Flints Pond in Middlesex County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Massachusetts holds Flints Pond, in Middlesex County. The setting is pine and birch. The water covers some 162 acres, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. There is roughly 2.2 miles of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. It is among the larger waters listed here for Middlesex County. Lincoln is the closest place, 0.9 miles off. It is 11 miles to Cambridge, the nearest city. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Flints Pond

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Standing timber shows when the level drops, and fish sit against it. Rip-rap along the wall holds fish that the open bank never does. Species logged across Middlesex County include bluegill, pumpkinseed, chain pickerel, yellow perch and common carp. The county list is broader than any single water. At Flints Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 25°F to 71°F. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late March. Climate averages put the opening at about late March and the closing near late December. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Time your trip to Flints Pond by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. There is somewhere to leave the car, half a mile off. A toilet block sits half a mile away. Flints Pond Conservation Area takes in this water; protected-area rules will apply. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Goose Pond, 1 mile away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Flints Pond are worth checking on the day.