Fishing near Wellfleet in Barnstable County, MA

3.71 Rating based on 55 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Atlantic Cod, Smallmouth Bass, Bluefish, Haddock
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 62
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 92
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Wellfleet Fishing Photos

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Top Fishing Spots near Wellfleet

Dyer Pond
Dyer Pond

Avg. Rating: 0
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Duck Pond(wellfleet)
Duck Pond(wellfleet)

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 1
Views: 1649

Long Pond (wellfleet)
Long Pond (wellfleet)

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 3148

Great Pond(wellfleet)
Great Pond(wellfleet)

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# Reviews:
Views: 1308

Wellfleet Harbor
Wellfleet Harbor

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# Reviews:
Views: 1598

Loagy Bay
Loagy Bay

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 1512

Wellfleet Area Fish Species

Recent Wellfleet Fishing Reports

Cape Cod 8/09 Fishing Report Aug 10, 2009

Cape Cod 8/09

The Cape -

Fishing with POPO...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Herring Pond Fishing Report Aug 09, 2009

Herring Pond

Herring Pond, Cape Cod -

small fish, you would not like it at all. People, I meant to delet this post because I could not upload the picture of my buddies fish. I was being ...

Avg. Rating: 3
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call in sick Fishing Report Aug 04, 2008

call in sick

Billingsgate -

Went to billings gate on friday there was fog before sunrise but turn out nice . the lulu found a body at the north end of billings gate coats garud c...

Avg. Rating: 3
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sssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhh its a secret pond!!! Fishing Report Aug 10, 2012

sssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhh its a secret pond!!!

%$#(*%&$ pond ______ ma -

My dad and i went out to our secret pond in the lower cape, hoping to catch a cuople of 3+ pounders. we ended up catching 16, 5 for him and 11 for me ...

Avg. Rating: 5
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Charter on the Seaduction Fishing Report Aug 16, 2012

Charter on the Seaduction

Cape Cod Bay -

Out of Rock Harbor in Orleans. 4 hour charter for stripers and blues. Caught my first ever blue, and then a half dozen more. Trolling with hoochies...

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Another Convert Fishing Report Aug 16, 2012

Another Convert

Great Pond -

I took my brother-in-law fishing on Great Pond in Eastham. He'd been fishing with me twice before but never caught anything and we weren't on...

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Baits and Tackle used near Wellfleet

Check Prices

  • 2in Jitterbug
  • drop shot senko
  • Drop shot senko
  • Dont realy remember
  • shrimp/clams, 1/2OZ sinker, tiny hook
  • Drop Shot

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Bluefish rigged through the head set at fifty feet with a baloon
  • Clams
  • Sand Eels
  • seaworms
  • eels
  • sea worms
  • clam

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

Minnow Check Prices

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

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • tandem willow spinner baits, mostly chartruse and lime.
    and the 6" pumkin stick worms
  • 1st was 1-1/2lbs
    2nd was 1lb
  • Silver in line spinner
  • Spinnerbait, Drop shot

Squid Check Prices

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Jerk Bait

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

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

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • Metal jigs with green tails on the hooks
  • Butterfly Jig
  • Norwegian Jigs and pink teasers
    We caught over 125 fish and kept 80 as the limit is ten per person 24 inch length minimum

Worm Check Prices

  • Long, thin, green worms worked amazingly well
  • 4" YUM Dingers, Watermelon/Gold Flake
  • AKA Black Magic
  • drop shot senko
  • 4" senko
  • Gary Yamato green Pumkin wacky rigged 6" - Because I lost all of my Yum Dingers on Saturday!
  • Yum dinger
  • Senko
  • 4 inch green pumkin senko rigged wacky

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Bladed baits

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Dropshot
  • 3 Keepers:
    3.20lbs
    2lbs
    1lb

  • 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).
  • Drop Shot
  • All between 11" & 11-1/2"
  • All between 6" & 9"

Saltwater Spoon Check Prices

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • berkley powerbait worm

Craw Check Prices

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

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.

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • use bass jig # 10 with wire line
  • 1 1/2 ounce bucktail jig

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • on a Boag Hog Stand-Up Head

Nightcrawler Check Prices

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

Saltwater Baits Check Prices

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

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Snapper Popper
  • Plastic Jerk Bait

Blade Bait Check Prices

Grub Check Prices

  • White grub

Other Check Prices

  • Sand Eels
  • hot dog

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