April 26, 2004
Hiking in the Pawtuckaway Area
The Pawtuckaway areas offers dozens of trails for all levels of hikers.
You can have your pick of short, hour-long walks, all the way up to energetic hikes that will take all of a long day.
Whether you like walking along the scenic Lamprey River, or climbing the rock faces of Devil's Den, there's a Pawtuckaway hike for you.
Some popular destinations are the old fire-tower on the south Pawtuckaway Mountain, climbing or just walking the steep trails of Devil's Den, viewing the magnificant behemoth rocks of the nationally renowned Round Pond Boulder Fields. And many more...
Trails can be found by looking closely at the many "topo" maps available for sale at sporting goods stores. You can also obtain a map of State Park Trails at the Park information/registration building.
April 22, 2004
The Fishin's Good!
New England Game & Fish Magazine points out that Pawtuckaway is one of the New England water bodies to look to this summer for good fishing.
New England Game & Fish Magazine, New England's 2004 Bass Forecast:
New Hampshire has a healthy population of both largemouth and smallmouth bass, primarily in the lakes region around Lake Winnipesaukee south to the Massachusetts border.
The current management policy is to provide only the regulations needed to maintain numbers and quality.
Currently, there are no minimum or maximum length limits in place. The resource is managed primarily with creel limits, established season dates and the way bass can be caught. For example, a catch-and-release period between May 15 and June 15 has been in place for a few years, during which bass fishing is allowed with artificial lures and flies only.
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New Hampshire bass fishermen should have no trouble finding plenty of opportunities... Pawtuckaway Lake in Nottingham... should not be overlooked.