Fishing near Orange in Franklin County, MA

3.93 Rating based on 89 Reviews
  • Most Caught Species: Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Smallmouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
  • # of fishing spots within 25 miles: 76
  • # of reports within 25 miles: 148
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Williams Pond near Orange

Williams Pond

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Williams Pond Orange, Ma. near Orange

Williams Pond Orange, Ma.

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Williams Pond Orange, Ma near Orange

Williams Pond Orange, Ma

Williams Pond
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2lb largemouth near Orange

2lb largemouth

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Mattawa near Orange

Mattawa

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Top Fishing Spots near Orange

Williams Pond
Williams Pond

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Lake Mattawa
Lake Mattawa

Avg. Rating: 4.5
# Reviews: 2
Views: 4415

Laurel Pond
Laurel Pond

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

Tully Pond
Tully Pond

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East Branch of Tully River
East Branch of Tully River

Avg. Rating: 4
# Reviews: 2
Views: 2075

Moore's Pond
Moore's Pond

Avg. Rating: 3
# Reviews: 1
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Orange Area Fish Species

Recent Orange Fishing Reports

Williams Pond Fishing Report Apr 15, 2012

Williams Pond

Williams Pond, Orange, Ma -

Wife once again catches a fish, small rainbow trout, by the time I got my phone out to get a pix, it fell off of the hook. Again a #2 chartreuse Vibra...

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Nightfishing Fishing Report Jul 16, 2011

Nightfishing

Lake Mattawa -

Late night fishing at lake mattawa. We were fishing for whatever, Trout, hornpout, calico, eels??? but discovered a family of largemouth bass inhabiti...

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Lake Mattawa Fishing Report Sep 22, 2011

Lake Mattawa

Lake Mattawa -

Went looking for some Early trout last week on Lake Mattawa trying a new slip bobber technique my father in law introduced me to, Although a very cool...

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Lake Rhohunta Fishing Report Apr 22, 2012

Lake Rhohunta

Lake Rhohunta, Athol Ma. -

Fished the dam side of the lake off of Daniel Shay's Highway, using a black 1/8 oz. Rooster Tail all I got was this pickerel...better than getting...

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Miller's River  Fishing Report Apr 15, 2012

Miller's River

Miller's River, Athol, Ma -

Wife caught a midsize trout and a 1lb bass..lucky, once again with the chartreuse #2 Vibrax. I gave up with the heavy gear and used her gear and caugh...

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Miller's River Fishing Report Apr 22, 2012

Miller's River

Miller's River, Athol, Ma -

Fished the Miller's River, started at the canoe launch Main Street Athol, and worked my way north on the river.Caught an average size pickerel usi...

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Baits and Tackle used near Orange

Check Prices

  • senco
  • Yamamoto 5" Double Curly Tail Grub
    Booyah Pad Crasher Hollow Body Frog
    KVD 5" Caffeine Shad Swimbait
  • frogs and senkos
  • 6" Senkos
  • Green pumpkin and watermelon straight tail worms.
  • Yamamoto Pumpkin Grub
  • texes rigged senko
  • senko
  • wacky worms and spinnerbaits
  • minnows, jig

Live Bait (Other) Check Prices

  • dilly worms
  • 10 inch fat yellow perchy! Bigger the bait.......
  • Live Carwfish
  • moussies and wax worms
  • Moussies and wax worms

    pond shiners once cought for tip ups
  • 5 inch yellow perch

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

  • frogs, spinners, and buzz bait
  • jitterbug
  • early morning, or after sunset
  • Live Target Brown Mouse
  • Z-Man Hard Legs Frog

Crankbait Check Prices

  • 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 bait minus one.
  • shallow running crank baits
  • Ripping a diving crankbait through and above developing weed beds.

Bass Jig Check Prices

  • Crawfish style.

Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices

  • Green with one blade. 1/2 oz.

Soft Swimbait Check Prices

  • 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
  • 4' senko daquiri
  • 4" senkos watermellon gold
  • 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
  • Reaction Innovations
    Little Dipper
    Dirty Sanchez
  • Green/silver belly shad. 5/0 hook rigged weedless. Thrown into cover, dragged to the edge of cover and allowed to fall - strike typically occurred while bait was falling.

Lake Pattern Check Prices

Casting & Trolling Spoon;22 Check Prices

  • 3/4oz. Silver kastmaster

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
  • Cast a rubber from rigged weedless into cover and retrieve using a methodical twitching to simulate a frog swimming. When frog reached end of cover let sink for a couple of seconds before continuing twitching retrieve.

Nightcrawler Check Prices

  • 10-12 hook, half way threaded, dark part of the night crawler
  • Lures and live bait are good here but you have to be crafty and match the conditions.
  • Live nightcrawlers dropping them off the canoe
  • Brother in Law got only bite - but did land the fish

Stick Bait Check Prices

  • Rapala blue and white rattle
  • gary yamamoto senko black with silver flakes.

In-Line Spinner Check Prices

  • Asortment of spinners.

Jigging Spoon Check Prices

  • silver&blue kastmaster

Worm Check Prices

  • senkos
  • gary yatommotto senko black with siver flake.
  • senko wacky rigged
  • Senko
    1st was 11-3/4in
    2nd was 6in on the inline spinner
  • Gary Yamamoto Pumpkin
  • Black or brown body with Chartreuse tail
  • Black or Brown with Chartreuse tail
  • Black or Brown body with Chartreuse tail
  • Zoom Trick Worm
    Color: South Africa Special
  • Zoom Trick worm Color South Africa special

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.
  • yum 5" monny minnows white

Flies Check Prices

  • Fished a wooly bugger with a casting bubble

Panfish Jig Check Prices

  • Trout Magnet Jigs .Gold with Gold body
  • Trout Magnet

Other Check Prices

  • yellow rubber powerbait eggs
  • Chartreuse Extra Scent power bait, or Natural color Extra Scent power bait

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