Fishing near Whately in Franklin County, MA

3.75 Rating based on 112 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, American Shad, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 75
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 104
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Whately Fishing Photos

Top Fishing Spots near Whately

Lake Warner
Lake Warner

Avg. Rating: 3.5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 5347

Leverett Pond
Leverett Pond

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1
Views: 5168

Cranberry Pond
Cranberry Pond

Avg. Rating: 3.75
# Reviews: 4
Views: 5887

Sawmill River
Sawmill River

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 3254

Mill River
Mill River

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
Views: 991

Upper Highland Lake
Upper Highland Lake

Avg. Rating: 4.5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 4571

Whately Area Fish Species

Recent Whately Fishing Reports

Largemouth bass Fishing Report Aug 01, 2012

Largemouth bass

whately, MA -

went to a local farmers pound around my area in western mass. started out throwing some plastic soft baits catching small largemouths some perch and l...

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 4 Views:
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Created by: thecontender
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ice fishing  Fishing Report Feb 12, 2013

ice fishing

Allard Pond, Whately MA -

caught some bass one little pickrel ...

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1 Views:
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Great day on the ICE! Fishing Report Feb 20, 2013

Great day on the ICE!

Went out ice fishing yesterday at a local pond got there a little late around 10 and had everything set up by 1030. 10 mins in we had one up my friend...

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 5 Views:
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Kayak on Lake Warner Fishing Report Aug 02, 2013

Kayak on Lake Warner

Lake Warner -

Went to Lake Warner on my kayak. Caught 3 Large Mouth on edges of pads and one pickerel around a fallen tree. All on Zoom trick worm South Africa Spec...

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 3 Views:
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puffers pond  Fishing Report Jun 18, 2010

puffers pond

puffers pond. Amherst, MA -

went to puffers pond in Amherst ma with a buddy, caught 5 rainbows and a brown trout. largest of the group was probably 15" not sure of weight w...

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 2 Views:
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Crankin' for a limit & Giant!!! Fishing Report Apr 02, 2013

Crankin' for a limit & Giant!!!

Lake Boon, MA -

I started a solo trip of angling around 1:30pm as I left my launch on this raw day. About 5 minutes into the trip and I realized that I needed gloves...

Avg. Rating: 4
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Baits and Tackle used near Whately

Check Prices

  • shinners
  • soft plastics to live bait
  • minnows, jig
  • Spro Bronzeye in Rainforest Black
  • senco
  • Flies and Jigs
  • Green pumpkin and watermelon straight tail worms.
  • Bluegill

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • Live Carwfish

Tube Check Prices

Creature Check Prices

  • They are called brush hogs, and manufactured by Zoom baits, sold at wal-mart.

Minnow Check Prices

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • Z-Man Hard Legs Frog
  • Live Target Brown Mouse
  • Heddon Tiny Torpedo -- Baby Bass

  • Popper

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • spinnerbait , plastic worms

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Rubber Frogs with swim legs, lots of noise and action of the top of the water
  • Rubber Frogs, Flukes, and This hybrid lizard/fish/tube bait sold at wal-mart
  • Live target frogs. Bass pro enticed football jig with an elite swim'n'chunk on the hook

Streamer Check Prices

  • Black Baed Haed Wooly Bugger

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Rapala blue and white rattle

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Rooster Tail

Nymph Check Prices

  • PT
  • Copper John

Worm Check Prices

  • Zoom Trick worm Color South Africa special
  • Zoom Trick Worm
    Color: South Africa Special
  • June Bug colored zoom worms
  • Junebug Zoom worm
  • Senko
    1st was 11-3/4in
    2nd was 6in on the inline spinner
  • I just used pumpkin seed green worms here all day and got tons of hits.
  • 3 on Zoom Trick Worm
    Color: South Africa special
    1 on Live Target Frog
    Color: Bull Frog
  • Watermelon Plum zoom finesse worm 6"
  • gary yatommotto senko black with siver flake.
  • senkos

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • 6 inch light green senko

Roundhead Jig Check Prices

  • Most were caught on a Trout Magnet . 1 on a Rapala and the other on aRooster Tail . Largest fish was the Last one caught . Trout magnet was the right bait to yse today.
  • Actually used a trout magnet 's to catch 1 Brook trout and 1 Brown.. C aught a rainbow on a 4 inch Yum Dinger..

Craw Check Prices

  • Yammamoto flippin hog

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • Gulp Alive

Crankbait Check Prices

  • X-rap for this fish, but have had grea luck with a jig and grub
  • yellow dancin eel

Bass Jig Check Prices

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • 4" senkos watermellon gold
  • 4' senko daquiri
  • 4" strike king shadalicious on 4/0 eighth ozgmakatsu swimbait hook.cant remember the color name but its purpletop with silver belly

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • 3/4oz. Silver kastmaster

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Brother in Law got only bite - but did land the fish

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • 4" lipless crank bait, pumpkinseed coloring.
  • 4" lipless craink bait pumpkinseed colored.

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • silver&blue kastmaster

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • Trout Magnet Jigs .Gold with Gold body
  • Trout Magnet
  • Trout Magnet Jigs
  • Trout Magnet Gold Jig Gold Body.
    One Brook Trout and one Rainbow.
  • Trout Magnet Jig

Other Check Prices

  • Candy
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  • Corn and Garlic
  • Garlic
    Garlic with Corn
  • Chartreuse Extra Scent power bait, or Natural color Extra Scent power bait
  • Rainbow Powerbait
  • Powerbait rainbow
  • Chicken Liver

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