Popes Pond Fishing Guide, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

• Overview

  Popes Pond is a Norfolk County water, Massachusetts side. The surface lies 43 feet up. About 5 acres of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. Milton Upper Mills lies 0.9 miles from the water. Milton Center lies 0.9 miles off, Fairmount another 1 mile. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking. The character changes with the season more than with the year.

• Where to Fish on Popes Pond

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Norfolk County list bluegill, pumpkinseed, chain pickerel, yellow perch and redfin pickerel. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Fish Popes Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 72°F, while January sits near 27°F. The freeze here is occasional rather than annual. Cover comes and goes, so treat it with suspicion rather than trust. Spring and autumn carry the year; summer squeezes it into the ends of the day. It sets the rhythm of the year at Popes Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Parking sits half a mile out, which makes for a walk with tackle. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Turners Pond is 1.2 miles off. Rules at Popes Pond are worth checking on the day.