Negro Pond in Plymouth County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Negro Pond sits in Plymouth County, out in Massachusetts. The bank is 118 feet above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 5 acres, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Plymouth County list holds plenty of bigger water. You are 4.5 miles from Plymouth. Carver is 5.4 miles away, with North Plymouth at 5.5 miles. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Negro Pond

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Reported across Plymouth County: tessellated darter, striped bass, bluegill, swamp darter and chain pickerel. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. At Negro Pond the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 71°F and January about 29°F. Neither winter nor summer shuts things down for long. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. The season on Negro Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. The water borders Massasoit National Wildlife Refuge, so expect the reserve rules to apply. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Hallfield Pond, 0.2 miles away. None of that is settled for Negro Pond in what we hold.