Fishing near Berkley in Bristol County, MA

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  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Burbot, Dolly Varden, Arctic Char, Other (Saltwater), Bluegill
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 232
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8/1/15 - Taunton River near Berkley

8/1/15 - Taunton River

2lb 13oz Taunton River Largemouth
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8/8/15 - Taunton River TOC near Berkley

8/8/15 - Taunton River TOC

Co-Angler Lunker & 4th Place @ 3.44lbs
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8/1/15 - Taunton River near Berkley

8/1/15 - Taunton River

Nice 4-1/2lb Fatty From the Taunton River
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first pond near Berkley

first pond

If your looking at the map this is the upper most pond
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middle pond  near Berkley

middle pond

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middle pond near Berkley

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Top Fishing Spots near Berkley

Assonet River
Assonet River

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Segregansett River
Segregansett River

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Cotley River
Cotley River

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 2
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Old Brickyard
Old Brickyard

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# Reviews: 2
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Deep Pond
Deep Pond

Avg. Rating: 4.333
# Reviews: 3
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Lake Rico
Lake Rico

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# Reviews: 5
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Berkley Area Fish Species

Recent Berkley Fishing Reports

8/8/15 - MA B.A.S.S. Nation Pro-AM TOC @ Taunton River Fishing Report Aug 12, 2015

8/8/15 - MA B.A.S.S. Nation Pro-AM TOC @ Taunton River

Taunton River - Taunton, MA -

TOC day, and not much was different on the water except the timing of the tides. I was paired with boater Jay, who I've fished with before. Jay fi...

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8/1/15 - Taunton River Prefishing Fishing Report Aug 11, 2015

8/1/15 - Taunton River Prefishing

Taunton River - Taunton, MA -

This the location for the BASS Nation TOC this year. I have never been, nevermind even thought of this place for a fishing location. Regardless I'...

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All Set With The Girl And The Kids, Rather Be Fishin Fishing Report Sep 04, 2010

All Set With The Girl And The Kids, Rather Be Fishin

The Brickyards -

Saturdays and Sundays are the only days I get to fish and hang out with My Buddy Weston I'll be dam if Im staying home with the kids and the girl!...

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best day yet at Big Bear Hole Pond Fishing Report Jun 16, 2010

best day yet at Big Bear Hole Pond

Big Bear Hole Pond, MA -

man, what a day I had today - I got to the water(Massasoit State Park) about 9:30am, and fished for 2 hours, till about 11:30, before my bad back made...

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Father & Son Fishing Fishing Report Jul 10, 2010

Father & Son Fishing

Massasoit State Park -

Went out today with the sole purpose that my son catch his first Largemouth Bass on artificial lures. Our destination took us to Massasoit State Park,...

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Largemouth Bass Fishing Report Jul 01, 2010

Largemouth Bass

Massasoit State Park, MA -

Fishing offshore at Big Bearhole Pond in Massasoit State Park. ...

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Baits and Tackle used near Berkley

Check Prices

  • Watermelon red/gold flake Texas
  • basspro lazer eye nitro ,light blue/ white underneath
  • Worm
  • shiners
  • Standard BPS Red/White 3" Popper and a purple/black spinner bait
  • Burning a Manns wake bait over weeds produced bites on every other cast.
  • black worm
  • just casst
  • sexy shad lipless crank
  • A grits based, molasses flavored pack bait with a corn pop pick up

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Shiners on a bobber
  • Used some Medium Shinners
  • Used live bait and also sanko.
  • Clam Bellies wrapped with my secret no-fail strategy - I've yet to lose bait!
  • Shiner one foot below float.
  • live shiners, 5-6 inches long
  • pogie chunk
  • porgy
  • live linning pogies
  • sandworms

Creature Check Prices

  • Flipping a laydown
  • Berkley 4.5in Pit Boss Green Pumpkin
  • Black and Blue as usual
  • 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
  • HIT IT ON A PALM TREE MADE BY KINAMI BAITS
  • using Kinami's Palm tree green pumpkin green weedless no weight
  • 4in beaver bait black and blue
    1oz tungsten
  • Gary Yamomoto Kreature, red and black, or green with black specks...on the top, twitched through the weeds, slime, or open water. Sometimes I let it sink to the bottom and twitch it slightly. The one that got away was of course, huge. I'm bummin'.
  • GY Kreature bait, green with specks., see picture

Tube Check Prices

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

Minnow Check Prices

  • Used a live shiner to see what I would catch since I haven't had much luck with my artificial tackle.
  • live shiners and senkos
  • mumpers
  • Caught by a friend on a shiner.
  • live shiners medium size
  • Large (heavies) shiners
  • menhaden
  • Live, Medium sized silver side shiners.
  • Shiners
  • 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
  • same as bass bait
  • top water popper minnow orange bottom red mouth blue top
  • Rapala Poppers
  • Heddon flourescent baby torpedo. Jitter, pop, and play dead.
  • BLACK JITTERBUG, STICK BAITS
  • 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

Lizard Check Prices

  • Plastic Yum salamander. Rigged weedless.

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • 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)
  • 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
  • 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
  • pearl-colored Zoom Super Fluke, 8# Berkley 100% fluorocarbon line, Diawa spinning gear
  • Shad colored 5" Senko
  • Sluggo
  • rapala jerkbait bass colored suspended 4-5 ft

Saltwater Swimbait Check Prices

  • 4 INCH SHAD

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • 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
  • 3 largemouth bass & 1 chain pickerel on a white 3/8oz Bass Pro Shops Lazer Eye double-willow spinnerbait
  • 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
  • neon green spinner bait
  • neon green spinner bait from bass pro in clearance bin
  • 3/8 oz chartreuse spinnerbait w/ 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.
  • white 3/8oz Bass Pro Shops lazer Eye spinnerbait, nickel dual willow blades
  • 1/4oz chartreuse spinnerbait w/ #4 nickel colorado blade

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • 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
  • chartreuse SnagProof frog
  • largemouth caught on Sizmic Toad in pumpkin green w/ red flake, chain pickerel on silver/yellow Mepps spinner
  • green scum frog

    yammamotto black/chart. flex senko 5inch worm weightless texas rigged
  • Strike King Rage Tail (Rage Toad).
  • Strike King Rage Toad
  • green scum frog
  • Weedless Topwater Frog
  • Used Zoom Horny Toad watermelon color and Senko watermelon seed

Squid Check Prices

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

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • A pair of 12in on the jerkbait
  • Jerkbait
  • A pair of 7in on a jerkbait
  • I got the lure at Dick's on the sale end cap. I forget the brand.
  • a lot of plastic worms work out.
  • I used a small colorful jerkbait to catch two and a double drop shot with white Berkley grubs for the other two.
  • 4" huskey jerk bait greenw/orange bottom
  • 4in senkos in various colors
  • Lucky Craft Pointer 100 Golden Shiner pattern.
  • I was using a green pumpkin/watermelon senko

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • silver/red inline spinner

    white/red spot jerk bait
  • Mix of Mepps, Blue Fox spinners, variety of colors, mostly gold based
  • Mepps #1 Silver with a white foxtail
  • Mepps #1 Gold with Brown Foxtail
  • All in between 6 an 10 inches
  • My First Ever Pike and was only 6 inches, lol
  • Panther Martin spinner
  • 7 and 8 inches
  • 1/6oz Rooster Tail
  • Mepps inline spinner #0 in silver. Was trying for trout.

Dry Fly Check Prices

Worm Check Prices

  • Watermelon colored SENKO worm, texas rigged with a small weight
  • 5" watermelon red/black flake Strike King Shim-E-Stick, rigged weightless tex-posed, 4" Yamamoto Senko, watermelon red/black/green flake, wacky-rigged
  • Strike King Shim-E-Stick(Senko) in watermelon, black/red flake
  • 10 inch
  • 0range floating
  • Berkeley powerbait
  • Berkley power bait
  • Yamasenko Watermelon Tube Worm
  • Two 1-3/4lbers, Three 1-1/2lbs, and a 1lber

    Worms. Spinnerbait, and one on a rage frog
  • black/chart flake senko
    yellow/green spinner
    bass pro 4.5 inch cut tail worm pumpkin seed

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.
  • 6" Black Powerbait worm on a weighted Jig head

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.
  • Jerk bait, slash bait, jig, crankbait, rat-l-trap
  • A mix of 6" to 1lb
  • 2 keepers: 2lber, and 1lb 5oz
    2 shorts, and 2 lost
  • Swimbait, Spinnerbait, Shakey Head.

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • 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
  • Two 11-3/4", one 11-1/2", one 11-1/4"
  • Worm, and Spinnerbait

    1.48lbs, and three 1lbers

    4 shorts
  • 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
  • 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
  • We used a variety of dark-colored soft plastics
  • Shakey Head
    The 2 bass I caught that counted toward our limit were:
    1lb 9oz, and 1lb 4oz
    8 other Bass between 13in and 10in

Saltwater Spoon Check Prices

Craw Check Prices

  • yamamoto watermelon crawdad
  • 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
  • strike king red craw texas rigged

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

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • zoom bass love em super fluke
  • Black senko worm
  • Black senko rubber worm
  • GOOD OLD SENKO
  • 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

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • I used Rapala Jointed Baby Bass 2".
  • Baby Bass Rapala Dive To Bait
  • Once again 2" Rapala Baby Bass Jointed Swimbait
  • Rapala Jerkbait
  • Yozuri floating minnow. About 4-5 inches in length, gold color.
  • 7" and 9" slammers in perch and rainbow trout
  • Rapala Baby Bass Jointed swimbait
  • 7" dark trout 2x ms slammer

Jigs Check Prices

  • Snap Rap#6 from rapala.

Crankbait Check Prices

  • 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
  • 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.
  • Bomber 4A
  • My Limit was:
    2.27lbs
    1-3/4lbs
    1lb 10oz
    Two 1-1/2lbers

  • kevin van damn sexy chad, silver/black shiner with red accent and center mass bearings crankbaits
  • caught the smallest on spinerbait and the rest on a crankbait
  • shallow diver with sunfish pattern
  • using an excalibur rayburn red crankbait

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
  • 3/4lb on Jig
    two 10 inchers on drop shot
  • Bitsy Bug- black and blue with a black and blue crazy leg craw trailer
  • flipping rubber craws with a 1 oz weight
  • Throwing a sweet beaver pegged with a 3/8 oz threw the mats and caught a pickerel and ripped the beaver to shred's.
  • 1/4 non-lead jig head, dark blue (almost black) with bright blue flake, and a ZOOM blue flake frog trailer.
  • Hooked up but lot fish on KVD swim jig, dad caught one on strike king spinnerbait.
  • SENKO / GREEN/WHITE
    BROWN/PINK
    NO WIEGHT
    8 POND LINE

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • Berkley chartreuse and orange wiggly tail rigged texas style.
  • 5" and 6" Senko

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • regular silver spoon
  • Al's goldfish (cooper 3/16 oz)
  • "5 of Diamonds" Eppinger Dardevle

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • fish on the bottom water is hot and deep
  • Night crawler on a #8 hook
  • one huge cold nightcrawler
  • i just cast it in and let the bober plot down the littel river
  • 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
  • Just worms nothing special.
  • small bits on small hook dipped into the water from the bridge.
  • Live night crawler on a drop shot.

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.
  • Sexy Shad, White belly & blue back
  • We each culled one Bass - My was a 12"3/4lb, Vinny's was 1lb

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • medium speed
  • Red and white daredevil

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • zara spoof

Blade Bait Check Prices

Grub Check Prices

  • 2in. chartreuse colored w/ black spots grub (texas rigged).
  • Caught the little one on a black grub. The decent one took a live sunfish.
  • Berkley white grub with a tail.
  • Berkley Grub drenched in Berkley Gulp Alive fish attractant.
  • Used double drop shot with 1" white Berkley Power Bait rage tail grubs.
  • Swimming a 3' grub on a 1/4 oz. jighead through some lily pads.

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • 2" soft plastic crawfish jig with #1 spinner
  • Drifting the jig in 6-10 feet of water

Other Check Prices

  • Black Spinner Bait


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  • Shiners, senkos, plastic salamander.
  • uncle joshs dough carp bait. its ground corn, corn syrup, and something else i dont remember.
  • same bait, dough bait
  • Bottom rigging by the bridges left pillar
  • Just bread balls
  • Pink Powerbait nuggets
  • porgy snagger
  • Powerbait
  • 6" slug-o's (perch and Salt & Pepper. Worked and worked over the rocks and weed beds

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