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October and November is the time for fall Atlantic salmon fishing in New Hampshire on the Merrimack and Pemigewasset Rivers, according to the New Hampshire Fish & Game.  N.H. WEEKLY FISHING REPORT - September 18, 2008. 

The NH Fish and Game Department will stock the Merrimack with over 800 brood stock Atlantic salmon, averaging about 2.5 pounds. N.H. WEEKLY FISHING REPORT - September 18, 2008.  

The brood stock salmon will be stocked below the Eastman Falls Dam in Franklin and the Ayers Island Dam in Bristol. N.H. WEEKLY FISHING REPORT - September 18, 2008. 

Good spots are:

  - Below the Ayers Island Dam in Bristol along the Coolidge Woods Road,

  - The Profile Falls Recreation Area (the access site near the Smith River               confluence),

  - Below the Eastman Falls Dam in Franklin and

  - The public boat launch behind the Franklin High School on the Winnipesauke River. 

N.H. WEEKLY FISHING REPORT - September 18, 2008. 

Other good spots as the season progresses:

  - Down stream near Boscawen (in the Stirrup Iron Brook area),

  - Penacook (at the mouth of the Contoocook River),

  - At the Sewall's Falls Recreational Park in Concord and below the Garvins Falls  Dam (Bow) and

  - The Hooksett Dam.  N.H. WEEKLY FISHING REPORT - September 18, 2008.

For more information and an access map visit the New Hampshire Fish and Game at:

http://www.wildlife.state.nh.us/Fishing/atlantic_salmon.htm