Great Pond Fishing in Barnstable County, Massachusetts

• Overview

  In Massachusetts, Great Pond belongs to Barnstable County. The shore lies 0.8 miles out. The water covers around 284 acres, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. The edge covers about 5.3 miles, enough to hold several distinct areas. It ranks high for size among our Barnstable County listings. You are 0.8 miles from Teaticket. New Bedford is the closest city, 19 miles away. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Great Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. This is tidal water: the state of the tide decides where fish sit, so plan the session around it. Oyster and old piling give the only hard structure in sight. Slack water is dead water on a place like this. Records held for Barnstable County cover striped bass, alewife and tessellated darter. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. The near bank of Great Pond is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 71°F; by January the average is down near 30°F. Neither winter nor summer shuts things down for long. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. February into May fishes hardest as the water warms. Anyone fishing Great Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Great Bay Boat Launch gives a made launch, half a mile off. A carry of half a mile from the nearest parking is the price of fishing here. Mapping shows a jetty some half a mile off. Little Pond covers this ground, which means extra rules to check. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Should this one be busy, Green Pond is 0.7 miles off. Nothing on Great Pond should be assumed from this page alone.