Fishing at Wights Pond, Norfolk County, Massachusetts

• Overview

  Wights Pond is one of the Norfolk County listings for Massachusetts. It sits at 141 feet above sea level. You can fish the entire water from one spot if you pick it well. On size it sits at the modest end of our Norfolk County list. For a base, Newton Lower Falls sits 1.1 miles out. The big place round here is Cambridge, 9.3 miles distant. The line between counties passes nearby, which can change who manages the water.

• Where to Fish on Wights Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Norfolk County cover bluegill, pumpkinseed and chain pickerel. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Read Wights Pond for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about 26°F in January to roughly 72°F in July. A lid forms in a hard winter only. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. On Wights Pond the same rules apply, with local timing. Fish feed harder before a change in weather than after it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. A slipway half a mile out gives trailer access. Park at Wellesley Farms Commuter Rail Parking, 170 yards from the water. Wright Pond Land covers ground next to the water; its rules will apply on that side. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Rockridge Pond is 0.6 miles off. Check the current arrangement for Wights Pond.