	Meredith, New Hampton	Fis 406.05(e)	Fis 406.06(a)
Webster Lake	Franklin	Fis 406.05(d)	Fis 406.06(b)
West Branch Pond/Terrill Dam	Pittsburg	Fis 406.03(a)	Fis 406.06(a)
Whitcomb Pond	Odell	Fis 406.02(a)
White Pond	Wilmot	Fis 406.02(a)
White Pond	Ossipee	Fis 406.03(a)
Whittemore Lake	Bennington, Greenfield	Fis 406.02(a)
Willard Pond	Antrim	Fis 406.03(a)
Winnipesaukee Lake	Alton, Center Harbor, Gilford, Laconia, Meredith, Moultonborough, Tuftonboro, Wolfeboro	Fis 406.04(f)
Front Bay, also known as Back Bay from the Main St Bridge to the dam at Berry's Mill	Wolfeboro	Fis 406.04(a)
Except: the lake area within 500 ft of the Smith River and 500 feet on either side of the Main St Bridge in Wolfeboro		Fis 406.04 (f)
Paugus Bay		Fis 406.04(d)
Weirs Channel		Fis 406.04(e)
Merrymeeting River (tributary)			Fis 407.01
Winnisquam Lake	Belmont, Sanbornton, Laconia, Tilton, Meredith	Fis 406.04(h)	Fis 406.06(a)
Winnipesaukee River			Fis 407.01
Winona Lake	Meredith, New Hampton, Center Harbor	Fis 406.05(e)	Fis 406.06(a)
Wright Pond	Pittsburg	Fis 406.03(a)
York Pond	Berlin	Fis 406.05(c)	Fis 406.06(d)
All other ponds & lakes		Fis 406.05(a)	Fis 406.06(a)

N.H. Admin. Code § Fis 406.01

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Amended by Volume XXXV Number 40, Filed October 8, 2015, Proposed by #10936, Effective 1/1/2016, Expires 1/1/2026.

Amended by Volume XXXIX Number 50, Filed December 12, 2019, Proposed by #12933, Effective 11/28/2019, Expires 11/28/2029.

Amended by Number 32, Filed August 10, 2023, Proposed by #13698, Effective 7/26/2023, Expires 7/26/2033 (see Revision Note #2 at chapter heading for Fis 400).