Harlock Pond Fishing near West Tisbury, Massachusetts

• Overview

  Harlock Pond is set in Dukes County, Massachusetts. It sits at 89 feet above sea level. About 14 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. West Tisbury sits 2.5 miles from the bank. New Bedford is the closest city, 19 miles away. Within a short drive: Grey Pond 0.6 miles, Fisher Pond within 1.1 miles, Crocker Pond 1.4 miles, Priester Pond within 1.7 miles and Doggetts Pond 2.2 miles. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Harlock Pond

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Dukes County include American eel, striped bass and alewife. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Harlock Pond for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is 30°F to 70°F. Ice comes and goes from one year to the next. Some winters give nothing at all, so plan for open water. Late winter often fishes better here than midsummer does. Anyone fishing Harlock Pond regularly works to that calendar. Wind on the bank for a day or two lifts the fishing there.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. The nearest mapped parking is half a mile away, so the last stretch is on foot. A pier half a mile from here gives a platform over deeper water. Part of this sits inside or beside Seven Gates, so read the notices. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. For a change of water, Grey Pond is 0.6 miles distant. What applies at Harlock Pond may have changed since it was mapped.