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Purgatory Brook

NH · Hillsborough

The pin is approximate, near the middle of the water. The shoreline on the map comes from OpenStreetMap.

At a glance

County
Hillsborough County
Last stocked
May 4, 2026
Species
Brook Trout
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Conditions

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Stocking history

SpeciesQtySizeWhen
Brook Trout4001+YR05-04-2026
Brook Trout2001+YR04-08-2026

Gear for the fish stocked here

Brook Trout

Rod: Fairly light spinning or spincast rod, the same light gear used for other trout.

Line: 4 to 6 lb test.

Baits: worms, crickets, grasshoppers

Lures: small spoons, small spinners, small jigs

Full Brook Trout gear guide

Gear for every species

Likely species (watershed)

Alaskan Stickleback, American Brook Lamprey, Blacknose Dace, Bridle Shiner, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Creek Chub, Creek Chubsucker, Golden Shiner, Longnose Dace, Mimic Shiner, Mummichog, Ninespine Stickleback, Spottail Shiner, Swamp Darter, Tessellated Darter

Likely species come from USGS Aquatic GAP ranges for the whole watershed (HUC8). They show what may be here, not a count of this water.

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Some stocking records are adapted from LurePassion (formerly lurepassion.com) (normalized and matched to our waters), licensed CC BY 4.0. State agencies retain their own terms for the underlying records.