Fishing near Yarmouth in Barnstable County, MA

3.74 Rating based on 170 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Scup (Porgy), Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 128
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 216
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Yarmouth Fishing Photos

Top Fishing Spots near Yarmouth

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

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Bass River Bridge
Bass River Bridge

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Dennis Pond
Dennis Pond

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# Reviews: 3
Views: 3866

Bass River Jetty
Bass River Jetty

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Follins Pond
Follins Pond

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Follins Pond
Follins Pond

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Yarmouth Area Fish Species

Recent Yarmouth Fishing Reports

AMAZING!!!! GOLD PIN LARGEMOUTH 9.4LBS!!!!! Fishing Report Dec 27, 2011

AMAZING!!!! GOLD PIN LARGEMOUTH 9.4LBS!!!!!

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IT ALL STARTED LIKE THIS MIKEY MEATBALLS TEXTED ME TO SEE WHERE I BEEN FISHING LATELY .HE ASKED WHERE I WOULD GO TO FISH ...

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12/22/11 SANTA COMES EARLY!!!!!!! 3.10 & 3.6 SMALLIES Fishing Report Dec 22, 2011

12/22/11 SANTA COMES EARLY!!!!!!! 3.10 & 3.6 SMALLIES

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FIRST OFF LEMME SEE MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL MY MAFF FAMILY AND MEMBERS AND THANK YOU SANTA FOR THE EARLY GIFTS TRULY AMAZING!!!!ONE LUNKER SMALLIE FOR ...

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All in on the Bass River on Father's Day Fishing Report Jun 19, 2014

All in on the Bass River on Father's Day

Instead of going offshore for cod with my buddy, I took the family to the Cape for a night (A family friend offered his house Sun-Fri all summer, and ...

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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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striper spree Fishing Report Nov 13, 2012

striper spree

west yarmouth -

we fished the creak from a dock and caught lots of schoolies, nothing over like three pounds, but still lots of fun...

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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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Baits and Tackle used near Yarmouth

Check Prices

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

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • sea worms
  • seaworms
  • 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

  • 2 Keepers:
    1.79lbs
    1lb

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

    1 Short
  • 3 for 7.99lbs
    One was about 2lbs, One about 3lbs, and my Lunker of the day was 3lbs 1oz

Creature Check Prices

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

Minnow Check Prices

  • Shiner live lining.
  • Shiners, 3-4 inch
  • Live minnow under a float
  • shiners hooked behind the dorsal fin with a #2 circle hook on about 30in. leader of 20# flurocarbon.

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
  • slow dragged threw beds

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

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • 5 between 3" and 11"
  • This Big Bastard Stole My Lure!
  • berkley slug baby bass color

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

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

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Paycheck Baits "Transporter

Squid Check Prices

  • squid and minnows

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Jerk Bait
  • Ima Flit 100 Chartreuse Shad
  • 4" huskey jerk bait greenw/orange bottom

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
  • Trolling or tossing in-line spinners. Powerbait mello's
  • Joes fly
  • Panther Martin rainbow trout inline spinner #1

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • Metal jigs with green tails on the hooks

Worm Check Prices

  • 4 inch green pumkin senko rigged wacky
  • AKA Black Magic
  • Senko
  • 4" YUM Dingers, Watermelon/Gold Flake
  • Long, thin, green worms worked amazingly well
  • drop shot senko
  • 4" senko
  • Started with pumpkinseed lizard and switched to 5" baby bass senko
  • 8 inchWatermelon senko w/ red hook
  • Used a watermelon/gold fleck senko worm, rooster tail, and popper

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Bladed baits
  • Swimbait, Spinnerbait, Shakey Head.

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • 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"
  • Dropshot
  • Drop Shot
  • 3 Keepers:
    3.20lbs
    2lbs
    1lb

  • 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
  • 7" dark trout 2x slammer
  • Rapala Baby Bass Jointed swimbait
  • 7" dark trout 2x ms slammer

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
  • Swimming a 3' grub on a 1/4 oz. jighead through some lily pads.

Flies Check Prices

Live Baits Check Prices

  • squid/ clam/ mackerel typically

Other Check Prices

  • Sand Eels
  • hot dog
  • Twitch twitch pause with a jerkbait
  • yellow and Pink Power Bait caught fish with Yellow oin a #12 treble hook being the best.
  • chartruse power bait

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