Fishing near Chatham in Barnstable County, MA

3.64 Rating based on 65 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Striped Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluefish, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 67
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 93
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Chatham Fishing Photos

cow yard near Chatham

cow yard

when the tide is going out water funnels through the two islands bait also go through and stripers wait to ambush at the the humps on the bottom.
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South Beach Shark 2010 near Chatham

South Beach Shark 2010

South Beach Shark off Monomoy
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Surprise Smallie near Chatham

Surprise Smallie


Fished White Pond in Chatham over the weekend. I've fished this pond many times in the past few years, but have only seen or caught largemouth, so this was a nice surprise. Not huge, maybe 3 pounds (it was fat).

Guess I'll have to try the dropshot there more often.

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Fish on!  near Chatham

Fish on!

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Big fish of the day near Chatham

Big fish of the day

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Me and my uncles  near Chatham

Me and my uncles

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Top Fishing Spots near Chatham

South Beach
South Beach

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Cockle Cove
Cockle Cove

Avg. Rating: 2
# Reviews: 1
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Yankee Fishing Trip
Yankee Fishing Trip

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Schoolhouse Pond
Schoolhouse Pond

Avg. Rating: 5
# Reviews: 1
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Goose Pond
Goose Pond

Avg. Rating: 3.5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 3048

Pleasant Bay
Pleasant Bay

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Chatham Area Fish Species

Recent Chatham Fishing Reports

bass river Fishing Report Aug 04, 2008

bass river

bass river ma. -

striper fishing...

Avg. Rating: 4
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capn kid Fishing Report Aug 22, 2009

capn kid

nantucket sound -

went on capn kid deep sea fishing boat...

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 6 Views:
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Epic day Fishing Report Jul 09, 2013

Epic day

Monomoy -

We left dock a 430. Got back around 830.
Only 4 hour trip but it was epic
Fishin with my uncles,father and bothers
6 guy including my sel...

Avg. Rating: 5
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Sea Bass and Scup off Harwichport Fishing Report Aug 23, 2010

Sea Bass and Scup off Harwichport

Harwichport, MA -

The girls and I went deep sea fishing off of Harwichport, Massachusetts and my 7 year-old Hayley caught her first fish (a scup).

We also caug...

Avg. Rating: 4
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bigg ones Fishing Report May 24, 2011

bigg ones

bucks pond -

sunny day 90...

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Cape Cod freshwater Fishing Report Sep 07, 2011

Cape Cod freshwater

Flax Pond - Northwest Harwich, MA -

I was down the Cape for Labor Day weekend and decided to try a spot up the road from my cottage that I had got skunked at earlier this summer. I had ...

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Baits and Tackle used near Chatham

Check Prices

  • Drop shot senko
  • drop shot senko
  • 2in Jitterbug
  • shrimp/clams, 1/2OZ sinker, tiny hook
  • Drop Shot

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • clam
  • sea worms
  • seaworms
  • Sand Eels
  • Clams
  • eels

Tube Check Prices

  • 3 for 7.99lbs
    One was about 2lbs, One about 3lbs, and my Lunker of the day was 3lbs 1oz
  • 2 Keepers:
    1.79lbs
    1lb

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

    1 Short

Minnow Check Prices

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • I was using a Super Spook Jr and 6" blue/black senkos.

Lizard Check Prices

  • 5 inch watermelon red zoom lizard downsized carolina rig
  • Downsized carolina 1/4 oz weigth w5 inch watermelon red zoom lizard
  • watermelon zoom brush hog jr. on carolina rig w 1/2 oz worm weight

Jerk Bait Check Prices

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

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

Squid Check Prices

  • squid and minnows

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Jerk Bait

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • one 11-1/2in and one 14.5in 1lb 6oz
  • 1/6oz Rooster Tail
  • 1/6oz Rooster Tail
    1st - 12in
    2nd -12 1/4in
    4th - 12 1/2in

Saltwater Jig Check Prices

  • Metal jigs with green tails on the hooks

Worm Check Prices

  • 4" senko
  • drop shot senko
  • Long, thin, green worms worked amazingly well
  • AKA Black Magic
  • 4" YUM Dingers, Watermelon/Gold Flake
  • 4 inch green pumkin senko rigged wacky
  • Senko
  • Started with pumpkinseed lizard and switched to 5" baby bass senko

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Bladed baits

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • 3 Keepers:
    3.20lbs
    2lbs
    1lb

  • Dropshot
  • 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 6" & 9"
  • All between 11" & 11-1/2"
  • Drop Shot
  • Drop Shot
    1 Keeper @ 1-3/4lbs
    Four 11" range shorts

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

Saltwater Fly 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.

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • 1 1/2 ounce bucktail jig
  • use bass jig # 10 with wire line

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • on a Boag Hog Stand-Up Head

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • I seem to have lots of luck with these at that pond, lol

Saltwater Baits Check Prices

  • 33" was my other keeper
    And 4 Schoolies between 25"-15"
  • Sea Worm on a slider rig

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • Snapper Popper

Blade Bait Check Prices

Grub Check Prices

  • White grub

Flies Check Prices

Other Check Prices

  • hot dog
  • Sand Eels
  • Twitch twitch pause with a jerkbait

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