Great Pond, Massachusetts: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Great Pond is one of the Barnstable County listings for Massachusetts. Country round the bank runs to rolling hill. It covers about 2 acres, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Barnstable County. 0.9 miles away sits Bourne, the nearest town. Buzzards Bay follows at 1.9 miles, then Monument Beach at 1.9 miles. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Great Pond

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Barnstable County cover striped bass, alewife, tessellated darter and blueback herring. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. The shape of Great Pond rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs 29°F to 71°F. Fishing continues through most of the calendar, with quiet spells rather than closures. Some winters give nothing at all, so plan for open water. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Anyone fishing Great Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. There is somewhere to leave the car, half a mile off. A picnic area is mapped about half a mile away. There is a toilet block some half a mile out. This sits inside Waterhouse Rd Parcel, so read the reserve notices first. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. If the gate is shut, Donnely Pond at 1 mile is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Great Pond as something to verify.