Nothing live is published for this water, so there is no reading or verdict today. The readings section below says what we checked.
Squam Lake is a lake or reservoir in New Hampshire, listed as Special-regulation trout water by New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (official eRegulations edition of the Freshwater Fishing Digest).
1 guide nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is White Mountains: North Conway & the Saco.
Squam Lake is a lake or reservoir in New Hampshire. Our destination hub White Mountains: North Conway & the Saco is 29 mi away in a straight line.
No real-time gauge on this water. We found no active USGS gauge on Squam Lake or on its stream system within about 25 miles, and no dam operator publishes data for it. A missing gauge says nothing about the water itself. Find the gauges nearest Squam Lake
Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Squam Lake in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
Map of 3 restrooms near Squam Lake
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 3 restrooms near Squam Lake, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.
Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Winona LakeMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Winona Lake.
New Hampshire · about 5 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lake WaukewanRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Waukewan.
New Hampshire · about 6 mi
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Sky PondSunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Sky Pond.
New Hampshire · about 6 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Pemigewasset RiverThe Androscoggin River near Berlin, New Hampshire. Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pemigewasset River.
New Hampshire · about 8 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lake WinnipesaukeeSunrise over Lake Marion from Santee State Park, South Carolina. Photo: Andrew Parlette from Elkridge,MD, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Winnipesaukee.
New Hampshire · about 13 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Ossipee LakeLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Ossipee Lake.
New Hampshire · about 20 mi
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.
On the Lakes & Ponds with Special Rules — Lake Trout and/or Salmon lakes list (New Hampshire Fish and Game Department (official eRegulations edition of the Freshwater Fishing Digest), read 2026-10-16). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Areas the Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), public access (U.S. Geological Survey, Gap Analysis Project, read 2026-11-05) lists as owned or held in easement and open to the public, crossed by the mapped shoreline. Boundaries are mapped, not surveyed. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
1.9 of 68.3 mi of shoreline on public land
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Littleton, NH · 39 mi
Wade trips · Drift boat · Upper Connecticut River
Nearby
No shop nearby yet.
What 1 nearby guide website mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 1 nearby guide website
North Conway sits in the Mount Washington Valley on the east side of New Hampshire's White Mountains, where the Saco River comes down from Crawford Notch; the Ellis River joins it from Pinkham Notch and Jackson, the Androscoggin runs along the north side of the mountains through Gorham and Berlin, and the Pemigewasset drains the west side of the range.
Destination hub · 29 mi away in a straight line
A stillwater fly-fishing checklist for lakes and ponds: a 9–10 ft 5–6 weight rod, floating and intermediate lines, chironomids and leeches, and float-tube options, with estimated prices and where to buy.
9′–10′ rod, 5–6 weight, floating + intermediate lines · Rainbow, brook and brown trout in lakes
Open the checklistChironomids, leeches and where fish hold in a lake.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Squam Lake.
No stories from here yet.
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the point for “Squam Lake” (lake) in the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Water type is our own classification.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Winona LakeMooselookmeguntic Lake from Oquossoc, Maine. Photo: Doug Kerr, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Winona Lake.
New Hampshire · about 5 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lake WaukewanRangeley Lake, Maine. Photo: Manuel Velazquez, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Waukewan.
New Hampshire · about 6 mi
Fly-fishing onlyRepresentative photo · not Sky PondSunset at Lake Moultrie, South Carolina. Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Sky Pond.
New Hampshire · about 6 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Pemigewasset RiverThe Androscoggin River near Berlin, New Hampshire. Photo: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Pemigewasset River.
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Lake WinnipesaukeeSunrise over Lake Marion from Santee State Park, South Carolina. Photo: Andrew Parlette from Elkridge,MD, US, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Lake Winnipesaukee.
New Hampshire · about 13 mi
Special-regulation trout waterRepresentative photo · not Ossipee LakeLake Jocassee from a canoe, South Carolina. Photo: TimothyJ from Atlanta, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Ossipee Lake.
New Hampshire · about 20 mi
