Snipatuit Pond Fishing Spot

• Acreage: 710
• Public Fishing: Yes
• Mean Depth: 5'
• Max Depth: 6'
• Elevation: 51'
• Website: http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/maps/ponds/pdf/dfwsnipa.pdf
• Last Modified By: edbote110 on 03/22/15 12:07 AM
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Snipatuit Pond is a 710-acre natural warmwater pond that forms the headwaters of the Mattapoisett River. The pond is shallow and fairly uniform in depth, average depth is five feet and maximum depth is only six feet. The water is tea stained by the surrounding wetlands and transparency is only two and a half feet. It is connected with Great Quitticas Pond by Snipatuit Brook, which can flow either way depending on water levels. The bottom is predominantly mud. The pond is bordered in most areas by a wide border of rushes and pickerel weed and aquatic vegetation is in scattered patches in open water areas. The 5.6 miles of shoreline are moderately developed with houses, a road and cranberry bogs. Long Pond (also known as Black Pond) is connected to the pond on the southeast side. There are three islands (Gull, High Bush and Low Bush) in the pond. Access: Snipatuit Pond is located about five miles west of the intersection of Routes 495, 195 and Route 28. It can be reached from Route 195 by taking Route 105 north and taking either Hartley Road or North Avenue to Neck Road. Neck Road cuts through the north end of the pond. Access is provided by the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife through the George E. Wood Memorial Fishermen's Access Ramp (Latitude: 41.78538 N Longitude: 70.85905 W). The ramp is an unimproved ramp with limited parking located off Neck Road. Shoreline access is limited to the area of the pond bordering Neck Road. Fee access can also be obtained through a private cranberry company ramp on Long Pond. Fish Populations: The general fish population was most recently studied during a 1978 summer survey. Nine species were collected: chain pickerel, largemouth bass, yellow perch, pumpkinseed, black crappie, golden shiner, brown bullhead, white sucker and alewife (sea-run). The most abundant gamefish is the chain pickerel and the most abundant panfish is the yellow perch. Northern pike are also present in the population today. A June 1991 bass survey reported numerous largemouth bass in the 3 to 6 pound range as well as some decent sized black crappie.

Snipatuit Pond offers good fishing for a variety of warmwater fish species. Abundant forage is present during the summer in the form of young-of-the year herring which leads to excellent growth rates for predatory fish in the pond. The chain pickerel and largemouth bass populations are healthy and fast growing. Yellow perch fishing should be excellent year round, as these fish are abundant and of good average size. Northern pike offer an added attraction in this pond and should currently have individual fish approaching 20 pounds or more (legal size is 28 inches).

Snipatuit Pond is a shallow 710-acre (2.9 km2) warm water pond in Rochester, Massachusetts. The average depth is five feet and the maximum depth is six feet, except for one very small nine foot hole near the pump station on the west shore. The pond is the headwaters of the Mattapoisett River. The inflow comes from two sources: Cedar Swamp, which is located to the northeast, and Long Pond, which is connected to Snipatuit Pond and located to the southeast. The water quality is impaired due to toxic metals. The boat access to the pond is a dirt ramp with limited parking located off Neck Road. Shoreline access is limited to the area east of the pond bordering Neck Road.