Fishing at Beaton - Lebaron Bog Reservoir, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

• Overview

  Beaton - Lebaron Bog Reservoir sits within Plymouth County in Massachusetts. The coast is 10 miles away. It covers about 20 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. For a base, Middleborough sits 2.9 miles out. The nearest city of size is New Bedford, 19 miles away. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Beaton - Lebaron Bog Reservoir

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Held water runs deepest at the wall and shallows back to the inflow. Draw-down through summer strips the margins, so follow the water out. Reported across Plymouth County: tessellated darter, striped bass, bluegill, swamp darter and chain pickerel. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Beaton - Lebaron Bog Reservoir the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 72°F in July and bottom out at 28°F in January. Fishing continues through most of the calendar, with quiet spells rather than closures. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. Beaton - Lebaron Bog Reservoir runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. For a change of water, Woods Pond is 1.1 miles distant. Nothing here settles the position at Beaton - Lebaron Bog Reservoir for certain.