Fishing at Long Pond, Plymouth County, Massachusetts

• Overview

  Long Pond sits in Plymouth County, out in Massachusetts. Tidal water begins 3.9 miles from here. At about 219 acres, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Around 3.0 miles of margin, front to back. It ranks high for size among our Plymouth County listings. Head to White Island Shores, 4.3 miles away, for anything you forgot. Further out sit Sagamore (7.3 miles) and Plymouth (7.6 miles). Local rules may differ a few miles either side of here.

• Where to Fish on Long Pond

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Open biodiversity records for Plymouth County list tessellated darter, striped bass and bluegill. The county list is broader than any single water. Long Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 71°F; by January the average is down near 29°F. A long season, with weather mattering more than the month. In a normal year the cover is thin and short-lived. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. That shapes the year on Long Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Long Pond Boat Launch gives a made launch, half a mile off. David-Douglas Farm Parking Lot gives parking half a mile away. There are toilets mapped about half a mile away. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Round Pond sits 0.4 miles off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Long Pond for certain.