Fishing near Westport in Bristol County, MA

3.61 Rating based on 158 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Chain Pickerel, Calico Bass(Black Crappie), Scup (Porgy), Smallmouth Bass
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 109
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 200
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fishing at gooseberry neck/island near Westport

fishing at gooseberry neck/island

here's a pic of my step-dad fishing at gooseberry neck island
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spot 3  near Westport

spot 3

walked further up the beach towards the parking lot.
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4.5 lbs with me near Westport

4.5 lbs with me

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4.5 Pounder Mouth near Westport

4.5 Pounder Mouth

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4.5 Poundah near Westport

4.5 Poundah

Pissed off after casting near bed...
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2'nd spot near Westport

2'nd spot

walked up the beach a little ways towards the parking lot
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Top Fishing Spots near Westport

Quicksand Pond
Quicksand Pond

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
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Gooseberry Neck/island
Gooseberry Neck/island

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Sawdy Pond
Sawdy Pond

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 1
Views: 6717

Cedar Dell Lake
Cedar Dell Lake

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
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Noquochoke Lake
Noquochoke Lake

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# Reviews:
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Apponagansett Bay
Apponagansett Bay

Avg. Rating: 3.333
# Reviews: 3
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Westport Area Fish Species

Recent Westport Fishing Reports

fishing night Fishing Report Aug 25, 2009

fishing night

rt 88 wesport ma bridge before horseneck -

heard that there were good sized stripers and blues here so im going to try it out.

so i went and had a lot of bites it was low tide coming i...

Avg. Rating: 3
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What a day - Honey Hole Fishing Report Apr 30, 2012

What a day - Honey Hole

Bristol County -

All I have to say is WOW. Don't ever underestimate the size of a lake or pond. There are usually going to be bass of good size in places where peo...

Avg. Rating: 5
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Gooseberry neck/island Fishing Report Sep 05, 2009

Gooseberry neck/island

wesport,MA -

went fishing this morning at gooseberry neck/island, had a great time!! baits used were green crabs, and sea worms. fish caught are as follows:
22...

Avg. Rating: 4
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sawdy with kevin Fishing Report May 18, 2008

sawdy with kevin

sawdy pond Tiverton RI, 02878 -

worked top water early, nothing,pickerals were ferociuos,switched to a 6 inch blue spec worm, small mouth- 1.2 lbs to 3lbs, shallow shad rap got hot ...

Avg. Rating: 3
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sawdy in the afternoon Fishing Report May 21, 2009

sawdy in the afternoon

sawdy pond -

sawdy pond tuesday around 4:30 till 7:45 , very rough weather, wind, got 5 bass , 4 largemouth, 1 smally, mostly hitting shallow shad rap, crankbaits,...

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Forge Pond  Fishing Report Aug 28, 2013

Forge Pond

Westport , Ma. -

Took a couple hour trip to a little pond out in Westport Ma... with my buddy Richie. Was getting a few bites but nothing major... ended up coming away...

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Baits and Tackle used near Westport

Check Prices

  • i used pogy
  • basspro lazer eye nitro ,light blue/ white underneath
  • Watermelon red/gold flake Texas
  • Crank bait, surface poppers

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • green crabs
  • greencrabs
  • sandworms
  • Shiners on a bobber
  • Clam Bellies wrapped with my secret no-fail strategy - I've yet to lose bait!
  • Used some Medium Shinners
  • live linning pogies
  • pogie chunk
  • Used live bait and also sanko.
  • porgy

Creature Check Prices

  • using Kinami's Palm tree green pumpkin green weedless no weight
  • HIT IT ON A PALM TREE MADE BY KINAMI BAITS
  • palm tree red skirt black trunck
  • baby brush hog (green pumpkin green 1/8 oz bullet head sinker

    palm tree green pumpkin green weight-less
  • Flipping a laydown

Tube Check Prices

  • texas rigged
  • 8 lb line
    weightless
    3/0 hook

Minnow Check Prices

  • mumpers
  • live shiners medium size
  • menhaden
  • live shiners and senkos
  • Large (heavies) shiners

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • BLACK JITTERBUG, STICK BAITS
  • Pencil bait, same as other
  • Topwater pencil bait, shoots down about 1-2 feet when you yank it, then pops back up to the surface.
  • I only used topwater frogs, black buzz and some weedless ones that I picked up at bass pro. The 22" was cought on a light green weedless frog. One day I'll buy a scale...
  • 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

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • pearl-colored Zoom Super Fluke, 8# Berkley 100% fluorocarbon line, Diawa spinning gear
  • 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)
  • 6" watermelon black red flake-colored Gary Yamamoto Senko, rigged weightless, Tex-posed, on a 4/0 Eagle Claw extra-wide gap hook
  • Mann's Shadow
  • 5" baby bass Senko - caught 2 chain pickerel and one largemouth bass
  • 6" Senko (see pic for color)
    Rapala Floating Minnow
  • Shad colored 5" Senko

Saltwater Swimbait Check Prices

  • 4 INCH SHAD

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • White Spinner bait with a white Double Tailed Grub trailer
  • All 10 between 1lb - 1-14lb culled or didn't make the cut
  • Mostly between 3lbs-4lbs
  • Spinnerbait
    Limit consisted of:
    2lb 5oz
    2lb 4oz
    1lb 15oz
    1-1/2lbs
    1lb 6oz
  • yellow spinner colorado blade silver
  • white/ chart. spinner 3/8 oz for the largemouth..
  • 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

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • green scum frog
  • green scum frog

    yammamotto black/chart. flex senko 5inch worm weightless texas rigged
  • largemouth caught on Sizmic Toad in pumpkin green w/ red flake, chain pickerel on silver/yellow Mepps spinner
  • Brown and White Soft plastic swim frog, texas rigged with a 3/16 ounce red colored weight and red plastic ball. StrikeKing Baits
  • Stanley Ribbit

Squid Check Prices

  • i used squid,surf clams, and sea/sandworms. had luck with all three baits
  • 5oz bucktail for weight and a trailer bounced on the bottom

Stick Bait Check Prices

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • silver/red inline spinner

    white/red spot jerk bait

Worm Check Prices

  • Texas rigged 4" watermelon colored worm with a medium action ugly stick.
  • senko worm brown
    topwater popper
  • My Smallie was 1-1/4lb
    Vinny's was 1lb
  • Watermelon Red flake rigged weed less, casted right by the lily pads
  • Shakey Head
  • 1st was 13oz
    2nd was 1lb 10oz
  • Senko
    1st Bass 1lb 15oz
    2nd Bass 14oz
  • caught it on a greenish senko
  • brown senko with chartuese tail
  • caught on a senko while fishing for bass

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.
  • cocahoe medium speed

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Two 4lbers, a 3-1/2lber, two 2-1/2lbers.
  • We keep 5 Bass total
    My three were 2.79lbs, and two 1-1/2lbers. Paul had a 1lb 14oz, and 1-1/2lber
  • Used an assortment of hard and soft baits. Spinnerbaits work really well.

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Two 11-3/4", one 11-1/2", one 11-1/4"
  • My 4 keepers were 4.77lbs
    Three 1-1/4lbers, and One 1lber

    Also 2 shorts
  • 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

Saltwater Spoon Check Prices

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

Craw Check Prices

  • strike king red craw texas rigged

    blue fox inline spinner yellow/green color
  • 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
  • yamamoto watermelon crawdad
  • weightless and 3/0 gamakatsu hook, slow retrieve, skipping under branches and trees, shallow water

Saltwater Fly Check Prices

  • deceivers,silversides,sand eel paterns

Jigs Check Prices

  • Snap Rap#6 from rapala.

Crankbait Check Prices

  • shallow shad rap
  • Zoom salamander
    Sunfish crank bait
  • Bluegill colored square bill from Strike King
  • Catching them on the bluegill squarebill again.
  • caught the smallest on spinerbait and the rest on a crankbait
  • My Limit was:
    2.27lbs
    1-3/4lbs
    1lb 10oz
    Two 1-1/2lbers

  • And Lipless Crank
  • 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.
  • 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

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • 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

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Night crawler on a #8 hook

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.

Saltwater Baits Check Prices

  • Crabs, and Squid

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • Red and white daredevil
  • medium speed

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • zara spoof

Grub Check Prices

  • 2in. chartreuse colored w/ black spots grub (texas rigged).

Other Check Prices

  • Bottom rigging by the bridges left pillar
  • Fished pogey chunks
  • uncle joshs dough carp bait. its ground corn, corn syrup, and something else i dont remember.
  • same bait, dough bait
  • Just bread balls
  • porgy snagger

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