Fishing near Williamsburg in Hampshire County, MA

3.7 Rating based on 116 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, American Shad, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout, Smallmouth Bass, Trout
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 78
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 96
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One of many shore spots to fish on the campground near Williamsburg

One of many shore spots to fish on the campground

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Upper Highland Beach area good for shore fishing. near Williamsburg

Upper Highland Beach area good for shore fishing.

Great place to camp and fish on site.
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Top Fishing Spots near Williamsburg

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

Swift River
Swift River

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1
Views: 1299

Westfield River Catch & Release
Westfield River Catch & Release

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
Views: 447

Knightville Reservoir
Knightville Reservoir

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 2
Views: 1255

Norwich Pond
Norwich Pond

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 1
Views: 1568

Williamsburg Area Fish Species

Recent Williamsburg Fishing Reports

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
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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
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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
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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
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connecticut river trip Fishing Report Jul 06, 2008

connecticut river trip

northampton, mass. -



this will be short, i fished the connecticut river for my first time yesterday...7/05/08.. and learned you need to fish it with real crawler...

Avg. Rating: 2
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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
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Baits and Tackle used near Williamsburg

Check Prices

  • shinners
  • soft plastics to live bait
  • minnows, jig
  • Spro Bronzeye in Rainforest Black
  • Bluegill
  • rubber grub
  • Flies and Jigs

Tube Check Prices

Creature Check Prices

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

Minnow Check Prices

  • Large Shiner on a tip up.
  • Medium to large minnows on a tip up

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

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
  • 3 on Zoom Trick Worm
    Color: South Africa special
    1 on Live Target Frog
    Color: Bull Frog
  • 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.
  • Yam's off all sorts and colors... thats it.
    Also caught smallmouth and a couple of chain pickeral.
  • Watermelon Plum zoom finesse worm 6"
  • senko

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

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

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • Used Jigs, and yam's missed a lot of fish and caught a lot.

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • 4" senkos watermellon gold
  • 4' senko daquiri

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • 3/4oz. Silver kastmaster

Lipless Bait Check Prices

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

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • caught a 3.1/2lb'er on an inch of worm.
  • Brother in Law got only bite - but did land the fish

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Zara Spook

Grub Check Prices

  • Orange color grub.

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
  • Rainbow Powerbait
  • Powerbait rainbow
  • Chartreuse Extra Scent power bait, or Natural color Extra Scent power bait
  • Chicken Liver

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