Snake Pond Fishing Spot
- County: Barnstable - Sandwich MA
- Acreage: 83
- Public Fishing: Yes
- Mean Depth: 18'
- Max Depth: 33'
- Website: http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/maps/ponds/pdf/dfwsnake.pdf
- Last Modified By: vinny60 on 07/24/15 06:18 PM
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Fish Species
Snake Pond Baits and Tackle
Soft Baits Check Prices
- Dropshot
- 1lb, 3/4lb, 11', and 8" on the Drop Shot, 10" on C-Rig
- Drop shot
- Keepers were:
2.77lbs
1-3/4lbs
1-1/2lbs
1-1/4lbs
One 11" short - 1st was 3.72lb Tourney Lunker
Other two were 1-1/2lbs each - Only one keeper out of the 5 I caught and in was 12" 3/4lbs
- Drop Shot
1 Keeper @ 1-3/4lbs
Four 11" range shorts - My limit was:
2.30lbs
Three 1lbers
13oz
Lure (Other) Check Prices
Other Check Prices
- Twitch twitch pause with a jerkbait
Crankbait Check Prices
- Sexy Shad, White Belly and blue back
Diving Billed Plug, White Belly grey back
Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices
- Barbie color spinnerbait cranking from out from shore line. This fish hit in about 10 ft of water had a couple of more followers but that was it. Then the winds and rain picked up and it was tuff fishing from there on in .My boater caught a nice one about 4 hrs later with a crank bait and that was it on the hits fished many of the same spots as Micahel K draging jigs and tubes not a bite. big fish of the day was 6+ large mouth and a 5+ smallie
- Mepps Agila inline spinner silver and red #1.
- Panther Martin rainbow trout inline spinner #1
Snake Pond Description
Snake Pond is an 83 acre natural kettlehole pond with an average depth of 18 feet and a maximum depth of 33 feet. The pond is fed by groundwater and the pond level reflects groundwater levels. During years with low groundwater levels, large portions of the pond shoreline areas are exposed. The pond is unstratified during the summer months and contains oxygen to within a few feet of the bottom. Transparency is excellent, extending to 22 feet, and aquatic vegetation is common, although with the exception of near-shore areas, most of it is submergent. The bottom is composed of sand and rubble. The ponds 1.6 miles of shoreline are moderately developed with houses on the northern and southeastern ends and a summer camp (Camp Good News) on the eastern shore. The town beach at the southern end of the pond is heavily used by swimmers during the summer months. Access: Access to the pond is provided by a town right-of-way to which includes an unimproved launching area suitable for light trailered craft, cartop boats and canoes. The parking lot is small and can handle approximately five vehicles. To get there, take Route 130 south from Route 6 for approximately 4.5 miles. Take a right on Snake Pond Road (Snake Pond Road is Pimlico Pond Road on the other side of Route 130). The access is on the right, just past the beach area on the south end of the pond. Fish Populations: pumpkinseeds, white perch, smallmouth bass, bluegill, white sucker, yellow perch, largemouth bass and brown bullhead and banded killifish. Chain pickerel have been reported in previous surveys.
Smallmouth bass should provide the best game fishing in this pond with some nice smallmouth up to 17 inches noted in the last survey. Largemouth bass and chain pickerel can also be caught. Panfishing should be good for pumpkinseed, white perch and bluegill. During good ice years (which have been rare on Cape Cod in recent years), the pond was long known for producing good ice fishing action.