Fishing near West Bridgewater in Plymouth County, MA

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  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Burbot, Dolly Varden, Arctic Char, Bluegill, Chain Pickerel
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Town River
Town River

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Mattfield River
Mattfield River

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Forge Pond
Forge Pond

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Lake Nippenicket
Lake Nippenicket

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Skeeter Mill
Skeeter Mill

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Ward Pond
Ward Pond

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West Bridgewater Area Fish Species

Recent West Bridgewater Fishing Reports

KAYAK TOURNEY RESULTS-SEPTEMBER 12-THE NIP Fishing Report Sep 12, 2015

KAYAK TOURNEY RESULTS-SEPTEMBER 12-THE NIP

Lake Nippenicket -

Today was a mixed bag of bags at the Nip. Some good, some not so much. Also, a few broken hearts from lost fish. In the end, places 1 through 3 went t...

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RIBBIT RIBBIT NIPPENICKET (LMAO) Fishing Report Aug 22, 2011

RIBBIT RIBBIT NIPPENICKET (LMAO)

Lake Nippenicket -

Here we go again!! haha, got out to the Nip tonight with my buddy Weston around 6 pm, looking to do a little early evening Flippin. The wind was blowi...

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The good, the bad and the bass Fishing Report Aug 17, 2013

The good, the bad and the bass

Swamp -

Was out on the water by 8:00am with only two rods deciding that i was going to dedicate the day throwing only two lures, both being swimbaits. Started...

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The Snakehead that got away. Fishing Report Jul 11, 2011

The Snakehead that got away.

Bridgewater, MA -

Started fishing around 4:00pm with a buddy and had little action other than a few bites and small fish due to the heat. At around 5:30 we got into a l...

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2 MONSTERS Fishing Report Aug 04, 2011

2 MONSTERS

Lake Nippenicket -

Here we go again, Lake Nippenicket take 3...ACTION, LMAO...
Return to the Nip for a little late night Flipper-Roo as I like to call it, Flippin the...

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USA Bassin' MA-1 Bass Tourney at Lake Nippenickett  Fishing Report May 09, 2015

USA Bassin' MA-1 Bass Tourney at Lake Nippenickett

Lake Nippenickett, Bridgewater -

Me and my cousin went out on his new twelve foot jon boat for a bass tournament in Bridgewater at Lake Nippenickett. There were 13 boats including us....

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Baits and Tackle used near West Bridgewater

Check Prices

  • shiners
  • Standard BPS Red/White 3" Popper and a purple/black spinner bait
  • Crank baits shallow diving and top water minnow all dark colors to match the dark water and area
  • Worm
  • small largemouth, perch, pumpkin seed, Crappie
  • just casst
  • shiners and night crawlers
  • sexy shad lipless crank
  • pumpkin seed, perch
  • white rubber worm, shiners, nightcrawlers

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Shiner one foot below float.
  • cauth the 4 lb on shiner, and the others on rubber worms
  • Fished a shiner two feet below a float.
  • Used live bait and also sanko.
  • Large fat night crawlers, shinners were the best but also deep crank bait
  • Used some Medium Shinners
  • live shiners, 5-6 inches long
  • Shiners on a bobber
  • SEAWORMS
  • Seaworms on a Flounder Rig got
    one at 1lb 5oz, two between 1-1/4lb - 1 lb, and one 11" short

Creature Check Prices

  • Black and Blue as usual
  • Berkley 4.5in Pit Boss Green Pumpkin
  • squarebill crankbait and a shakeyhead rigged 4" green pit-boss.
  • 4in beaver bait black and blue
    1oz tungsten
  • Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver 4.20
    -Dirty Sanchez, and Watermelon/Red colors.
  • GY Kreature bait, green with specks., see picture
  • Gary Yamomoto Kreature, red and black, or green with black specks...on the top, twitched through the weeds, slime, or open water. Sometimes I let it sink to the bottom and twitch it slightly. The one that got away was of course, huge. I'm bummin'.
  • Brown with purple flecks, first time using them.
  • Colorful Grub and a Pitboss
  • Green Havoc Pit Boss on a Yum Shakeyhead Jig

Tube Check Prices

  • tube dark...
  • texas rigged

Minnow Check Prices

  • medium-sized shiner
  • Used a live shiner to see what I would catch since I haven't had much luck with my artificial tackle.
  • We used shiners, white worms, spoons, and night crawlers
  • Caught by a friend on a shiner.
  • 3 to 4 foot of line on a pop up flag
  • Used mostly shiners. Caught 1 on a spinner and crank as well.
  • shiners
  • Shiners
  • Live, Medium sized silver side shiners.
  • Shiners under a bobber.

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • Rapala Poppers
  • Heddon flourescent baby torpedo. Jitter, pop, and play dead.
  • throwing floating minnow under the docks along shore, pulling crappies and pickerel, 1 good size bass, 2+lbs but he got off the hook.
  • pulled a hula popper from shore into the water, got him 2 feet from shore.
  • White Mouse
  • BooYah Pad Crasher Junior Frog in a Cricket Pattern
  • BooYah Pad Crasher Cricket Frog 1/4oz
  • top water popper minnow orange bottom red mouth blue top
  • same as bass bait
  • Rebel Pop-R

Lizard Check Prices

  • Plastic Yum salamander. Rigged weedless.
  • Red/Red

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • rapala jerkbait bass colored suspended 4-5 ft
  • KVD jerkbait suspended 4-5ft
  • Sluggo
  • 6" Senko (see pic for color)
    Rapala Floating Minnow
  • 5" baby bass Senko - caught 2 chain pickerel and one largemouth bass
  • 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
  • Senko, 5", green with red specks.
  • 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)
  • 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

Fly (Other) Check Prices

  • Green Popper Frog Fly
  • Berkley PowerBait
    1" Power Honey Worms

Saltwater Swimbait Check Prices

  • BFG Duel Runners

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • 1 keeper @ 1.36lbs, and 5 shorts
  • small spinerbait bluegill color
  • 3/8 oz chartreuse spinnerbait w/ nickel colorado blade
  • white spinner white grub trailer
  • neon green spinner bait from bass pro in clearance bin
  • Strike King Premier Plus 3/8oz Bluegill
  • neon green spinner bait
  • 3/8oz white Bass pro Shops spinnerbait w/ nickel double-willow blades
  • white 3/8oz Bass Pro Shops lazer Eye spinnerbait, nickel dual willow blades
  • 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

  • Weedless Topwater Frog
  • chartreuse SnagProof frog
  • Used Zoom Horny Toad watermelon color and Senko watermelon seed
  • Strike King Rage Toad
  • Strike King Rage Tail (Rage Toad).
  • 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
  • Frog popper with a black body and brownish yellow skirt legs
  • Even the missed hits were blasted at by the fish.

    Also caught them on a buzzbait but those hits were slurped in.
  • Spro Frog

Streamer Check Prices

  • Thomas's buoyant spoon
    woolly bugger
    Honey worm

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • I got the lure at Dick's on the sale end cap. I forget the brand.
  • I was using a green pumpkin/watermelon senko
  • I used a small colorful jerkbait to catch two and a double drop shot with white Berkley grubs for the other two.
  • A pair of 12in on the jerkbait
  • Jerkbait
  • A pair of 7in on a jerkbait
  • seinko 5" junebug purple
  • RC jerkbait did most of the heavy lifting. It caught 7 0f the 8 bass 5 of the 7 pickles and 1 sunnie.

    Also caught a bass on a spinnerbait and 2 pickles on a minus
  • small ultra lite baits

    many species of fish caught over the years; trout, salmon, largemouth bass, white perch, yellow perch, calico bass, pickerel, blue gills.
    The 100 is estimated
  • slow action on jerkbait long pauses

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Mix of Mepps, Blue Fox spinners, variety of colors, mostly gold based
  • Mepps #1 Gold with Brown Foxtail
  • Mepps #1 Silver with a white foxtail
  • Mepps Agila #1 silver.
  • Panther Martin
  • gold willow spoon, yellow rooster tail, glass bead clacker
  • Rooster Tail spinner, light brown.
  • mepps agalia
  • silver/red inline spinner

    white/red spot jerk bait
  • Mepps Aglia spinner, jigged and casted, more success jigging.

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • black and while bivisble about size 16

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • Various jigs worked along with different teasers

Worm Check Prices

  • senko early season , rats when the pads start to fill in.
  • senko - black with blue flake
  • green bass pro worm with purple flakes
  • I was using a Baby Bass colored senko
  • LONG PURPLE WORM,, WILL SEE IN MY PHOTO
  • Grape worm texes rig
  • Two 1-3/4lbers, Three 1-1/2lbs, and a 1lber

    Worms. Spinnerbait, and one on a rage frog
  • Green Worm, Texas Rig
  • Green Bass Pro Tournament 6 in worms.
  • Watermelon Green Bass Pro Jerk Bait 6 in worms

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • 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.
  • Storm shad mullet color
  • 6" Black Powerbait worm on a weighted Jig head
  • Storm Shad Minnow
  • Rapala- minnow like colors, 2.5"
  • xps swimbait

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Jerk bait, slash bait, jig, crankbait, rat-l-trap
  • A mix of 6" to 1lb
  • 2 keepers: 2lber, and 1lb 5oz
    2 shorts, and 2 lost
  • Used an assortment of hard and soft baits. Spinnerbaits work really well.
  • 3 Bass all between 7in-8in on a Jerkabait, Rooster Tail, and Finnesse Worm
  • Inline Spinner & Jerkbait
    1st was 7in
    2nd was 12in 7oz
    3rd was 10in
    4th was 11-1/2in 9oz
  • Inline Spinner, and Jerkbait all in the 6"-8" range
  • All between 6" & 9"
  • Inline Spinner on the 8"
    Popper for the 12" 3-4lb, 1/2lb, 9"
  • Crank and buzzbait

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Worm, and Spinnerbait

    1.48lbs, and three 1lbers

    4 shorts
  • We used a variety of dark-colored soft plastics
  • 1st bass on jitterbug 2nd bass on craw 3rd bass on senko
  • 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
  • Two 11-3/4", one 11-1/2", one 11-1/4"
  • Shakey Head
    The 2 bass I caught that counted toward our limit were:
    1lb 9oz, and 1lb 4oz
    8 other Bass between 13in and 10in
  • Shakey Head
  • 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
  • Shakey Head, and Drop Shot
    My Keepers were:
    4lb 5oz
    1-1/2lbs
    Two 1lbers

    Paul had 3lber, 1-1/4lbs, a couple 1lbers

Roundhead Jig Check Prices

  • 1/32oz chartreuse and white eagle claw jig with white Berkeley honey worm.
  • 1/16oz chartreuse and white eagle claw jig with a red Berkeley honey worm.

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • zoom bass love em super fluke
  • Black senko worm
  • Black senko rubber worm
  • Powerbait - Garlic scented (green)
  • Powerbait
  • Fishing live target Minnow jerk bait
  • Green umbrella rig and red umbrella rig... Trolled at 8-10 RPMs. 40-60 feet deep....red white knuckle head popper
  • Rapala Original #7
  • Rooster Tail
  • GOOD OLD SENKO

Craw Check Prices

  • Blue/black Gary Yamamoto
  • 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
  • nihcolas got 3 on a perch rapala. i got 4 on a crawdad.
  • brownish red 3-1/4 inch yamamoto crawdad
  • doesn't look it in the pic, but he was 15 inches.

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • Rapala Jerkbait
  • Baby Bass Rapala Dive To Bait
  • Once again 2" Rapala Baby Bass Jointed Swimbait
  • I used Rapala Jointed Baby Bass 2".
  • 3" Rebel silver minnow - works really well here.
  • Yozuri floating minnow. About 4-5 inches in length, gold color.
  • 7" and 9" slammers in perch and rainbow trout
  • blue silver reble
  • blue reble
  • Ms Slammers and 3:16 baby wakes in Rainbow trout colors

Saltwater Hard Bait Check Prices

  • metal lures deadly dicks and 3 oz. metal mackerel jigs.

Jigs Check Prices

  • 3lb 2oz was my only contribution to our limit.

    Everything else was 1-1/4lbs or smaller for me

Crankbait Check Prices

  • shallow diver with sunfish pattern
  • Bomber 4A
  • using an excalibur rayburn red crankbait
  • Strike King Bitzy Minnow
  • Hard Plastic Frog
  • was slowly fishing a deep crank that floats letting it float to top after each crank then BANG these little suckers came right up on it
  • Rapala 7-11 foot crankbait. Not sure what the pattern is called
  • 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
  • sexy shad lipless crank
  • 2 bass on a Rapala floating minnow, 1 pickerel on a spinnerbait

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • flipping rubber craws with a 1 oz weight
  • 1/4 non-lead jig head, dark blue (almost black) with bright blue flake, and a ZOOM blue flake frog trailer.
  • Bitsy Bug- black and blue with a black and blue crazy leg craw trailer
  • 3/4lb on Jig
    two 10 inchers on drop shot
  • Hooked up but lot fish on KVD swim jig, dad caught one on strike king spinnerbait.
  • They would the black blue finesse jig with any trailer
  • Boag Hog Bait Brush Jig/Chigger Craw
  • Boag Hog Baits Brush Jig/Chigger Craw

    3.44lber, and 11-3/4"
  • Boag Hog Baits Brush Jig/Chigger Craw

    2lb 13oz, and a 2lber
  • Jig and pig dragged over deeper boulders. Also cuaght fish witha small jerkbait and a shallow crank.

Emerger Check Prices

  • Spinner bait - strike king

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • Berkley chartreuse and orange wiggly tail rigged texas style.
  • 5" and 6" Senko
  • Yamamoto 5" Senko watermelon limited edition
  • IMITATION minnow small works create on slow steady retrieve with short pauses
  • 2” Strom Wildeye Live Crappie
  • Gary Yamamoto 3" Watermelon Senko with black and red flakes, fished weightless Texas rigged.
  • Panther Martin Holographic Minnows Rainbow Trout 3/8 oz.
  • 4" senkos texas rigged in Bk/Bl and watermellon red

Wet Fly Check Prices

  • Olive wooly bugger

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • "5 of Diamonds" Eppinger Dardevle
  • Al's goldfish (cooper 3/16 oz)
  • regular silver spoon
  • Red and White Eppinger Dardevle
  • 1/4 oz gold kastmaster
  • Golden 1/4 oz little cleo
  • gold little cleo
  • Lil Jake, silver with red dots.
  • "Five of Diamonds" Eppinger Dardevle
  • Gold Johnson's Silver minnow 1/8oz

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • fish on the bottom water is hot and deep
  • Live night crawler on a drop shot.
  • Just worms nothing special.
  • i just cast it in and let the bober plot down the littel river
  • cast it to the side near the littel pump house but farther out
  • just put a nightcarwler on there and drop nit in ull have a bass as soon as u look blink
  • Floating off the bottom, egg sinker and 16" leader.
  • Floated a nightcrawler off the bottom.
  • Float nightcrawlers off the bottom.
  • trout worms

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • Sexy Shad, White belly & blue back
  • 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
  • rattler
  • Rapala Rattlin' Baby Bass

Herring Check Prices

  • Live lining mackeral

Saltwater Baits Check Prices

  • Calms
  • Clams

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • medium speed
  • Gold Johnson silver minnow.

    Catch and release.

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Popper Fishing
  • Popper fishing
  • Popper fishing off the boat
  • Caught on Lucky craft Sammy, spinnerbaits, and 9ers umbrella rigs.

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • I made bottle Caps, Gold from beers...

Grub Check Prices

  • Berkley white grub with a tail.
  • 2in. chartreuse colored w/ black spots grub (texas rigged).
  • Berkley Grub drenched in Berkley Gulp Alive fish attractant.
  • Used double drop shot with 1" white Berkley Power Bait rage tail grubs.
  • Berkley White Grub.
  • Caught the little one on a black grub. The decent one took a live sunfish.
  • Yellow Grubs from Walmart with Brown weighted jig heads. Also caught one on a purple ribbontail on a Texas rig.
  • Pumpkin tail carolina style
  • Orange & yellow curl tail grub
  • Swimming a 3' grub on a 1/4 oz. jighead through some lily pads.

Live Baits Check Prices

  • Seaworms
  • Sea Worms
  • Fresh Cut Pogies

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • 2" soft plastic crawfish jig with #1 spinner
  • Drifting the jig in 6-10 feet of water

Other Check Prices

  • Black Spinner Bait


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  • Shiners, senkos, plastic salamander.
  • Powerbait
  • Berkley Gulp Alive artificial salmon eggs (yellow) on an egg sinker (sliding) rig.
  • Pink Powerbait nuggets
  • Cut mackerel
  • 6" slug-o's (perch and Salt & Pepper. Worked and worked over the rocks and weed beds
  • Green Pumpkin Spanky worm
    (Lunker City)
  • Berkley Gulp Alive floating salmon eggs (yellow)
  • Rainbow Power Bait

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