Brazell Pond Fishing Guide, Worcester County, Massachusetts

• Overview

  Massachusetts holds Brazell Pond, in Worcester County. Elevation runs to 925 feet. Surface area runs to about 15 acres — small enough to read in one session. Head to Templeton, 1.7 miles away, for anything you forgot. Then Phillipston, 2 miles, and Baldwinville, 3.2 miles. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Brazell Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Look for where the old bank line still shows under the surface. Levels move with the draw rather than the rain on water like this. Worcester County records list bluegill, chain pickerel, largemouth bass and pumpkinseed among the fish reported. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. On Brazell Pond that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 20°F and July at about 68°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Break-up comes around early April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Ice usually gives way near early April, and forms again about mid December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. On Brazell Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. A carry of 0.9 miles from the nearest parking is the price of fishing here. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Bourn-Hadley Pond, 0.8 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Brazell Pond are worth checking on the day.