Weweantic River Fishing Spot

• County: Barnstable - Wareham
• Last Modified By: vinny60 on 09/13/09 04:59 PM
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The Weweantic River is a river in southeastern Massachusetts. The river arises in wetlands in Carver, meanders generally south through swampy birch and maple forests in Middleborough and Rochester, and drains into a Buzzards Bay estuary in Wareham near the mouth of the Sippican River. Its watershed covers approximately 18,000 acres (73 km²), with many cranberry bogs in its upper reaches. Although the river has historically abounded in fish and shellfish, it currently has no significant herring population due to dam obstruction below Horseshoe Pond. The Weweantic Estuary is a moderately sized embayment to Buzzards Bay at 588 acres of water surface and is relatively deep (mean depth of 5.9 m). Within the tidal reaches of the Weweantic Estuary, eelgrass beds are not present much above the mouth of Pattons Cove (Beaver Creek Marshes) which is south of the confluence of the Weweantic and Sippican Rivers (and Rt. 6). Salinity within this region averaged 18 ppt near Pattons Cove, 16 ppt within the Weweantic tributary, south of Rt. 195. and only 22.6 ppt at the tip of Cromeset Neck. These low salinities are linked to the high freshwater discharges of the rivers. It is likely that poor water quality has resulted in the loss of eelgrass from this inner region. The lower portion of the estuary currently supports less than 5 acres of eelgrass beds, in part due to the depth of the lower basin. Wareham boatyard marina is located at Rose Point on the beautiful Weweantic River, in Wareham, Massachusetts. The Weweantic River is a prime Striped Bass Hangout.