Fishing near Northfield in Franklin County, MA

3.96 Rating based on 63 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Chain Pickerel, Other (Freshwater)
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 69
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 103
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Top Fishing Spots near Northfield

Moore's Pond
Moore's Pond

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
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Laurel Pond
Laurel Pond

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 1
Views: 1361

Hastings Pond
Hastings Pond

Avg. Rating: 3.5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 1198

Bartons Cove
Bartons Cove

Avg. Rating: 4.5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 12734

Connecticut River
Connecticut River

Avg. Rating: 4.8
# Reviews: 5
Views: 3471

Sheomet Lake
Sheomet Lake

Avg. Rating: 0
# Reviews:
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Northfield Area Fish Species

Recent Northfield Fishing Reports

CT River Fishing Report Jul 31, 2010

CT River

Gill to NH border -

warm, clear day, water levels good, lots of boat traffic. Only caught 1 smallie but still a great day!...

Avg. Rating: 3
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Conn River midweek Fishing Report Dec 08, 2009

Conn River midweek

Gill, MA -

entire area is good. You can go miles upriver from the ramp at Gill. I've caught largemouth, smallmouth and Walleye on this part of the river....

Avg. Rating: 4
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Barton's Cove Fishing Report Jul 04, 2009

Barton's Cove

Barton' cove Ma. -

Blackstone Valley Tourny on the Conn. River again proved to be a tough fish for all involved. I was able to entice 2 keeper smallies to bite, a 1lb an...

Avg. Rating: 3
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2015 Canoe Trip (Connecticut River) Fishing Report May 29, 2015

2015 Canoe Trip (Connecticut River)

springfield, MA -

I joined a canoe trip that was running it's 35th consecutive annual Connecticut river tradition. My cousin Paul has been going for the last seven...

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Ct river fishing Fishing Report Nov 19, 2012

Ct river fishing

Barton cove Ct River -

25 degrees at 7am maybe 45 degrees by 2,No wind made it a beautiful day.
Barton s cove ramp is closed,But a friend of mine has a private ramp nearb...

Avg. Rating: 5
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6/27/10 - Avid Angler's Tourney @ Barton's Cove, CT. River - Turners Falls, MA Fishing Report Jun 28, 2010

6/27/10 - Avid Angler's Tourney @ Barton's Cove, CT. River - Turners Falls, MA

Barton's Cove, CT. River - Turners Falls, MA -

Club Tournament with the Avid Anglers today. Also the 1st time Ive ever fished here. A combo of overcast/blazing sun, no wind, brutal humidity, no riv...

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Baits and Tackle used near Northfield

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  • senco
  • Yamamoto 5" Double Curly Tail Grub
    Booyah Pad Crasher Hollow Body Frog
    KVD 5" Caffeine Shad Swimbait
  • frogs and senkos
  • Live Worms
    Live Shiners
  • soft plastics to live bait
  • minnows, jig
  • 6" Senkos
  • shinners
  • Green pumpkin and watermelon straight tail worms.
  • texes rigged senko

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • dilly worms
  • moussies and wax worms
  • Moussies and wax worms

    pond shiners once cought for tip ups
  • 10 inch fat yellow perchy! Bigger the bait.......
  • Live Carwfish

Creature Check Prices

  • They are called brush hogs, and manufactured by Zoom baits, sold at wal-mart.

Tube Check Prices

Minnow Check Prices

  • pike shinners, 5 to 7 inches long

Craw Check Prices

  • Yammamoto flippin hog

Topwater Bait Check Prices

  • early morning, or after sunset
  • jitterbug
  • frogs, spinners, and buzz bait

Crankbait Check Prices

  • Ripping a diving crankbait through and above developing weed beds.
  • X-rap for this fish, but have had grea luck with a jig and grub
  • many different types of lures thrown here will catch the fish
  • shallow running crank baits

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • 4' senko daquiri
  • 4" senkos watermellon gold
  • KVD 5" Caffeine Shad - Light Blue with Silver belly.
  • KVD 5" Caffeine Shad Paddletail Swimbait
  • 4" strike king shadalicious on 4/0 eighth ozgmakatsu swimbait hook.cant remember the color name but its purpletop with silver belly
  • KVD Caffeine Shad paddletail swimbait.
  • 4" BkBl senko texas rigged on 3/0 Gami hook
  • Dropshot 12" leader , 1/4 oz weight, with various 3" baits

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • 3/4oz. Silver kastmaster

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • Lures and live bait are good here but you have to be crafty and match the conditions.
  • Live nightcrawlers dropping them off the canoe
  • Just used worms dug from my garden. The best result came from the largest worm on a gold eagle claw hook and no sinker no bobber .

Frog Bait Check Prices

  • Rubber Frogs, Flukes, and This hybrid lizard/fish/tube bait sold at wal-mart
  • Live target frogs. Bass pro enticed football jig with an elite swim'n'chunk on the hook
  • Swimming the frog through the pads
  • Rubber Frogs with swim legs, lots of noise and action of the top of the water

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Rapala blue and white rattle

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • silver&blue kastmaster

Worm Check Prices

  • senko wacky rigged
  • Senko
    1st was 11-3/4in
    2nd was 6in on the inline spinner
  • senkos
  • gary yatommotto senko black with siver flake.
  • wacky-rigged yum dinger
  • Zoom Trick Worm
    Color: South Africa Special
  • Zoom Trick worm Color South Africa special
  • wacky-rigged yum dingers
  • Gary Yamamoto Pumpkin
  • I just used pumpkin seed green worms here all day and got tons of hits.

Grub Check Prices

  • Yamamoto Twin Tail Grub
    Booyah Frog
  • Yamamoto 5" Double Curly Tail Grub, Green with Red Flakes
    Also caught on KVD 5" Caffeine Shad Paddle Tail Swimbait
  • Yamamoto 5" Curly Tail Grub - watermelon with red flakes.

Plastic Swimbait Check Prices

  • 6 inch light green senko
  • Strike King KVD Paddle Tail Swimbait - Silver belly, blue back with glitter specks.
  • Rubber Crawdads, Carolina rigged. The kids switched over to use live bait (night crawlers) about halfway through the trip.

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