Places · MA
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.
9 places
South Shore and South Coast
Region guideFishing AreaAngelica Point (Mattapoisett)Angelica Point in Mattapoisett is a long, rocky point that reaches farther into Buzzards Bay than anything else along th…LakeFearing Pond (Myles Standish State Forest)Fearing Pond is a small, clear kettle pond in the woods of Myles Standish State Forest in Plymouth, and the only pond in…LakeGreat Herring PondGreat Herring Pond, on the Plymouth-Bourne line, sits at the head of the Bournedale herring run: its outlet flows to the…Fishing AreaHull GutHull Gut is the narrow, deep channel at the tip of Hull that tankers use on their way into Quincy's Fore River. The Fish…LakeLong Pond (Lakeville and Freetown)Long Pond, on the Lakeville-Freetown line, is the largest natural pond in Massachusetts at 1,780 acres, and a well-known…LakeMarys Pond (Rochester)Marys Pond in Rochester is a small, clear, sandy-bottomed trout pond that MassWildlife stocks every spring and fall with…RiverPalmer River (Swansea)The Palmer River, a small tidal river crossed by Route 6 in Swansea, has a spring white perch run that The Fisherman's w…LakeSnipatuit PondSnipatuit Pond in Rochester is a big, very shallow, tea-stained warmwater pond, 667 acres but only about 5 feet deep on…Fishing AreaWestport River and Horseneck BeachThe Westport River is a big, protected estuary at the western end of Buzzards Bay, where the West and East branches meet…