Island Pond Fishing near Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Overview

  In Massachusetts, Island Pond falls inside Plymouth County. Height above sea level is 105 feet. At 13 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. The nearest town is Plymouth, 4.2 miles away. New Bedford sits 24 miles out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Close by you have: Hoyts Pond just 0.7 miles, Gunners Exchange Pond at 0.8 miles, Hallfield Pond just 0.9 miles, Crooked Pond at 0.9 miles and Negro Pond just 1 mile. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Island Pond

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Plymouth County names tessellated darter, striped bass, bluegill and swamp darter. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. On Island Pond the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 71°F; by January the average is down near 29°F. Conditions shift steadily rather than sharply. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. Plan around that when you fish Island Pond. After heavy rain, give the water a day to settle.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. The water borders Eel River Preserve, so expect the reserve rules to apply. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Hoyts Pond is 0.7 miles off. Check the position on Island Pond before loading the car.