Devils Dishfull Pond Fishing Guide, Essex County, Massachusetts

• Overview

  Within Essex County, Massachusetts, you have Devils Dishfull Pond. The shore lies 6.3 miles out. It covers about 12 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. For a base, Lynnfield sits 2.1 miles out. For a city, Cambridge is 12 miles off. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply. Nothing about it is complicated once you have walked it.

• Where to Fish on Devils Dishfull Pond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Built water gives depth close in, which suits a bank angler. Survey and observation records for Essex County include alewife, bluegill and striped bass. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Devils Dishfull Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 72°F on average, January about 26°F. Temperature moves within a narrow band, and so does the fishing. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. On Devils Dishfull Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. There is recorded parking some half a mile off. There is a jetty half a mile off, worth knowing on a busy day. Part of this sits inside or beside Russell Conservation Area, so read the notices. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Winona Pond sits 0.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Signs at Devils Dishfull Pond carry more weight than any list.