Cliff Pond Fishing Spot
- County: Barnstable - Brewster, MA
- Acreage: 204
- Mean Depth: 28'
- Max Depth: 88'
- Elevation: 20'
- Last Modified By: vinny60 on 09/27/09 01:34 PM
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Cliff Pond is the most heavily stocked trout water on Cape Cod and is stocked in the spring and fall with brook, brown and rainbow trout. Broodstock Atlantic salmon are stocked in the early winter and in the spring. It regularly produces large holdover trout, especially browns and rainbows. During the summer and early fall, trout will be located at depths of 30 to 40 feet, but for the rest of the year they can be found at almost any depth. Try trolling for them with smelt streamers or small, narrow spoons and spinners. This pond has produced some huge trout. The largest one found in our records was a 32 inch,
19.5 pound brown trout recovered dead in 1954. The pond has also given up a world record American eel (8 pounds, 9 ounces, 46 inches long and 10.5 inches in girth) caught here in 1992. Although the salmonids are the main attraction at this pond some decent sized smallmouth bass are waiting to be caught. Other nearby ponds within Nickerson State Park include Flax Pond, Little Cliff Pond and Higgins Ponds. Bakers Pond in Orleans and Sheep Pond in Brewster are also nearby.
Cliff Pond Baits and Tackle
Soft Baits Check Prices
- Dropshot
- 3 Keepers:
3.20lbs
2lbs
1lb - 33" was my other keeper
And 4 Schoolies between 25"-15"
Other Check Prices
- hot dog
Crankbait Check Prices
Stick Bait Check Prices
- Jerk Bait
Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices
- tandem willow spinner baits, mostly chartruse and lime.
and the 6" pumkin stick worms - 1st was 1-1/2lbs
2nd was 1lb
In-Line Spinner Check Prices
- 1/6oz Rooster Tail
1st - 12in
2nd -12 1/4in
4th - 12 1/2in - 1/6oz Rooster Tail
- one 11-1/2in and one 14.5in 1lb 6oz
Worm Check Prices
- 4" senko
- drop shot senko
- 4" YUM Dingers, Watermelon/Gold Flake
- AKA Black Magic
- Long, thin, green worms worked amazingly well
Craw Check Prices
- Our Bag was:
Paul's 3.85lber, 3-1/2lber, one a little over 2lbs, and my 3-1/2lber
Tube Check Prices
- 3 for 7.99lbs
One was about 2lbs, One about 3lbs, and my Lunker of the day was 3lbs 1oz
Soft Swimbait Check Prices
- on a Boag Hog Stand-Up Head
Bass Jig Check Prices
Minnow Check Prices
Cliff Pond Description
Cliff Pond is a 204 acre natural kettlehole pond with a maximum depth of 88 feet and an average depth of 28 feet. The pond gets its name from the cliffs surrounding the pond. Transparency is exceptional, extending to 23 feet, and aquatic vegetation is scant. The 2.6 miles of shoreline are undeveloped and wooded and protected within Nickerson State Park. The pond is heavily used by boaters during the summer months. The bottom is primarily sand with mud in the deeper areas.