Fishing near Fairhaven in Bristol County, MA

3.8 Rating based on 249 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Burbot, Dolly Varden, Striped Bass, Chain Pickerel, Scup (Porgy)
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 143
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 310
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Top Fishing Spots near Fairhaven

Nasketucket Bay
Nasketucket Bay

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
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Buzzards Bay
Buzzards Bay

Avg. Rating: 4.25
# Reviews: 4
Views: 1258

Brant Island Cove
Brant Island Cove

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 2
Views: 1126

Mattapoisett River
Mattapoisett River

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1
Views: 2076

Apponagansett Bay
Apponagansett Bay

Avg. Rating: 3.333
# Reviews: 3
Views: 3067

Acushnet River
Acushnet River

Avg. Rating: 3.5
# Reviews: 4
Views: 5818

Fairhaven Area Fish Species

Recent Fairhaven Fishing Reports

deep sea Fishing Report Jul 25, 2009

deep sea

nantucket bay -

we got huge fish...

Avg. Rating: 3
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padnaram bridge Fishing Report Aug 25, 2009

padnaram bridge

south dartmouth,MA -

a bridge in south dartmouth that you can fish off of for different saltwater species, there's also a beach on the other side of the bridge you can...

Avg. Rating: 4
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buzzards bay Fishing Report Jun 06, 2008

buzzards bay

marion ma -

striper,bluefish, scup, and sea bass...

Avg. Rating: 3
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after work soother Fishing Report Aug 27, 2009

after work soother

victoria street pond -

went to the pond I used to go to with my dad. had a couple of bites, and saw some bass follow my bait, but landed no fish....

Avg. Rating: 3
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bass hunter Fishing Report Jul 08, 2009

bass hunter

hathaway pond -

I went on a trip using some night crawlers I only expected to catch sun fish. But tht trip went on a twist....

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Lake Street Mumpers Fishing Report Oct 24, 2011

Lake Street Mumpers

Lake Street -

Took Lil' B to Lake Street (Acushnet) former New Bedford reservior late Saturday afternoon. ZZZZZ... caught 2 small sunfish on worms, and then a ...

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Baits and Tackle used near Fairhaven

Check Prices

  • i used pogy
  • Ultra light mitchell spidercast reel combo 4lb test, fun fun fun. when the bass aren't hitting
  • Watermelon red/gold flake Texas
  • basspro lazer eye nitro ,light blue/ white underneath
  • Drop Shot
    1st was 11-1/2"
    2nd was 6"
  • Drop Shot
  • We used live shiners, 3-4 inch, and any lure you can think of. They crush anything at this place...HUNGRY fish...
  • frogs
  • Worm
  • Senko. Purple with purple flake

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • sandworms
  • Used some Medium Shinners
  • green crabs
  • greencrabs
  • Shiners on a bobber
  • eels on the bottom
  • wroms
  • Used live bait and also sanko.
  • We used worms to catch smaller fish cast them out and brought them back in slowly
  • Clam Bellies wrapped with my secret no-fail strategy - I've yet to lose bait!

Creature Check Prices

  • Flipping a laydown
  • You already know
  • HIT IT ON A PALM TREE MADE BY KINAMI BAITS
  • using Kinami's Palm tree green pumpkin green weedless no weight
  • palm tree red skirt black trunck
  • baby brush hog (green pumpkin green 1/8 oz bullet head sinker

    palm tree green pumpkin green weight-less
  • Berkley Pit Boss in Junebug, Green Pumpkin and Black / Blue
  • Green pumpkin Brush Hog
    5" wacky rigged green pumpkin stick bait (senko knockoff)
  • texas rigged baby creatures. on weedlines

Minnow Check Prices

  • mumpers
  • Large (heavies) shiners
  • shiners hooked behind the dorsal fin with a #2 circle hook on about 30in. leader of 20# flurocarbon.
  • Shiner live lining.
  • Shiners, 3-4 inch
  • Live minnow under a float
  • live shiners and senkos
  • live shiners medium size

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • BLACK JITTERBUG, STICK BAITS
  • fish #1 Strike King Shim-E-Stick, in baby bass color. Fish #2 Rebel Pop-R, in foxy shad color. Fish #3 Bass Pro Shops Minnow, in gold XXX shad color

Lizard Check Prices

Jerk Bait Check Prices

  • pearl-colored Zoom Super Fluke, 8# Berkley 100% fluorocarbon line, Diawa spinning gear
  • berkley slug baby bass color
  • This Big Bastard Stole My Lure!
  • 5 between 3" and 11"
  • Shad colored 5" Senko
  • fish#4 Strike King Shim-E-Stick, in watermelon w/ red/black flakes. Fish #5 Bass Pro Shops spinnerbait, white w/ dual nickel willow blades
  • 3 chain pickerel on a silver/white 1/8oz Strike King Mini-King spinnerbait - 1 largemouth bass on watermelon/red flake Strike King Shim-E-Stick(a Senko-type lure)
  • Mann's Shadow
  • 6" watermelon black red flake-colored Gary Yamamoto Senko, rigged weightless, Tex-posed, on a 4/0 Eagle Claw extra-wide gap hook
  • 5" baby bass Senko - caught 2 chain pickerel and one largemouth bass

Saltwater Swimbait Check Prices

  • 4 INCH SHAD

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Bass Pro Shops Lazer Eye spinnerbait, white skirt, double-willow blades
  • white, double-nickel willow blades, 3/8oz Bass Pro Shops Lazer Eye spinnerbait
  • 1/4oz chartreuse/lime spinnerbait w/ colorado/willow twin nickel blades
  • 1/4oz chartreuse spinnerbait w/ #4 nickel colorado blade
  • Mostly between 3lbs-4lbs
  • All 10 between 1lb - 1-14lb culled or didn't make the cut
  • chartreuse 3/8 oz spinnerbait/w tandem chartreuse willowleaf blades. a chrome silver excalibur lipless crankbait. a heddon black bullfrog "crazy crawler". and strike king rage tail crawfish in dirty craw color.
  • Mepps Agila inline spinner silver and red #1.
  • Spinnerbait
    Limit consisted of:
    2lb 5oz
    2lb 4oz
    1lb 15oz
    1-1/2lbs
    1lb 6oz
  • Panther Martin rainbow trout inline spinner #1

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • largemouth caught on Sizmic Toad in pumpkin green w/ red flake, chain pickerel on silver/yellow Mepps spinner
  • green scum frog
  • Paycheck Baits "Transporter
  • Brown and White Soft plastic swim frog, texas rigged with a 3/16 ounce red colored weight and red plastic ball. StrikeKing Baits
  • Stanley Ribbit
  • green scum frog

    yammamotto black/chart. flex senko 5inch worm weightless texas rigged

Squid Check Prices

  • i used squid,surf clams, and sea/sandworms. had luck with all three baits
  • 5oz bucktail for weight and a trailer bounced on the bottom

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • 4" huskey jerk bait greenw/orange bottom
  • Ima Flit 100 Chartreuse Shad
  • 4in senkos in various colors

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • 1/6oz Rooster Tail
  • Panther Martin rainbow trout inline spinner #1
  • Trolling or tossing in-line spinners. Powerbait mello's
  • Joes fly
  • All in between 6 an 10 inches

Worm Check Prices

  • Strike King Shim-E-Stick(like a Senko) in watermelon green with black/red flake
  • Yamasenko Watermelon Tube Worm
  • brown senko with chartuese tail
  • caught on a senko while fishing for bass
  • My Smallie was 1-1/4lb
    Vinny's was 1lb
  • Shakey Head
  • senko worm brown
    topwater popper
  • 1st was 13oz
    2nd was 1lb 10oz
  • Senko
    1st Bass 1lb 15oz
    2nd Bass 14oz
  • Texas rigged 4" watermelon colored worm with a medium action ugly stick.

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • Green rattling to Zuri
  • Yum 5in green pumpkin worm. Also got 3 on shiners ( including the biggest). Got two small ones on yum. 3 bluegill on small lure too.
  • Got 3 bass on shiners( including the biggest). 2 small ones on yum 5 in green pumpkin plastic worm. 5 bluegill on small lure too.

Hard Baits Check Prices

  • Two 4lbers, a 3-1/2lber, two 2-1/2lbers.
  • We keep 5 Bass total
    My three were 2.79lbs, and two 1-1/2lbers. Paul had a 1lb 14oz, and 1-1/2lber
  • Swimbait, Spinnerbait, Shakey Head.
  • Used an assortment of hard and soft baits. Spinnerbaits work really well.

Soft Baits Check Prices

  • Two 11-3/4", one 11-1/2", one 11-1/4"
  • My 4 keepers were 4.77lbs
    Three 1-1/4lbers, and One 1lber

    Also 2 shorts
  • My best 5 was about 7-1/4lbs:
    1-3/4lber
    Two 1-1/2lbers
    Two 1-1/4lbers

    also a couple 1lbers, and a short

    Various Swimbaits, Prop Bait, and a Spinnerbait
  • Only one keeper out of the 5 I caught and in was 12" 3/4lbs
  • 1st was 3.72lb Tourney Lunker
    Other two were 1-1/2lbs each
  • My limit was:
    2.30lbs
    Three 1lbers
    13oz

  • 3 healthy Pickerel
  • 3 shorts
  • Paul had a 3.90lb, 2-3/4lber, 2lber, 1-3/4lber, and two 1lbers

    I had a 1-1/2lber, and a 1lber
  • My big fish was 2.03lbs, also a 1-1/4lber, and a 1lber

Lure (Other) Check Prices

  • trolling a white unbrella rig from island to the red bouy. while trolling i threw medium size stick crank baits off the side and hooked up. i would make sure your hooks are strong we had a few straighten out and loss the fish
  • GOOD OLD SENKO

Craw Check Prices

  • used almost everything in my bag, plastic worms,craws,lizards,creatures,space monkeys, heddon crazy crawler, swimbaits, buzzbaits, suspending jerkbaits, I could be here all night
  • yamamoto watermelon crawdad
  • strike king red craw texas rigged

    blue fox inline spinner yellow/green color

Saltwater Fly Check Prices

  • deceivers,silversides,sand eel paterns

Hard Swimbait Check Prices

  • yo-zuri crystal minnow
  • Rapala Baby Bass Jointed swimbait
  • 7" dark trout 2x ms slammer
  • 7" dark trout 2x slammer

Jigs Check Prices

  • Snap Rap#6 from rapala.

Crankbait Check Prices

  • And Lipless Crank
  • Sexy Shad, White Belly and blue back
    Diving Billed Plug, White Belly grey back
  • Zoom salamander
    Sunfish crank bait
  • shallow shad rap
  • I was using a small baby bass colored crankbait, and reeling it in until it smashed into the bottom, then pausing, and they'd crush it on the pause.
  • caught the smallest on spinerbait and the rest on a crankbait
  • My Limit was:
    2.27lbs
    1-3/4lbs
    1lb 10oz
    Two 1-1/2lbers

  • Bluegill colored square bill from Strike King
  • Catching them on the bluegill squarebill again.
  • kevin van damn sexy chad, silver/black shiner with red accent and center mass bearings crankbaits

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • 1/2 Oz Brownish/Greenish football jig w/Green Pumpkin Chigger Chunk trailer
  • SENKO / GREEN/WHITE
    BROWN/PINK
    NO WIEGHT
    8 POND LINE
  • Throwing a sweet beaver pegged with a 3/8 oz threw the mats and caught a pickerel and ripped the beaver to shred's.
  • Boag Hog Baits Brush Jig/Chigger Craw

    2lb 13oz, and a 2lber
  • Boag Hog Baits Brush Jig/Chigger Craw

    3.44lber, and 11-3/4"
  • Boag Hog Bait Brush Jig/Chigger Craw

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • Northland minnow

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Night crawler on a #8 hook

Lipless Bait Check Prices

  • a yo-ziri lipless crankbait green back,silver sides,and orange belly. and a 3/8 oz. football head jig/w a strike king rage tail craw in dirty craw color texas rigged to it.

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • Red and white daredevil

Topwater Bait (Popper, Plug) Check Prices

  • zara spoof

Blade Bait Check Prices

Grub Check Prices

  • 2in. chartreuse colored w/ black spots grub (texas rigged).
  • Swimming a 3' grub on a 1/4 oz. jighead through some lily pads.

Live Baits Check Prices

  • squid/ clam/ mackerel typically

Flies Check Prices

Other Check Prices

  • Bottom rigging by the bridges left pillar
  • 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
  • 6" slug-o's (perch and Salt & Pepper. Worked and worked over the rocks and weed beds
  • Green Pumpkin Spanky worm
    (Lunker City)

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