Saint Marys Pond Fishing in Newport County, Rhode Island

• Overview

  Out in Newport County, Rhode Island, sits Saint Marys Pond. The land about it is rolling hill. Roughly 89 acres: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Middletown is the closest town at 1.2 miles. The nearest city of size is New Bedford, 19 miles away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications. Across the county the count runs to over twenty.

• Where to Fish on Saint Marys Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Records held for Newport County cover striped bass, American eel and alewife. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Saint Marys Pond the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 72°F, with January the cold end at about 29°F. Spring and autumn are the strongest, but nothing is truly closed. Hard water here is never dependable, so check for yourself before stepping out. The cooler months are the comfortable ones to fish here. It holds true on Saint Marys Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Parking sits half a mile out, which makes for a walk with tackle. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Sisson Pond, 0.4 miles away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Saint Marys Pond may have changed since it was mapped.