Fishing at No Bottom Pond, Washington County, Rhode Island

• Overview

  No Bottom Pond falls in Washington County, part of Rhode Island. The country round it is open valley from end to end. The water measures roughly 3 acres, so nothing here is far from anything else. On size it sits at the modest end of our Washington County list. Some 3.7 miles away sits Hope Valley, the nearest settlement. Kingston is 6.6 miles away, with Exeter at 7.3 miles. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on No Bottom Pond

  Our records hold no depth for this water. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name alewife, bluegill, striped bass and blueback herring. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read No Bottom Pond for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 70°F for July and 27°F for January. A lid forms in a hard winter only. In milder years the edges alone go, and the middle never sets. November and March are the quiet, comfortable months to be out. Expect No Bottom Pond to follow that timing. After heavy rain, give the water a day to settle.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Long Pond, 0.1 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at No Bottom Pond may have changed since it was mapped.