Fishing near Harwich in Barnstable County, MA

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  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Scup (Porgy), Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Bluefish
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 87
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 134
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Big fish of the day near Harwich

Big fish of the day

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Me and my uncles  near Harwich

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Hooked up near Harwich

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Drag peeling near Harwich

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Me and my uncle near Harwich

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Top Fishing Spots near Harwich

Yankee Fishing Trip
Yankee Fishing Trip

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West Reservoir
West Reservoir

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Hinckleys Pond
Hinckleys Pond

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# Reviews: 2
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Cockle Cove
Cockle Cove

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# Reviews: 1
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Walkers Pond (brewster)
Walkers Pond (brewster)

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Swan River Bridge
Swan River Bridge

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Harwich Area Fish Species

Recent Harwich Fishing Reports

Epic day Fishing Report Jul 09, 2013

Epic day

Monomoy -

We left dock a 430. Got back around 830.
Only 4 hour trip but it was epic
Fishin with my uncles,father and bothers
6 guy including my sel...

Avg. Rating: 5
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Sea Bass and Scup off Harwichport Fishing Report Aug 23, 2010

Sea Bass and Scup off Harwichport

Harwichport, MA -

The girls and I went deep sea fishing off of Harwichport, Massachusetts and my 7 year-old Hayley caught her first fish (a scup).

We also caug...

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Cape Cod freshwater Fishing Report Sep 07, 2011

Cape Cod freshwater

Flax Pond - Northwest Harwich, MA -

I was down the Cape for Labor Day weekend and decided to try a spot up the road from my cottage that I had got skunked at earlier this summer. I had ...

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capn kid Fishing Report Aug 22, 2009

capn kid

nantucket sound -

went on capn kid deep sea fishing boat...

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bigg ones Fishing Report May 24, 2011

bigg ones

bucks pond -

sunny day 90...

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First spot shore fishing the Cape. Fishing Report Jun 14, 2014

First spot shore fishing the Cape.

Harwich, MA -

We went to Robbins Pond in Harwich. Some of the ways back there are blocked off but theres one dirt road right to the pond with a short walk. We fishe...

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Baits and Tackle used near Harwich

Check Prices

  • Drop shot senko
  • drop shot senko
  • shrimp/clams, 1/2OZ sinker, tiny hook
  • 2in Jitterbug
  • Drop Shot
  • Drop Shot
    1st was 11-1/2"
    2nd was 6"
  • Dont realy remember

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • clam
  • sea worms
  • seaworms
  • Sand Eels
  • Clams
  • eels
  • We used worms to catch smaller fish cast them out and brought them back in slowly
  • wroms

Tube Check Prices

  • 3 for 7.99lbs
    One was about 2lbs, One about 3lbs, and my Lunker of the day was 3lbs 1oz
  • 2 Keepers:
    1.79lbs
    1lb

    2 shorts
  • 1 Keeper:
    1-1/4lbs

    1 Short

Creature Check Prices

  • Berkley Pit Boss in Junebug, Green Pumpkin and Black / Blue

Minnow Check Prices

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • I was using a Super Spook Jr and 6" blue/black senkos.

Lizard Check Prices

  • Downsized carolina 1/4 oz weigth w5 inch watermelon red zoom lizard
  • 5 inch watermelon red zoom lizard downsized carolina rig
  • watermelon zoom brush hog jr. on carolina rig w 1/2 oz worm weight

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • 5 between 3" and 11"
  • This Big Bastard Stole My Lure!

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Silver in line spinner
  • 1st was 1-1/2lbs
    2nd was 1lb
  • tandem willow spinner baits, mostly chartruse and lime.
    and the 6" pumkin stick worms
  • Spinnerbait, Drop shot
  • Barbie color spinnerbait cranking from out from shore line. This fish hit in about 10 ft of water had a couple of more followers but that was it. Then the winds and rain picked up and it was tuff fishing from there on in .My boater caught a nice one about 4 hrs later with a crank bait and that was it on the hits fished many of the same spots as Micahel K draging jigs and tubes not a bite. big fish of the day was 6+ large mouth and a 5+ smallie
  • Panther Martin rainbow trout inline spinner #1
  • Mepps Agila inline spinner silver and red #1.

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Paycheck Baits "Transporter

Squid Check Prices

  • squid and minnows

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Jerk Bait

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • one 11-1/2in and one 14.5in 1lb 6oz
  • 1/6oz Rooster Tail
    1st - 12in
    2nd -12 1/4in
    4th - 12 1/2in
  • 1/6oz Rooster Tail

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • Metal jigs with green tails on the hooks

Worm Check Prices

  • 4" senko
  • drop shot senko
  • AKA Black Magic
  • Long, thin, green worms worked amazingly well
  • 4" YUM Dingers, Watermelon/Gold Flake
  • 4 inch green pumkin senko rigged wacky
  • Senko
  • Started with pumpkinseed lizard and switched to 5" baby bass senko
  • 8 inchWatermelon senko w/ red hook

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Bladed baits

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • 3 Keepers:
    3.20lbs
    2lbs
    1lb

  • Dropshot
  • Two dinks on a Gary Yamamoto Fat Baby Craw, Texas-rigged with 1/8 oz weight, Watermelonseed.
    Two keepers on GY 5" Senko, watermelon (no seed).
  • All between 6" & 9"
  • All between 11" & 11-1/2"
  • Drop Shot
  • Drop Shot
    1 Keeper @ 1-3/4lbs
    Four 11" range shorts
  • Keepers were:
    2.77lbs
    1-3/4lbs
    1-1/2lbs
    1-1/4lbs

    One 11" short
  • Drop shot
  • 1lb, 3/4lb, 11', and 8" on the Drop Shot, 10" on C-Rig

Saltwater Spoon Check Prices

Craw Check Prices

  • Our Bag was:
    Paul's 3.85lber, 3-1/2lber, one a little over 2lbs, and my 3-1/2lber

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • berkley powerbait worm

Saltwater Hard Bait Check Prices

Jigs Check Prices

  • using rainbow jig with a 2 sinker.

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Rapala Original Floater F-11 - Minnow
  • rapala bleeding floater
  • 2lb 6oz, and 1lb 2oz
  • 3 on Squarebill, 1 on Drop Shot.
  • Sexy Shad, White Belly and blue back
    Diving Billed Plug, White Belly grey back

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • 1 1/2 ounce bucktail jig
  • use bass jig # 10 with wire line
  • 1/2 Oz Brownish/Greenish football jig w/Green Pumpkin Chigger Chunk trailer

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • on a Boag Hog Stand-Up Head

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • I seem to have lots of luck with these at that pond, lol

Saltwater Baits Check Prices

  • Sea Worm on a slider rig
  • 33" was my other keeper
    And 4 Schoolies between 25"-15"

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Snapper Popper

Blade Bait Check Prices

Grub Check Prices

  • White grub

Flies Check Prices

Live Baits Check Prices

  • squid/ clam/ mackerel typically

Other Check Prices

  • hot dog
  • Sand Eels
  • Twitch twitch pause with a jerkbait

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