Nightingale Pond Fishing Guide, Barnstable County, Massachusetts

• Overview

  You will find Nightingale Pond in Barnstable County, Massachusetts. The bank is 16 feet above sea level. For a base, Bourne sits 1 mile out. The big place round here is New Bedford, 19 miles distant. Water in the same corner: Ellis Pond at 1.2 miles, Great Pond roughly 1.2 miles, Mare Pond at 2.1 miles, Donnely Pond roughly 2.2 miles and Clay Pond at 2.6 miles. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Nightingale Pond

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Salt or brackish and tidal: fish the flow, rest at slack, and watch the mud on a falling tide. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Barnstable County names striped bass, alewife, tessellated darter and blueback herring. Take Nightingale Pond a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 71°F and January about 29°F. Spring and autumn are the strongest, but nothing is truly closed. Some winters give nothing at all, so plan for open water. June to September is hot work, so the first and last hours are what count. Plan around that when you fish Nightingale Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. The nearest car park is half a mile from the water. Anglers are recorded at Red Top Sporting Goods, roughly half a mile off. Picnic facilities are recorded some half a mile out. Public toilets are recorded roughly half a mile off. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Ellis Pond is 1.2 miles off. Nothing on Nightingale Pond should be assumed from this page alone.