Hathaway Pond Fishing Spot
- County: Barnstable - Barnstable
- Acreage: 20
- Mean Depth: 27'
- Max Depth: 57'
- Last Modified By: vinny60 on 09/27/09 01:23 PM
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Hathaway Pond is annually stocked in the spring with brook trout and tiger trout when available. It is managed for brook trout and offers the potential for good holdover brook trout. Garden worms, bright colored streamers and small spinners are all highly recommended. During summer, look for the brookies to be at depths of 26 to 40 feet. Anglers may also want to pursue the smallmouth and yellow perch, as there are at least a few fine examples of both species present here.
During the summer this pond receives heavy recreational use as a town swimming area. Due to the clarity of the water, it is also used extensively by scuba divers, some of whom sunk an old cabin cruiser in the pond to use as a diving site. Other nearby ponds in Barnstable include Wequaquet Lake, Garretts Pond, Hamblin Pond and Shubael Pond.
Hathaway Pond Baits and Tackle
Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices
- white, double-nickel willow blades, 3/8oz Bass Pro Shops Lazer Eye spinnerbait
- Bass Pro Shops Lazer Eye spinnerbait, white skirt, double-willow blades
Worm Check Prices
- Strike King Shim-E-Stick(like a Senko) in watermelon green with black/red flake
Frog Bait Check Prices
- largemouth caught on Sizmic Toad in pumpkin green w/ red flake, chain pickerel on silver/yellow Mepps spinner
Jerk Bait Check Prices
- pearl-colored Zoom Super Fluke, 8# Berkley 100% fluorocarbon line, Diawa spinning gear
Creature Check Prices
Nightcrawler Check Prices
Minnow Check Prices
- Large (heavies) shiners
Hathaway Pond Description
Hathaway Pond is a small, 20 acre natural kettlehole pond with an average depth of 27 feet and a maximum depth of 57 feet. Transparency is excellent, extending to 23 feet. The pond has low alkalinity and is acidic; spring Ph is often below 6.0. The bottom is composed of rubble and sand, and the 0.78 miles of shoreline is undeveloped with the exception of a town beach. This pond is also known as North Hathaway Pond; South Hathaways Pond is a very shallow warmwater pond.