Fishing near Rochester in Plymouth County, MA

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  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Burbot, Dolly Varden, Arctic Char, Other (Saltwater), Scup (Porgy)
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a welcome site. not sure if anyone feels the same but some days i can get "sick" of chasing flags. i know this might sound stupid, there's been times when i never got a break. sweating my ass off running around like a crazy man. i like catching fish but spread out the flags so i can relax and enjoy a beverage. :-)
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my little hangout. got me one of those 'jet sleds' this year. nice little deal. just right. i always bring my beat up folding chair. usually gets used to rest my stuff. rarely do i sit around.
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there's that open water i was tellin' ya.
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the ever present seagull. seems like there's always one or two hanging around looking for handouts. it's alright though, they're good company. ha.
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Top Fishing Spots near Rochester

Snipatuit Pond
Snipatuit Pond

Avg. Rating: 3.5
# Reviews: 2
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Mary's Pond
Mary's Pond

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 4241

Hathaway Pond
Hathaway Pond

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1
Views: 2075

New Bedford Reservoir
New Bedford Reservoir

Avg. Rating: 3.667
# Reviews: 3
Views: 4391

Great Quittacas Pond
Great Quittacas Pond

Avg. Rating: 3.333
# Reviews: 3
Views: 7103

Tremont Mill Pond
Tremont Mill Pond

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 1
Views: 2164

Rochester Area Fish Species

Recent Rochester Fishing Reports

"what the heck is that" Fishing Report Aug 12, 2016

"what the heck is that"

Snows Pond -

Was fishing Snows Pond in S MA last weekend with family and friends which we do once per year. Have for many years. I've caught a few hundred LM...

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Fishin' the Hard Water Fishing Report Feb 22, 2011

Fishin' the Hard Water

Black Pond aka Long Pond, Rochester -

a very productive day in the early part of Jan. caught over 10 fish, all pickerel. had a breakoff though. something of size. really couldn't gain ...

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Mary's pond - first skunk of the year  Fishing Report Dec 12, 2010

Mary's pond - first skunk of the year

Mary's pond -

And ... the last ! If skunk is defined as no fish. Decided that I had to give it a shot one more time today. However, in spite of the Air Temp in th...

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snapatuit and marys pond Fishing Report Jul 15, 2013

snapatuit and marys pond

rochester ma. -

spent about 5 hours today on snapatuit pond, gotta tell ya i was quite disapointed, it looked like bass heaven! deep water rocky, had some nice grassy...

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biggest pickerel I ever caught Fishing Report Sep 18, 2010

biggest pickerel I ever caught

Snipatuit Pond, MA -

Fishing has been s-l-o-w lately... I've had several outings with not even a single swipe, or even activity seen. I'm guessing it's due to...

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7-24-2010 Snipatuit Pond Fishing Report Jul 24, 2010

7-24-2010 Snipatuit Pond

Snipatuit Pond, MA -

Snipatuit Pond - only 7 minutes from my driveway *thumbs up* According to the Mass wildlife site it has largemouth, chain pickerel, yellow perch &...

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Baits and Tackle used near Rochester

Check Prices

  • Watermelon red/gold flake Texas
  • Ultra light mitchell spidercast reel combo 4lb test, fun fun fun. when the bass aren't hitting
  • frogs
  • We used live shiners, 3-4 inch, and any lure you can think of. They crush anything at this place...HUNGRY fish...
  • Worm
  • You can use just about any lures here, as we've had luck with all of em. Also, Nightcrawlers and shiners work good.
  • Rubber worm Wacky Style
  • I used rubber worms,Surprised they hit the worms this early,My buddy was using shiners and caught a 5lbs.7oz largemouth,didn't include it in this trip,There not my points.
  • Green Pumpkin Brush Hog
  • black and red spinner dual spoons and trailer hook low and slow in the weeds

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Used some Medium Shinners
  • Used live bait and also sanko.
  • eels on the bottom
  • Shiners on a bobber
  • sandworms
  • green crabs
  • greencrabs
  • Clam Bellies wrapped with my secret no-fail strategy - I've yet to lose bait!
  • wroms
  • We used worms to catch smaller fish cast them out and brought them back in slowly

Creature Check Prices

  • Flipping a laydown
  • You already know
  • Green pumpkin Brush Hog
    5" wacky rigged green pumpkin stick bait (senko knockoff)
  • Green Pumpkin Brush Hog
  • Strike King KVD Bluegill Swim Jig
  • texas rigged baby creatures. on weedlines
  • 4in beaver bait black and blue
    1oz tungsten
  • Berkley 4.5in Pit Boss Green Pumpkin
  • HIT IT ON A PALM TREE MADE BY KINAMI BAITS
  • palm tree red skirt black trunck

Tube Check Prices

  • texas rigged

Minnow Check Prices

  • Large (heavies) shiners
  • mumpers
  • shiners hooked behind the dorsal fin with a #2 circle hook on about 30in. leader of 20# flurocarbon.
  • Shiners, 3-4 inch
  • Shiner live lining.
  • Live minnow under a float
  • We used shiners, white worms, spoons, and night crawlers
  • Used a live shiner to see what I would catch since I haven't had much luck with my artificial tackle.
  • live shiners and senkos
  • Used mostly shiners. Caught 1 on a spinner and crank as well.

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • fish #1 Strike King Shim-E-Stick, in baby bass color. Fish #2 Rebel Pop-R, in foxy shad color. Fish #3 Bass Pro Shops Minnow, in gold XXX shad color
  • same as bass bait
  • top water popper minnow orange bottom red mouth blue top
  • pulled a hula popper from shore into the water, got him 2 feet from shore.
  • throwing floating minnow under the docks along shore, pulling crappies and pickerel, 1 good size bass, 2+lbs but he got off the hook.
  • BLACK JITTERBUG, STICK BAITS
  • Rapala Poppers
  • Heddon flourescent baby torpedo. Jitter, pop, and play dead.
  • Rebel Pop-R
  • Rebel Popper

Lizard Check Prices

  • slow dragged threw beds

    also got 1 ona hard jerkbait and it turned out to be a smallie
  • Plastic Yum salamander. Rigged weedless.

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • pearl-colored Zoom Super Fluke, 8# Berkley 100% fluorocarbon line, Diawa spinning gear
  • Shad colored 5" Senko
  • berkley slug baby bass color
  • fish#4 Strike King Shim-E-Stick, in watermelon w/ red/black flakes. Fish #5 Bass Pro Shops spinnerbait, white w/ dual nickel willow blades
  • 3 chain pickerel on a silver/white 1/8oz Strike King Mini-King spinnerbait - 1 largemouth bass on watermelon/red flake Strike King Shim-E-Stick(a Senko-type lure)
  • Mann's Shadow
  • 6" watermelon black red flake-colored Gary Yamamoto Senko, rigged weightless, Tex-posed, on a 4/0 Eagle Claw extra-wide gap hook
  • 5" baby bass Senko - caught 2 chain pickerel and one largemouth bass
  • 6" Senko (see pic for color)
    Rapala Floating Minnow
  • rapala jerkbait bass colored suspended 4-5 ft

Saltwater Swimbait Check Prices

  • 4 INCH SHAD

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Bass Pro Shops Lazer Eye spinnerbait, white skirt, double-willow blades
  • white, double-nickel willow blades, 3/8oz Bass Pro Shops Lazer Eye spinnerbait
  • 1/4oz chartreuse/lime spinnerbait w/ colorado/willow twin nickel blades
  • 1/4oz chartreuse spinnerbait w/ #4 nickel colorado blade
  • chartreuse 3/8 oz spinnerbait/w tandem chartreuse willowleaf blades. a chrome silver excalibur lipless crankbait. a heddon black bullfrog "crazy crawler". and strike king rage tail crawfish in dirty craw color.
  • STRIKE KING SPINNER
  • 3 largemouth bass & 1 chain pickerel on a white 3/8oz Bass Pro Shops Lazer Eye double-willow spinnerbait
  • white 3/8oz Bass Pro Shops lazer Eye spinnerbait, nickel dual willow blades
  • caught 7 pickerel and 5 largemouth bass on the following lures: willow/colorado spinnerbait, Zoom Fluke in pearl, Strike King Shim-E-Stick in watermelon green/red flake, and a Stanley Ribbit frog
  • wife catches bass #1 on 1/4oz colorado Booyah 'blue glimmer' spinnerbait, I got bass #2 on white 3/8oz BPS double willow spinnerbait

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • largemouth caught on Sizmic Toad in pumpkin green w/ red flake, chain pickerel on silver/yellow Mepps spinner
  • Stanley Ribbit
  • Brown and White Soft plastic swim frog, texas rigged with a 3/16 ounce red colored weight and red plastic ball. StrikeKing Baits
  • green scum frog
  • chartreuse SnagProof frog
  • Paycheck Baits "Transporter
  • green scum frog

    yammamotto black/chart. flex senko 5inch worm weightless texas rigged
  • Strike King Rage Tail (Rage Toad).

Squid Check Prices

  • i used squid,surf clams, and sea/sandworms. had luck with all three baits

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • 4" huskey jerk bait greenw/orange bottom
  • Ima Flit 100 Chartreuse Shad
  • 4in senkos in various colors
  • Lucky Craft Pointer 100 Golden Shiner pattern.
  • rapala xrap smallest size black silver...jerk pause retreive....
  • I got the lure at Dick's on the sale end cap. I forget the brand.
  • A pair of 12in on the jerkbait
  • Jerkbait
  • A pair of 7in on a jerkbait
  • I used a small colorful jerkbait to catch two and a double drop shot with white Berkley grubs for the other two.

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • 1/6oz Rooster Tail
  • Panther Martin rainbow trout inline spinner #1
  • Trolling or tossing in-line spinners. Powerbait mello's
  • Joes fly
  • All in between 6 an 10 inches
  • My First Ever Pike and was only 6 inches, lol
  • 7 and 8 inches
  • Mepps #1 Silver with a white foxtail
  • Panther Martin spinner
  • Mix of Mepps, Blue Fox spinners, variety of colors, mostly gold based

Dry Fly Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • Strike King Shim-E-Stick(like a Senko) in watermelon green with black/red flake
  • Yamasenko Watermelon Tube Worm
  • Wacky Style
  • Berkley 7" Black Shad
    Berkley 7" Tequila Sunrise
  • Strike King Shim-E-Stick(Senko) in watermelon, black/red flake
  • 5" watermelon red/black flake Strike King Shim-E-Stick, rigged weightless tex-posed, 4" Yamamoto Senko, watermelon red/black/green flake, wacky-rigged
  • Watermelon colored SENKO worm, texas rigged with a small weight
  • Berkeley powerbait
  • Berkley power bait
  • wacky style pumpkin

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Green rattling to Zuri
  • Yum 5in green pumpkin worm. Also got 3 on shiners ( including the biggest). Got two small ones on yum. 3 bluegill on small lure too.
  • Got 3 bass on shiners( including the biggest). 2 small ones on yum 5 in green pumpkin plastic worm. 5 bluegill on small lure too.
  • Small swim bait. Also my 12 year old son caught one on a shiner. From this and previous trips, seen some close to a pound in here. Pretty decent size for a perch.

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Swimbait, Spinnerbait, Shakey Head.
  • Used an assortment of hard and soft baits. Spinnerbaits work really well.
  • We keep 5 Bass total
    My three were 2.79lbs, and two 1-1/2lbers. Paul had a 1lb 14oz, and 1-1/2lber
  • Two 4lbers, a 3-1/2lber, two 2-1/2lbers.
  • 2 keepers: 2lber, and 1lb 5oz
    2 shorts, and 2 lost
  • A mix of 6" to 1lb

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Two 11-3/4", one 11-1/2", one 11-1/4"
  • My best 5 was about 7-1/4lbs:
    1-3/4lber
    Two 1-1/2lbers
    Two 1-1/4lbers

    also a couple 1lbers, and a short

    Various Swimbaits, Prop Bait, and a Spinnerbait
  • My 4 keepers were 4.77lbs
    Three 1-1/4lbers, and One 1lber

    Also 2 shorts
  • Our 5 fish limit was
    2-1/4lbs (Fred)
    1lb 5oz (Fred)
    1lb 2oz (Me)
    two 1lb 1oz (Me)

    Many other between 3-/4 to 1lb
  • Shakey Head, and Drop Shot
    My Keepers were:
    4lb 5oz
    1-1/2lbs
    Two 1lbers

    Paul had 3lber, 1-1/4lbs, a couple 1lbers
  • My 2 Clones, Paul had 2 just like mine, and the biggest of our limit was 2.78lbs
  • Lot's of baits today: topwater, dropshot, senko, spinnerbait, and shakey head.

    My limit was:
    1-1/2lber
    1lb 6oz
    1-1/4lber
    Two 1lbers
  • 3 healthy Pickerel
  • Paul had a 3.90lb, 2-3/4lber, 2lber, 1-3/4lber, and two 1lbers

    I had a 1-1/2lber, and a 1lber
  • 3 shorts

Craw Check Prices

  • yamamoto watermelon crawdad
  • used almost everything in my bag, plastic worms,craws,lizards,creatures,space monkeys, heddon crazy crawler, swimbaits, buzzbaits, suspending jerkbaits, I could be here all night
  • strike king red craw texas rigged

    blue fox inline spinner yellow/green color

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • trolling a white unbrella rig from island to the red bouy. while trolling i threw medium size stick crank baits off the side and hooked up. i would make sure your hooks are strong we had a few straighten out and loss the fish
  • GOOD OLD SENKO
  • Black senko worm
  • Black senko rubber worm

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • Rapala Baby Bass Jointed swimbait
  • 7" dark trout 2x ms slammer
  • yo-zuri crystal minnow
  • 7" dark trout 2x slammer
  • I used Rapala Jointed Baby Bass 2".
  • Ms Slammers and 3:16 baby wakes in Rainbow trout colors
  • 7" and 9" slammers in perch and rainbow trout
  • Baby Bass Rapala Dive To Bait
  • Once again 2" Rapala Baby Bass Jointed Swimbait
  • blue reble

Jigs Check Prices

  • Snap Rap#6 from rapala.
  • using rainbow jig with a 2 sinker.

Crankbait Check Prices

  • I was using a small baby bass colored crankbait, and reeling it in until it smashed into the bottom, then pausing, and they'd crush it on the pause.
  • And Lipless Crank
  • kevin van damn sexy chad, silver/black shiner with red accent and center mass bearings crankbaits
  • 2 bass on a Rapala floating minnow, 1 pickerel on a spinnerbait
  • bass #1, Bass Pro Shops XPS The Egg wake bait in sexy shad color. bass #2, Bass Pro Shops Lazer Eye spinnerbait, 3/8oz white dual nickel willow blades
  • using an excalibur rayburn red crankbait
  • Strike King KVD 1.5 Sexy Shad
  • Rapala Perch
  • My 2 limit Fish were 1lb 5oz, and 1lb 4oz

    Vinny had a 2lb 4oz, 1lb 4oz, and 1lb 3oz
  • 1" Rapala minnow, silver/white, drifting. I also use GY Kreature baits over the weeds and in the holes between them.

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • SENKO / GREEN/WHITE
    BROWN/PINK
    NO WIEGHT
    8 POND LINE
  • Throwing a sweet beaver pegged with a 3/8 oz threw the mats and caught a pickerel and ripped the beaver to shred's.
  • Jigs in shoreline cover did 95% of the damage
  • Boag Hog Baits Brush Jig/Chigger Craw

    2lb 13oz, and a 2lber
  • Boag Hog Baits Brush Jig/Chigger Craw

    3.44lber, and 11-3/4"
  • Boag Hog Bait Brush Jig/Chigger Craw
  • 1/2 Oz Brownish/Greenish football jig w/Green Pumpkin Chigger Chunk trailer
  • 1/4 non-lead jig head, dark blue (almost black) with bright blue flake, and a ZOOM blue flake frog trailer.
  • Black and blue finesse jig. Rigged with a black with red fleck zoom chunk. Worked slowly along bottom
  • 3/4lb on Jig
    two 10 inchers on drop shot

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • Northland minnow
  • Berkley chartreuse and orange wiggly tail rigged texas style.

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • Al's goldfish (cooper 3/16 oz)

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • fish on the bottom water is hot and deep
  • Night crawler on a #8 hook
  • just put a nightcarwler on there and drop nit in ull have a bass as soon as u look blink
  • cast it to the side near the littel pump house but farther out
  • i just cast it in and let the bober plot down the littel river
  • Just worms nothing special.

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • a yo-ziri lipless crankbait green back,silver sides,and orange belly. and a 3/8 oz. football head jig/w a strike king rage tail craw in dirty craw color texas rigged to it.
  • We each culled one Bass - My was a 12"3/4lb, Vinny's was 1lb

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • Red and white daredevil
  • medium speed

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • zara spoof

Blade Bait Check Prices

Grub Check Prices

  • 2in. chartreuse colored w/ black spots grub (texas rigged).
  • Swimming a 3' grub on a 1/4 oz. jighead through some lily pads.
  • Used double drop shot with 1" white Berkley Power Bait rage tail grubs.
  • Berkley Grub drenched in Berkley Gulp Alive fish attractant.
  • Berkley white grub with a tail.

Live Baits Check Prices

  • squid/ clam/ mackerel typically

Flies Check Prices

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • 2" soft plastic crawfish jig with #1 spinner

Other Check Prices

  • 6" slug-o's (perch and Salt & Pepper. Worked and worked over the rocks and weed beds
  • Green Pumpkin Spanky worm
    (Lunker City)
  • chartruse power bait
  • yellow and Pink Power Bait caught fish with Yellow oin a #12 treble hook being the best.
  • Rainbow Power Bait
  • Black Spinner Bait


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  • Twitch twitch pause with a jerkbait
  • Bottom rigging by the bridges left pillar
  • Shiners, senkos, plastic salamander.
  • uncle joshs dough carp bait. its ground corn, corn syrup, and something else i dont remember.

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