Fishing near Acushnet in Bristol County, MA

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  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Burbot, Dolly Varden, Arctic Char, Other (Saltwater), Scup (Porgy)
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 193
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Top Fishing Spots near Acushnet

New Bedford Reservoir
New Bedford Reservoir

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Acushnet River
Acushnet River

Avg. Rating: 3.5
# Reviews: 4
Views: 5818

Victoria Street Pond
Victoria Street Pond

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Snipatuit Pond
Snipatuit Pond

Avg. Rating: 3.5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 9576

Turner Pond
Turner Pond

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Turners Pond
Turners Pond

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Acushnet Area Fish Species

Recent Acushnet Fishing Reports

Lake Street Mumpers Fishing Report Oct 24, 2011

Lake Street Mumpers

Lake Street -

Took Lil' B to Lake Street (Acushnet) former New Bedford reservior late Saturday afternoon. ZZZZZ... caught 2 small sunfish on worms, and then a ...

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Lake Street Fishing Report Aug 30, 2013

Lake Street

Acushnet, Ma. -

Took a trip fishing with my son. Overall turned out to be a great day! Went to Lake Street in Acushnet, Ma. ...

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Lake St Canoe Trip Fishing Report Aug 28, 2015

Lake St Canoe Trip

Got out early just before sunrise. Paddled north along the western shore. Stopped to fish the edges of the lily pad beds and picked up a nice largem...

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after work soother Fishing Report Aug 27, 2009

after work soother

victoria street pond -

went to the pond I used to go to with my dad. had a couple of bites, and saw some bass follow my bait, but landed no fish....

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"what the heck is that" Fishing Report Aug 12, 2016

"what the heck is that"

Snows Pond -

Was fishing Snows Pond in S MA last weekend with family and friends which we do once per year. Have for many years. I've caught a few hundred LM...

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Fishin' the Hard Water Fishing Report Feb 22, 2011

Fishin' the Hard Water

Black Pond aka Long Pond, Rochester -

a very productive day in the early part of Jan. caught over 10 fish, all pickerel. had a breakoff though. something of size. really couldn't gain ...

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Baits and Tackle used near Acushnet

Check Prices

  • Watermelon red/gold flake Texas
  • basspro lazer eye nitro ,light blue/ white underneath
  • Ultra light mitchell spidercast reel combo 4lb test, fun fun fun. when the bass aren't hitting
  • frogs
  • We used live shiners, 3-4 inch, and any lure you can think of. They crush anything at this place...HUNGRY fish...
  • i used pogy
  • Worm
  • You can use just about any lures here, as we've had luck with all of em. Also, Nightcrawlers and shiners work good.
  • Rubber worm Wacky Style
  • black and red spinner dual spoons and trailer hook low and slow in the weeds

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Used some Medium Shinners
  • Shiners on a bobber
  • sandworms
  • Used live bait and also sanko.
  • eels on the bottom
  • Clam Bellies wrapped with my secret no-fail strategy - I've yet to lose bait!
  • green crabs
  • greencrabs
  • live linning pogies
  • Shiner one foot below float.

Creature Check Prices

  • Flipping a laydown
  • You already know
  • 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
  • using Kinami's Palm tree green pumpkin green weedless no weight
  • Green pumpkin Brush Hog
    5" wacky rigged green pumpkin stick bait (senko knockoff)
  • Berkley 4.5in Pit Boss Green Pumpkin
  • Green Pumpkin Brush Hog
  • Strike King KVD Bluegill Swim Jig

Tube Check Prices

  • texas rigged

Minnow Check Prices

  • mumpers
  • Large (heavies) shiners
  • shiners hooked behind the dorsal fin with a #2 circle hook on about 30in. leader of 20# flurocarbon.
  • live shiners and senkos
  • Used a live shiner to see what I would catch since I haven't had much luck with my artificial tackle.
  • Shiners, 3-4 inch
  • live shiners medium size
  • Shiner live lining.
  • Live minnow under a float
  • We used shiners, white worms, spoons, and night crawlers

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • 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
  • BLACK JITTERBUG, STICK BAITS
  • same as bass bait
  • top water popper minnow orange bottom red mouth blue top
  • pulled a hula popper from shore into the water, got him 2 feet from shore.
  • throwing floating minnow under the docks along shore, pulling crappies and pickerel, 1 good size bass, 2+lbs but he got off the hook.
  • Topwater pencil bait, shoots down about 1-2 feet when you yank it, then pops back up to the surface.
  • Pencil bait, same as other
  • Rapala Poppers
  • Heddon flourescent baby torpedo. Jitter, pop, and play dead.

Lizard Check Prices

  • slow dragged threw beds

    also got 1 ona hard jerkbait and it turned out to be a smallie
  • Plastic Yum salamander. Rigged weedless.

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • pearl-colored Zoom Super Fluke, 8# Berkley 100% fluorocarbon line, Diawa spinning gear
  • Shad colored 5" Senko
  • 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)
  • 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
  • 5" baby bass Senko - caught 2 chain pickerel and one largemouth bass
  • 6" Senko (see pic for color)
    Rapala Floating Minnow
  • berkley slug baby bass color
  • rapala jerkbait bass colored suspended 4-5 ft

Saltwater Swimbait Check Prices

  • 4 INCH SHAD

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • 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
  • chartreuse 3/8 oz spinnerbait/w tandem chartreuse willowleaf blades. a chrome silver excalibur lipless crankbait. a heddon black bullfrog "crazy crawler". and strike king rage tail crawfish in dirty craw color.
  • 3 largemouth bass & 1 chain pickerel on a white 3/8oz Bass Pro Shops Lazer Eye double-willow spinnerbait
  • caught 7 pickerel and 5 largemouth bass on the following lures: willow/colorado spinnerbait, Zoom Fluke in pearl, Strike King Shim-E-Stick in watermelon green/red flake, and a Stanley Ribbit frog
  • wife catches bass #1 on 1/4oz colorado Booyah 'blue glimmer' spinnerbait, I got bass #2 on white 3/8oz BPS double willow spinnerbait
  • 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

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • 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
  • green scum frog
  • green scum frog

    yammamotto black/chart. flex senko 5inch worm weightless texas rigged
  • chartreuse SnagProof frog
  • Strike King Rage Tail (Rage Toad).
  • Paycheck Baits "Transporter
  • Strike King Rage Toad

Squid Check Prices

  • i used squid,surf clams, and sea/sandworms. had luck with all three baits

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • 4" huskey jerk bait greenw/orange bottom
  • Ima Flit 100 Chartreuse Shad
  • 4in senkos in various colors
  • Lucky Craft Pointer 100 Golden Shiner pattern.
  • A pair of 12in on the jerkbait
  • Jerkbait
  • A pair of 7in on a jerkbait
  • rapala xrap smallest size black silver...jerk pause retreive....
  • I got the lure at Dick's on the sale end cap. I forget the brand.

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • 1/6oz Rooster Tail
  • Mepps #1 Silver with a white foxtail
  • Mix of Mepps, Blue Fox spinners, variety of colors, mostly gold based
  • silver/red inline spinner

    white/red spot jerk bait
  • Panther Martin rainbow trout inline spinner #1
  • All in between 6 an 10 inches
  • Trolling or tossing in-line spinners. Powerbait mello's
  • Joes fly
  • My First Ever Pike and was only 6 inches, lol
  • 7 and 8 inches

Dry Fly Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • Strike King Shim-E-Stick(like a Senko) in watermelon green with black/red flake
  • Yamasenko Watermelon Tube Worm
  • Strike King Shim-E-Stick(Senko) in watermelon, black/red flake
  • 5" watermelon red/black flake Strike King Shim-E-Stick, rigged weightless tex-posed, 4" Yamamoto Senko, watermelon red/black/green flake, wacky-rigged
  • Watermelon colored SENKO worm, texas rigged with a small weight
  • brown senko with chartuese tail
  • Berkeley powerbait
  • Berkley power bait
  • caught on a senko while fishing for bass
  • My Smallie was 1-1/4lb
    Vinny's was 1lb

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.
  • 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.

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Used an assortment of hard and soft baits. Spinnerbaits work really well.
  • We keep 5 Bass total
    My three were 2.79lbs, and two 1-1/2lbers. Paul had a 1lb 14oz, and 1-1/2lber
  • Two 4lbers, a 3-1/2lber, two 2-1/2lbers.
  • Swimbait, Spinnerbait, Shakey Head.
  • 2 keepers: 2lber, and 1lb 5oz
    2 shorts, and 2 lost
  • A mix of 6" to 1lb

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
  • Our 5 fish limit was
    2-1/4lbs (Fred)
    1lb 5oz (Fred)
    1lb 2oz (Me)
    two 1lb 1oz (Me)

    Many other between 3-/4 to 1lb
  • Shakey Head, and Drop Shot
    My Keepers were:
    4lb 5oz
    1-1/2lbs
    Two 1lbers

    Paul had 3lber, 1-1/4lbs, a couple 1lbers
  • My 2 Clones, Paul had 2 just like mine, and the biggest of our limit was 2.78lbs
  • 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
  • 3 healthy Pickerel
  • Paul had a 3.90lb, 2-3/4lber, 2lber, 1-3/4lber, and two 1lbers

    I had a 1-1/2lber, and a 1lber
  • 3 shorts

Saltwater Spoon Check Prices

Craw Check Prices

  • 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
  • strike king red craw texas rigged

    blue fox inline spinner yellow/green color

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
  • GOOD OLD SENKO
  • Black senko worm
  • Black senko rubber worm

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • I used Rapala Jointed Baby Bass 2".
  • Rapala Baby Bass Jointed swimbait
  • 7" dark trout 2x ms slammer
  • yo-zuri crystal minnow
  • Baby Bass Rapala Dive To Bait
  • 7" dark trout 2x slammer
  • Ms Slammers and 3:16 baby wakes in Rainbow trout colors
  • Once again 2" Rapala Baby Bass Jointed Swimbait
  • 7" and 9" slammers in perch and rainbow trout
  • Rapala Jerkbait

Jigs Check Prices

  • Snap Rap#6 from rapala.

Crankbait Check Prices

  • 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.
  • kevin van damn sexy chad, silver/black shiner with red accent and center mass bearings crankbaits
  • 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
  • My Limit was:
    2.27lbs
    1-3/4lbs
    1lb 10oz
    Two 1-1/2lbers

  • caught the smallest on spinerbait and the rest on a crankbait
  • Zoom salamander
    Sunfish crank bait
  • shallow shad rap
  • Bluegill colored square bill from Strike King

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
  • SENKO / GREEN/WHITE
    BROWN/PINK
    NO WIEGHT
    8 POND LINE
  • Throwing a sweet beaver pegged with a 3/8 oz threw the mats and caught a pickerel and ripped the beaver to shred's.
  • Jigs in shoreline cover did 95% of the damage
  • 1/2 Oz Brownish/Greenish football jig w/Green Pumpkin Chigger Chunk trailer
  • 3/4lb on Jig
    two 10 inchers on drop shot
  • 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

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • Northland minnow
  • Berkley chartreuse and orange wiggly tail rigged texas style.

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Night crawler on a #8 hook
  • fish on the bottom water is hot and deep
  • just put a nightcarwler on there and drop nit in ull have a bass as soon as u look blink
  • cast it to the side near the littel pump house but farther out
  • i just cast it in and let the bober plot down the littel river
  • Just worms nothing special.

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.
  • We each culled one Bass - My was a 12"3/4lb, Vinny's was 1lb

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • Red and white daredevil
  • medium speed

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • zara spoof

Blade Bait Check Prices

Grub Check Prices

  • 2in. chartreuse colored w/ black spots grub (texas rigged).
  • Swimming a 3' grub on a 1/4 oz. jighead through some lily pads.

Live Baits Check Prices

  • squid/ clam/ mackerel typically

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • 2" soft plastic crawfish jig with #1 spinner

Other Check Prices

  • 6" slug-o's (perch and Salt & Pepper. Worked and worked over the rocks and weed beds
  • Bottom rigging by the bridges left pillar
  • Green Pumpkin Spanky worm
    (Lunker City)
  • chartruse power bait
  • yellow and Pink Power Bait caught fish with Yellow oin a #12 treble hook being the best.
  • Black Spinner Bait


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  • Rainbow Power Bait
  • uncle joshs dough carp bait. its ground corn, corn syrup, and something else i dont remember.
  • same bait, dough bait
  • Shiners, senkos, plastic salamander.

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