Fishing near Dennis in Barnstable County, MA

3.72 Rating based on 139 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Scup (Porgy), Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Bluefish
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 111
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 176
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4/6/12 - Bakers Pond near Dennis

4/6/12 - Bakers Pond

1 of 3 largemouth's from that day
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Top Fishing Spots near Dennis

Follins Pond
Follins Pond

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Follins Pond
Follins Pond

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West Reservoir
West Reservoir

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Upper Mill and Walker Ponds
Upper Mill and Walker Ponds

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Bass River Bridge
Bass River Bridge

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Long Pond (south Yarmouth)
Long Pond (south Yarmouth)

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Dennis Area Fish Species

Recent Dennis Fishing Reports

4/6/12 - Bakers Pond - Dennis, MA Fishing Report Apr 16, 2012

4/6/12 - Bakers Pond - Dennis, MA

Bakers Pond - Dennis, MA -

A few weeks back I spent about 3 hours on a Friday Afternoon bouncing around Cape in the Dennis area. As much fishing as Ive done down here, its all b...

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another day Fishing Report Aug 22, 2009

another day

bass river -

went back to the bass river but with two fish. first cast a scup...

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scup Fishing Report Aug 22, 2009

scup

bass river -

went to the bass river and cauaght myself a scup. forget the camera so i had to bring it to the hotel i was staying at...

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Robins pond shore fishing  Fishing Report Jun 28, 2014

Robins pond shore fishing

Robins pond, harwich, ma -

Searched the mafishfinders site for some cape cod shore fishing destinations as I was coming down for the weekend. Found one recent trip of a couple ...

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First spot shore fishing the Cape. Fishing Report Jun 14, 2014

First spot shore fishing the Cape.

Harwich, MA -

We went to Robbins Pond in Harwich. Some of the ways back there are blocked off but theres one dirt road right to the pond with a short walk. We fishe...

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Beautiful cape cod day Fishing Report Sep 02, 2012

Beautiful cape cod day

Upper Mill Pond, Brewster MA -

My original plan was to wake up at the crack of dawn to fish the morning hours but unfortunately a band of showers pushed back my launch time to 12:30...

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Baits and Tackle used near Dennis

Check Prices

  • shrimp/clams, 1/2OZ sinker, tiny hook
  • 2in Jitterbug
  • drop shot senko
  • Drop shot senko
  • Drop Shot
  • Dont realy remember
  • Drop Shot
    1st was 11-1/2"
    2nd was 6"
  • Senko. Purple with purple flake
  • Senko purple with purple flake.
  • We used live shiners, 3-4 inch, and any lure you can think of. They crush anything at this place...HUNGRY fish...

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • seaworms
  • sea worms
  • Sand Eels
  • Clams
  • eels
  • clam
  • We used worms to catch smaller fish cast them out and brought them back in slowly
  • wroms
  • eels on the bottom

Tube Check Prices

  • 3 for 7.99lbs
    One was about 2lbs, One about 3lbs, and my Lunker of the day was 3lbs 1oz
  • 2 Keepers:
    1.79lbs
    1lb

    2 shorts
  • 1 Keeper:
    1-1/4lbs

    1 Short

Creature Check Prices

  • Berkley Pit Boss in Junebug, Green Pumpkin and Black / Blue

Minnow Check Prices

  • Shiner live lining.
  • Shiners, 3-4 inch
  • Live minnow under a float

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • I was using a Super Spook Jr and 6" blue/black senkos.

Lizard Check Prices

  • Downsized carolina 1/4 oz weigth w5 inch watermelon red zoom lizard
  • 5 inch watermelon red zoom lizard downsized carolina rig
  • watermelon zoom brush hog jr. on carolina rig w 1/2 oz worm weight

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • 5 between 3" and 11"
  • This Big Bastard Stole My Lure!

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Silver in line spinner
  • 1st was 1-1/2lbs
    2nd was 1lb
  • tandem willow spinner baits, mostly chartruse and lime.
    and the 6" pumkin stick worms
  • Spinnerbait, Drop shot
  • 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
  • Panther Martin rainbow trout inline spinner #1
  • Mepps Agila inline spinner silver and red #1.

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Paycheck Baits "Transporter

Squid Check Prices

  • squid and minnows

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Jerk Bait
  • Ima Flit 100 Chartreuse Shad

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • 1/6oz Rooster Tail
    1st - 12in
    2nd -12 1/4in
    4th - 12 1/2in
  • one 11-1/2in and one 14.5in 1lb 6oz
  • 1/6oz Rooster Tail

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • Metal jigs with green tails on the hooks

Worm Check Prices

  • AKA Black Magic
  • 4" YUM Dingers, Watermelon/Gold Flake
  • Long, thin, green worms worked amazingly well
  • drop shot senko
  • 4" senko
  • 4 inch green pumkin senko rigged wacky
  • Senko
  • Started with pumpkinseed lizard and switched to 5" baby bass senko
  • 8 inchWatermelon senko w/ red hook
  • Yum dinger

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Bladed baits

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • 3 Keepers:
    3.20lbs
    2lbs
    1lb

  • Dropshot
  • Two dinks on a Gary Yamamoto Fat Baby Craw, Texas-rigged with 1/8 oz weight, Watermelonseed.
    Two keepers on GY 5" Senko, watermelon (no seed).
  • All between 11" & 11-1/2"
  • All between 6" & 9"
  • Drop Shot
  • Drop Shot
    1 Keeper @ 1-3/4lbs
    Four 11" range shorts
  • Keepers were:
    2.77lbs
    1-3/4lbs
    1-1/2lbs
    1-1/4lbs

    One 11" short
  • Drop shot
  • 1lb, 3/4lb, 11', and 8" on the Drop Shot, 10" on C-Rig

Saltwater Spoon Check Prices

Craw Check Prices

  • Our Bag was:
    Paul's 3.85lber, 3-1/2lber, one a little over 2lbs, and my 3-1/2lber

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • berkley powerbait worm

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • yo-zuri crystal minnow

Saltwater Hard Bait Check Prices

Jigs Check Prices

  • using rainbow jig with a 2 sinker.

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Rapala Original Floater F-11 - Minnow
  • rapala bleeding floater
  • 2lb 6oz, and 1lb 2oz
  • 3 on Squarebill, 1 on Drop Shot.
  • Sexy Shad, White Belly and blue back
    Diving Billed Plug, White Belly grey back

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • 1 1/2 ounce bucktail jig
  • use bass jig # 10 with wire line
  • 1/2 Oz Brownish/Greenish football jig w/Green Pumpkin Chigger Chunk trailer

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • on a Boag Hog Stand-Up Head
  • Northland minnow

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • I seem to have lots of luck with these at that pond, lol

Lipless Bait Check Prices

Saltwater Baits Check Prices

  • Sea Worm on a slider rig
  • 33" was my other keeper
    And 4 Schoolies between 25"-15"

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Snapper Popper

Blade Bait Check Prices

Grub Check Prices

  • White grub

Flies Check Prices

Live Baits Check Prices

  • squid/ clam/ mackerel typically

Other Check Prices

  • Sand Eels
  • hot dog
  • Twitch twitch pause with a jerkbait

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