Fishing near Bridgewater in Plymouth County, MA

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  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Burbot, Dolly Varden, Arctic Char, Chain Pickerel, Other (Saltwater)
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 240
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 999
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Skeeter Mill
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Town River
Town River

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Nemasket River
Nemasket River

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Lake Nippenicket
Lake Nippenicket

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Halifax Claybanks
Halifax Claybanks

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Robbins Pond
Robbins Pond

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Bridgewater Area Fish Species

Recent Bridgewater Fishing Reports

Carver's Pond Fishing Report Jun 04, 2016

Carver's Pond

Carver's Pond, MA -

Took the kayak fly fishing down to Carver's Pond here in Bridgewater. No wind at all early on, but by 11:00 am it was time to go. Caught tons of...

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The Snakehead that got away. Fishing Report Jul 11, 2011

The Snakehead that got away.

Bridgewater, MA -

Started fishing around 4:00pm with a buddy and had little action other than a few bites and small fish due to the heat. At around 5:30 we got into a l...

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April Vacation Adventures Fishing Report Apr 26, 2015

April Vacation Adventures

Skeeter Mill Pond, Bridgewater, MA -

Trying a new spot for me, heard there was trout here, but today I hooked into some bass....

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April Vacation Adventures Fishing Report Apr 26, 2015

April Vacation Adventures

Three Mile River, Bridgewater, MA -

I took the kayak up the Three Mile River to see what I could find. Not a whole lot of action, but a nice paddle anyway!...

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April Vacation Adventures Fishing Report Apr 26, 2015

April Vacation Adventures

Finally got into some trout. Hit this undisclosed pond twice, both times with excellent results!...

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taunton river Fishing Report Jul 18, 2008

taunton river

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taunton river fished with worms corn and bread...

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Baits and Tackle used near Bridgewater

Check Prices

  • shiners
  • just casst
  • sexy shad lipless crank
  • small largemouth, perch, pumpkin seed, Crappie
  • shiners and night crawlers
  • white rubber worm, shiners, nightcrawlers
  • pumpkin seed, perch
  • Standard BPS Red/White 3" Popper and a purple/black spinner bait
  • Watermelon red/gold flake Texas
  • Worm

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Shiner one foot below float.
  • Used live bait and also sanko.
  • cauth the 4 lb on shiner, and the others on rubber worms
  • Used some Medium Shinners
  • Fished a shiner two feet below a float.
  • Shiners on a bobber
  • live shiners, 5-6 inches long
  • Large fat night crawlers, shinners were the best but also deep crank bait
  • Clam Bellies wrapped with my secret no-fail strategy - I've yet to lose bait!
  • porgy

Creature Check Prices

  • Berkley 4.5in Pit Boss Green Pumpkin
  • Black and Blue as usual
  • 4in beaver bait black and blue
    1oz tungsten
  • squarebill crankbait and a shakeyhead rigged 4" green pit-boss.
  • Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver 4.20
    -Dirty Sanchez, and Watermelon/Red colors.
  • Flipping a laydown
  • GY Kreature bait, green with specks., see picture
  • Green Pumpkin Brush Hog
  • Strike King KVD Bluegill Swim Jig
  • Green Havoc Pit Boss on a Yum Shakeyhead Jig

Tube Check Prices

  • texas rigged
  • tube dark...

Minnow Check Prices

  • Used a live shiner to see what I would catch since I haven't had much luck with my artificial tackle.
  • We used shiners, white worms, spoons, and night crawlers
  • medium-sized shiner
  • Used mostly shiners. Caught 1 on a spinner and crank as well.
  • Caught by a friend on a shiner.
  • 3 to 4 foot of line on a pop up flag
  • Large (heavies) shiners
  • mumpers
  • shiners
  • Shiners

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • throwing floating minnow under the docks along shore, pulling crappies and pickerel, 1 good size bass, 2+lbs but he got off the hook.
  • pulled a hula popper from shore into the water, got him 2 feet from shore.
  • 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
  • top water popper minnow orange bottom red mouth blue top
  • same as bass bait
  • Rapala Poppers
  • Heddon flourescent baby torpedo. Jitter, pop, and play dead.
  • BooYah Pad Crasher Junior Frog in a Cricket Pattern
  • White Mouse
  • BooYah Pad Crasher Cricket Frog 1/4oz

Lizard Check Prices

  • Plastic Yum salamander. Rigged weedless.
  • Red/Red
  • slow dragged threw beds

    also got 1 ona hard jerkbait and it turned out to be a smallie

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • rapala jerkbait bass colored suspended 4-5 ft
  • KVD jerkbait suspended 4-5ft
  • 6" Senko (see pic for color)
    Rapala Floating Minnow
  • 5" baby bass Senko - caught 2 chain pickerel and one largemouth bass
  • 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
  • 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
  • Shad colored 5" Senko
  • Sluggo

Fly (Other) Check Prices

  • Green Popper Frog Fly

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • 1 keeper @ 1.36lbs, and 5 shorts
  • white spinner white grub trailer
  • white 3/8oz Bass Pro Shops lazer Eye spinnerbait, nickel dual willow blades
  • 3/8oz white Bass pro Shops spinnerbait w/ nickel double-willow blades
  • wife catches bass #1 on 1/4oz colorado Booyah 'blue glimmer' spinnerbait, I got bass #2 on white 3/8oz BPS double willow spinnerbait
  • 3/8 oz chartreuse spinnerbait w/ nickel colorado blade
  • 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
  • neon green spinner bait from bass pro in clearance bin
  • neon green spinner bait

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • chartreuse SnagProof frog
  • Stanley Ribbit
  • Brown and White Soft plastic swim frog, texas rigged with a 3/16 ounce red colored weight and red plastic ball. StrikeKing Baits
  • Weedless Topwater Frog
  • Used Zoom Horny Toad watermelon color and Senko watermelon seed
  • Strike King Rage Tail (Rage Toad).
  • Strike King Rage Toad
  • largemouth caught on Sizmic Toad in pumpkin green w/ red flake, chain pickerel on silver/yellow Mepps spinner
  • Frog popper with a black body and brownish yellow skirt legs
  • Even the missed hits were blasted at by the fish.

    Also caught them on a buzzbait but those hits were slurped in.

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • I got the lure at Dick's on the sale end cap. I forget the brand.
  • I used a small colorful jerkbait to catch two and a double drop shot with white Berkley grubs for the other two.
  • A pair of 12in on the jerkbait
  • Jerkbait
  • A pair of 7in on a jerkbait
  • I was using a green pumpkin/watermelon senko
  • rapala xrap smallest size black silver...jerk pause retreive....
  • small ultra lite baits

    many species of fish caught over the years; trout, salmon, largemouth bass, white perch, yellow perch, calico bass, pickerel, blue gills.
    The 100 is estimated
  • a lot of plastic worms work out.
  • Lucky Craft Pointer 100 Golden Shiner pattern.

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Mepps #1 Silver with a white foxtail
  • Mix of Mepps, Blue Fox spinners, variety of colors, mostly gold based
  • Mepps #1 Gold with Brown Foxtail
  • Mepps Agila #1 silver.
  • gold willow spoon, yellow rooster tail, glass bead clacker
  • All in between 6 an 10 inches
  • Panther Martin spinner
  • My First Ever Pike and was only 6 inches, lol
  • 7 and 8 inches
  • silver/red inline spinner

    white/red spot jerk bait

Dry Fly Check Prices

  • black and while bivisble about size 16

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • Various jigs worked along with different teasers

Worm Check Prices

  • senko early season , rats when the pads start to fill in.
  • senko - black with blue flake
  • LONG PURPLE WORM,, WILL SEE IN MY PHOTO
  • Berkley power bait
  • Berkeley powerbait
  • Two 1-3/4lbers, Three 1-1/2lbs, and a 1lber

    Worms. Spinnerbait, and one on a rage frog
  • Watermelon colored SENKO worm, texas rigged with a small weight
  • 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
  • 10 inch

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • 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.
  • Storm shad mullet color
  • 6" Black Powerbait worm on a weighted Jig head
  • Storm Shad Minnow

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Used an assortment of hard and soft baits. Spinnerbaits work really well.
  • A mix of 6" to 1lb
  • 2 keepers: 2lber, and 1lb 5oz
    2 shorts, and 2 lost
  • Jerk bait, slash bait, jig, crankbait, rat-l-trap
  • Swimbait, Spinnerbait, Shakey Head.
  • 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.

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Worm, and Spinnerbait

    1.48lbs, and three 1lbers

    4 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
  • My 4 keepers were 4.77lbs
    Three 1-1/4lbers, and One 1lber

    Also 2 shorts
  • Two 11-3/4", one 11-1/2", one 11-1/4"
  • 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
  • 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
  • Shakey Head

Craw Check Prices

  • yamamoto watermelon crawdad
  • Blue/black Gary Yamamoto
  • 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

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Black senko worm
  • Black senko rubber worm
  • zoom bass love em super fluke
  • Powerbait - Garlic scented (green)
  • Powerbait
  • GOOD OLD SENKO
  • Fishing live target Minnow jerk bait
  • Green umbrella rig and red umbrella rig... Trolled at 8-10 RPMs. 40-60 feet deep....red white knuckle head popper
  • 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
  • 7" and 9" slammers in perch and rainbow trout
  • blue silver reble
  • Yozuri floating minnow. About 4-5 inches in length, gold color.
  • 3" Rebel silver minnow - works really well here.
  • blue reble
  • 7" dark trout 2x ms slammer

Jigs Check Prices

  • 3lb 2oz was my only contribution to our limit.

    Everything else was 1-1/4lbs or smaller for me

Crankbait Check Prices

  • shallow diver with sunfish pattern
  • Bomber 4A
  • using an excalibur rayburn red crankbait
  • 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
  • 2 bass on a Rapala floating minnow, 1 pickerel on a spinnerbait
  • Strike King Bitzy Minnow
  • Hard Plastic Frog
  • Rapala Jerkbait - black and silver
  • slow retrieve
  • kevin van damn sexy chad, silver/black shiner with red accent and center mass bearings crankbaits

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • flipping rubber craws with a 1 oz weight
  • Boag Hog Bait Brush Jig/Chigger Craw
  • Boag Hog Baits Brush Jig/Chigger Craw

    3.44lber, and 11-3/4"
  • Boag Hog Baits Brush Jig/Chigger Craw

    2lb 13oz, and a 2lber
  • 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
  • 3/4lb on Jig
    two 10 inchers on drop shot
  • They would the black blue finesse jig with any trailer
  • Hooked up but lot fish on KVD swim jig, dad caught one on strike king spinnerbait.
  • Throwing a sweet beaver pegged with a 3/8 oz threw the mats and caught a pickerel and ripped the beaver to shred's.

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • Berkley chartreuse and orange wiggly tail rigged texas style.
  • 5" and 6" Senko
  • Yamamoto 5" Senko watermelon limited edition
  • IMITATION minnow small works create on slow steady retrieve with short pauses
  • Northland minnow

Wet Fly Check Prices

  • Olive wooly bugger

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • Al's goldfish (cooper 3/16 oz)
  • "5 of Diamonds" Eppinger Dardevle
  • 1/4 oz gold kastmaster
  • Golden 1/4 oz little cleo
  • regular silver spoon
  • Red and White Eppinger Dardevle
  • gold little cleo
  • Lil Jake, silver with red dots.
  • "Five of Diamonds" Eppinger Dardevle

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • fish on the bottom water is hot and deep
  • i just cast it in and let the bober plot down the littel river
  • Just worms nothing special.
  • cast it to the side near the littel pump house but farther out
  • just put a nightcarwler on there and drop nit in ull have a bass as soon as u look blink
  • Live night crawler on a drop shot.
  • trout worms
  • Floating off the bottom, egg sinker and 16" leader.
  • Floated a nightcrawler off the bottom.
  • Float nightcrawlers off the bottom.

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
  • rattler

Herring Check Prices

  • Live lining mackeral

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • medium speed
  • Red and white daredevil

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Popper fishing
  • Popper fishing off the boat
  • Popper Fishing

Blade Bait Check Prices

  • I made bottle Caps, Gold from beers...

Grub Check Prices

  • 2in. chartreuse colored w/ black spots grub (texas rigged).
  • 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.
  • Berkley White Grub.
  • Caught the little one on a black grub. The decent one took a live sunfish.
  • Swimming a 3' grub on a 1/4 oz. jighead through some lily pads.
  • Yellow Grubs from Walmart with Brown weighted jig heads. Also caught one on a purple ribbontail on a Texas rig.
  • Pumpkin tail carolina style

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


    Drop down Menu not working correctly!!
  • Shiners, senkos, plastic salamander.
  • 6" slug-o's (perch and Salt & Pepper. Worked and worked over the rocks and weed beds
  • Green Pumpkin Spanky worm
    (Lunker City)
  • Rainbow Power Bait
  • Powerbait
  • Berkley Gulp Alive artificial salmon eggs (yellow) on an egg sinker (sliding) rig.
  • Pink Powerbait nuggets
  • chartruse power bait
  • Cut mackerel

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