Newfound Lake - Current Fish

Current Fish

There are twenty-two identified different species of fish that can be found in the Newfound Lake watershed.

  • Blacknose dace
  • Brook trout
  • Brown bullhead
  • Burbot
  • Chain pickerel
  • Common shiner
  • Creek chub
  • Fallfish
  • Golden shiner
  • Lake trout
  • Landlocked salmon
  • Longnose dace
  • Margined madtom
  • Rainbow smelt
  • Rainbow trout
  • Redbreast sunfish
  • Rock bass
  • Round whitefish
  • Slimy sculpin
  • Smallmouth bass
  • White sucker
  • Yellow perch

Of these twenty-two fish species, six of them have been selected as needing special consideration from the 2006 New Hampshire Wildlife Action Plan. The six species are brook trout, burbot, lake trout, rainbow smelt, round whitefish, and slimy sculpin. This is based on population status, integral ecological function of a species, or the ability of a species to indicate a healthy aquatic ecosystem.

Every year, the lake is stocked with additional fish. The fish stocking that occurs in Newfound Lake happens between mid-March and early July. In 2011, Newfound Lake was stocked with 305 landlocked salmon, with a total weight of 2,622 pounds (1,189 kg), and 1,845 rainbow trout weighing 2,589 pounds (1,174 kg).

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