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

• Overview

  Locust Pond is a Middlesex County water, in Massachusetts. The setting is lake country bush. At 16 acres it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. The nearest town is Tyngsboro, 1 mile away. For a city, Lowell is 7.5 miles off. Others within reach: Flint Pond after 1 mile, Uptons Pond some 1.4 miles off, Althea Lake after 3.2 miles, Lower Massapoag Pond some 3.2 miles off and Long Pond after 3.5 miles. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Locust Pond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. 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. Survey and observation records for Middlesex County include bluegill, pumpkinseed, chain pickerel and yellow perch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Read Locust Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 71°F; the cold one sits at 23°F. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Break-up comes around late March, and the run that follows is short and strong. Break-up near late March, freeze-up near late December: that is the shape of an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That is the shape of the year on Locust Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. The nearest mapped parking is half a mile away, so the last stretch is on foot. Bell Property covers this ground, which means extra rules to check. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Failing this one, try Flint Pond, 1 mile away. None of that is settled for Locust Pond in what we hold.