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Places to fish in Massachusetts
Every place has a practical guide: what's biting and when, where on the water to fish, how to fish it and how to get there.
14 places
Cape Cod and the Islands
Region guidePier/Access PointBass River (Yarmouth and Dennis)The Bass River meets Nantucket Sound in Yarmouth, and Marine Fisheries has built two public fishing piers along it, both…BayCape Cod Bay (Brewster Flats to Billingsgate Shoal)The south shore of Cape Cod Bay, from Barnstable Harbor east past Brewster to Billingsgate Shoal, is a favorite of Cape…Fishing AreaCape Cod CanalThe Cape Cod Canal is a 17-mile ship channel between Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay with a current so swift that swimming…LakeCliff Pond (Nickerson State Park)Cliff Pond, the big, deep, crystal-clear kettle pond in the middle of Nickerson State Park in Brewster, is the most heav…Fishing AreaCraven's Landing (Scorton Creek)Craven's Landing is a small Marine Fisheries property on Scorton Creek in East Sandwich, a tidal creek running into Cape…Fishing AreaCuttyhunk IslandCuttyhunk, a small island reached by ferry from New Bedford, is one of New England's most storied surfcasting spots for…Fishing AreaMartha's VineyardOn Martha's Vineyard, Marine Fisheries owns or funded three well-known public shore fishing spots: Dogfish Bar in Aquinn…LakeMashpee-Wakeby PondMashpee-Wakeby Pond, two connected ponds in Mashpee and Sandwich that together cover 737 acres, has what MassWildlife ca…Fishing AreaMonomoy National Wildlife Refuge (Chatham)Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge in Chatham, made up of Morris Island on the mainland and the offshore islands of North…Fishing AreaNobska Point (Woods Hole)Nobska Point, below the lighthouse at the edge of Woods Hole in Falmouth, is where shore anglers can reach the kind of r…Fishing AreaOuter Cape Beaches (Cape Cod National Seashore)The ocean beaches of the Cape Cod National Seashore, from Truro south through Wellfleet to Eastham, are the Cape's "Back…LakePeters Pond (Sandwich)Peters Pond, a clear, cold kettle pond in the Forestdale section of Sandwich, is a holdover trout pond: MassWildlife say…Fishing AreaProvincetown (Race Point and the West End Breakwater)At the tip of Cape Cod, Provincetown offers two very different kinds of shore fishing. Race Point, inside the Cape Cod N…Fishing AreaWaquoit Bay Jetty and South Cape BeachAt the mouth of Waquoit Bay in Mashpee, a long jetty marks where the bay drains into Nantucket Sound, and The Fisherman'…