Elbow Pond in Plymouth County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  In Massachusetts, Elbow Pond belongs to Plymouth County. The bank is 69 feet above sea level. The water measures roughly 22 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. Nearest place of any size is White Island Shores, 2.9 miles away. New Bedford sits 21 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Elbow Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Records held for Plymouth County cover tessellated darter, striped bass, bluegill, swamp darter and chain pickerel. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Elbow Pond responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 71°F and January at 29°F. In milder years the surface never sets. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. The hot months push the fishing to dawn and dusk. That shapes the year on Elbow Pond. A settled week fishes better than a changeable one.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Mapping puts a reserve boundary across this water; check what it allows. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Island Pond, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Elbow Pond for certain.