Coon Hollow Brook in Norfolk County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Look for Coon Hollow Brook in Norfolk County, Massachusetts. Tidal water begins 7.3 miles from here. Readville lies 3 miles from the water. After that come Fairmount at 3.1 miles and Milton at 3.3 miles. Also on the doorstep: Hillside Pond 0.9 miles away, Ponkapoag Pond the better part of 1.1 miles, Duck Pond 1.2 miles away, Hemenway Pond the better part of 1.7 miles and Sprague Pond 2.6 miles away. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Coon Hollow Brook

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Flow decides everything here: read the seams before you cast. Slack water behind an obstruction is worth more than open current. Fish documented in Norfolk County include bluegill, pumpkinseed, chain pickerel and yellow perch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Read Coon Hollow Brook before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about 27°F and July at about 72°F, the water has a wide range to work through. Neither winter nor summer shuts things down for long. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. Autumn steadies things again once the heat lets go. Coon Hollow Brook fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. The nearest car park is 120 yards from the water. A campsite lies half a mile away for anyone staying over. A picnic site 80 yards off makes this workable with family in tow. There are toilets mapped about half a mile away. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Hillside Pond, 0.9 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Coon Hollow Brook as something to verify.