Fishing near Sturbridge in Worcester County, MA

3.57 Rating based on 211 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Mirror Carp, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 139
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 334
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Sturbridge Fishing Photos

Brown near Sturbridge

Brown

Caught on a size 18 Dunn
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Trout in Big Alum near Sturbridge

Trout in Big Alum

Packed him in snow to keep him fresh, caught on #8 hares ear nymph
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Summer Canoe on Peirpont near Sturbridge

Summer Canoe on Peirpont

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Hamilton Reservoir @ Mashapaug rd. near Sturbridge

Hamilton Reservoir @ Mashapaug rd.

Great public launch
car-topper/parking friendly
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the fishing pier near Sturbridge

the fishing pier

hamilton reservoir.holland ma.
public pier.boat and car-topper launch.
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Top Fishing Spots near Sturbridge

Quinebaug River
Quinebaug River

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Westville Lake
Westville Lake

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East Brimfield Lake
East Brimfield Lake

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Leadmine Pond
Leadmine Pond

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Long Pond (sturbridge)
Long Pond (sturbridge)

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Walker Pond
Walker Pond

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Sturbridge Area Fish Species

Recent Sturbridge Fishing Reports

10/11/14 - MA B.A.S.S. Nation Pro-Am TOC @ East Brimfield  Fishing Report Oct 15, 2014

10/11/14 - MA B.A.S.S. Nation Pro-Am TOC @ East Brimfield

East Brimfield Reservoir - Fiskdale, MA -

That old saying "3rd Time's a Charm" did not come through on this day. Fishing this place for the 3rd time. Cold moved in, rained most o...

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10/18/14 - Avid Anglers @ East Brimfield Reservoir Fishing Report Oct 21, 2014

10/18/14 - Avid Anglers @ East Brimfield Reservoir

East Brimfield Reservoir - Fiskdale, MA -

Well, it's officail! I have a new favorite body of water to hate! This place stinks on ice! I was hoping 4th time would be the charm...yeah right....

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8/30/14 - East Brimfield Reservoir Fishing Report Sep 03, 2014

8/30/14 - East Brimfield Reservoir

East Brimfield Reservoir - Fiskdale, MA -

1st time giving this place a go. I have 2 tournament there next month so I wanted to give it a look. Water clarity is better on the north side of Rout...

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10/4/14 - East Brimfield Reservoir Fishing Report Oct 07, 2014

10/4/14 - East Brimfield Reservoir

East Brimfield Reservoir - Fiskdale, MA -

Out on this place for the 2nd time. Last month didn't give me a lot of info except basically the lay out of it. With tournaments here the next 2 w...

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Summer Canoe At I 84 Fishing Report Feb 16, 2012

Summer Canoe At I 84

I84 Sturbridge -

Cuncky Largemouth, willowleaf spinnerbait, chartruse/blue 1/2 oz.

3.5 lbs...

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Walker Pond Fishing Report Jan 26, 2014

Walker Pond

Sturbridge -

Finally able to have a weekend day off so I took a day trip out to visit some old friends.

As we pull in around 6:30 we see TONS of cars and m...

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Baits and Tackle used near Sturbridge

Check Prices

  • shiners off tip-ups and jigging rods.
  • 5 Keepers:
    2-3/4lbs, Two 2lbers, and Two 1-1/4lbers

    2 shorts
  • 2 Keepers, 2 Shorts
  • Senko
    Kivas
    Rubber Frog
  • Dead Bait
  • one 1-1/2 lber and 3 other all around a pound
  • Tube
  • nuts berries vegetation of all natures and LIVE GAME !
  • Flies and Jigs
  • 4 " Senkos black blue flake drop shot and Road Kill Bass Pro style Senko. We tried many different colors and baits but most of our fish came on these two colors.

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Big shiners
  • Hand size Kivas
  • 1 on the Senko
    1 on Sqiggly tail
    4 on Kivas
  • Chung's Best
  • Shiinners
  • Perfect size Kivas
  • Live Carwfish

Creature Check Prices

  • Carolina Rig
  • 2.21lbs, 1-1/4lbs, and 1lb were my 3 fish
  • zoom brush hawg pumpkin

Tube Check Prices

  • drop shots and topwater

Minnow Check Prices

  • Med Shiners
    Wish we had gotten some larger ones
  • We used several baits, mostly minnows. We caght them off of deep diving crank baits, senko's, spanky worms and swimbaits. caught 1 good size largemouth under boat dock with jig n pig.
  • you play the bait and bobber set up similar to the canal at the cape.I set the bait at about 24-27",sent it up curent and let it pass you reel it back and repeat.
  • Minnow. Just below ice and a foot off bottom
  • Small
    Medium
    Big Dead Pondies
  • Chung's Best
  • large shiners on trokar hooks
  • live bait old school
  • big dead goldies
  • mediums

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • My only Smallie was on a topwater. 1lber culled out.
  • see Damon for detailz
    Couldn't tell ya -Yoda tied everything up this day
  • Heddon Tiny Torpedo -- Baby Bass

  • Popper
  • Live Target Brown Mouse
  • Z-Man Hard Legs Frog
  • Lunker city Salad Spoon

Lizard Check Prices

  • watermelon/red jr brush hog w/slider head 1/8 oz

Fly (Other) Check Prices

  • Again Dat food( shrimplies and gold) and feed corn were present. We also tried a packbait of Limeycarper, as well as bread, strawberry canned corn, and luncheon meat.

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • 2lber on Spinnerbait
    10" on drop shot
  • Fast retrieve
  • Spinnerbait/Chatterbait
    11-1/2" Short
    1lber culled
    Limit was:
    1-1/2lbs
    1lb 7oz
    1-1/4lbs
    1lb 1oz
    1lber
  • My 3 Fish Limit was:
    1lb 11oz
    1lb 4oz
    14oz

    4 Shorts too
  • spinnerbait , plastic worms

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Live target frogs. Bass pro enticed football jig with an elite swim'n'chunk on the hook
  • Rubber Frogs with swim legs, lots of noise and action of the top of the water

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Black Huskie Jerk and black and blue football jig
  • Rapala blue and white rattle

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • 6" and 8" on inline spinner
  • 11-3/4" on a tube
    11-1/2" on wacky worm
    7" and 10" on inline spinner
  • Rooster Tail
  • firetiger mepps aglia with a red treble hook and custom feather teaser tied on by yours truly

Nymph Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • Green Pumpkin Senko-style stick bait, wacky-rigged.
  • green pumpkin senko
  • i used a 10 inch black rubber worm
  • Yamamoto black Senko
  • junebug w/blue fleck
  • Yamamoto sinkos
  • Senko
  • Shakeyhead - 1-1/2lber, and 1-1/4ber
  • using 6" senko green pumpkin
  • short plastic worm, slow pull/fall/sit retrieve

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Senkos Black with Flakes

    Kivas the little pretty ones
    hahahahahah
  • BkBl Senko Rigged Wacky
  • Powerbait 7" plastic worms

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Jerkbait
  • 1lb 10oz was the only one to make the limit.

    1lb 6oz, 1-1/4lber culled out

    a couple other 1-1/4lb to 1lbers, and some shorts

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Surprised I only got one today!
  • Two 3/4lbers, and 4 shorts
  • 1-1/4lber and some 1lbers
  • Drop shot
  • Dropshot
  • 11" Drop Shot
    11-3/4" Carolina Rig
  • Drop Shot, and Shakey Head
  • Drop Shot
  • 4in Senko for 2 ,and tube for the other. These were in addition to my limit.
  • All between 3/4lb and 1-1/4lbs

Roundhead Jig Check Prices

  • 1/16 oz leadhead w/3" rainbow trout sluggo
  • 1/16#Sluggo leadhead with 3"chartreuse/pepper Kalin grub
  • Actually used a trout magnet 's to catch 1 Brook trout and 1 Brown.. C aught a rainbow on a 4 inch Yum Dinger..
  • Most were caught on a Trout Magnet . 1 on a Rapala and the other on aRooster Tail . Largest fish was the Last one caught . Trout magnet was the right bait to yse today.
  • 3" sluggo 1/16 oz #4 hook unpainted BPS leadhead Caught all fish on black and gold flake
  • 5" Kalin grub Rootbeer flake 1/8oz 2/0 leadhead

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Again rooster tails work well as an all around bait, small spinners etc.
  • Spinners and rooster tails, fly spinners work well for the pan fish as well
  • Small rooster tails and spinner baits tend to work well here. I like reds and browns some greens.
  • Again same as listed rooster tails, spinners etc.
  • 4" black slider worm w/1/8 oz head
  • Rooster tail
  • Gulp Alive

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • First cast and I had one.
  • ratl trap
  • Shad Rap in Blue/Black color

Jigs Check Prices

  • surface plug. almost as big as the 2 bass caught. must be the spawning ground. ballsy little buggars...
  • Spider Grub
    1st was 2-1/2lbs
    2nd was 1lb 6oz

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Booyah tiger
  • crankbaits and spinners
  • Wally Marshall Crappy Crank Bait with blood hooks
  • Squarebill, and dropshot
  • 3 in the 3/4lb to 1lb range in about 10 minutes
  • just use a cheap 2.99 crankbait with a white belly I caught other fish on my new pop r
  • spinner bait
    yamos
    crankbaits
  • nofish but I know they're here sometimes

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • All on a swimjig

    My 9.75lb Limit was:
    2lbs 11oz
    2lbs 2oz
    2lbs 1oz
    1lb 8oz
    1lb 6oz

    5 more in the 1-1/4lb to 3/4lb range
  • 4-1/4lb on a jig
    3-3/4lb and 1lb 15oz on senko
    two 1lbers on buzzbait
  • 1-1/2lber on Jig
    11" on Dropshot
  • All Between 18"-22" on Jig, and drop shot
  • green pumpkin jigs 1/8 oz to 3/4oz
  • Blk/red w blk mister twister trailer

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • Reaction Innovations Soft swimbait
  • Baby Bass-Green Yamamoto Senkos
  • Reaction Innovations
    Little Dipper
    Dirty Sanchez
  • 6" berkley havoc sick fish clear natural bream color and painted with garlic cented chartreuse dip n glo to resemble yellow perch.
  • 4"senko
  • texas rigged senko
  • 4" dacquiri senko rigged texas on 3/0 Gammi

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • 3/4oz. Silver kastmaster

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Brother in Law got only bite - but did land the fish
  • just a small piece
  • Just had the crawler on the bottem. Had the hook about 1 foot above the sinker, so the sinker got the weeds instead of the hook.

Grub Check Prices

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • Trout Magnet Jig
  • Trout Magnet Gold Jig Gold Body.
    One Brook Trout and one Rainbow.
  • Trout Magnet Jigs
  • Trout Magnet
  • Trout Magnet Jigs .Gold with Gold body

Other Check Prices

  • Big
    Dead
  • powerbait yellow
  • Inline Spinner, Dropshot
    one 6" and 4 other between 10" ans 11" Smallies
  • Chartreuse Extra Scent power bait, or Natural color Extra Scent power bait
  • White Bread
  • Rainbow Powerbait
  • Big
    Dead
    Golden's
  • Powerbait rainbow
  • 1/4 oz white willow leaf spinnerbait 4 Bass
    1/16 oz black and goldflake sluggo 2 Bass (larger)
  • Corn
    Lots of it

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