Spectacle Pond (sandwich) Fishing Spot
- County: Barnstable - Sandwich MA
- Acreage: 91
- Public Fishing: Yes
- Mean Depth: 19'
- Max Depth: 43'
- Website: http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/maps/ponds/pdf/dfwspecs.pdf
- Last Modified By: vinny60 on 08/20/09 09:28 PM
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hit this pond for some sunset action 2 mondays in a row. just some nibbles the first outing, but a nice rainbow trout on my first cast the second time out.
Spectacle Pond (sandwich) Baits and Tackle
Soft Baits Check Prices
- Dropshot
- 1lb, 3/4lb, 11', and 8" on the Drop Shot, 10" on C-Rig
- Drop shot
- Keepers were:
2.77lbs
1-3/4lbs
1-1/2lbs
1-1/4lbs
One 11" short - Drop Shot
1 Keeper @ 1-3/4lbs
Four 11" range shorts
Lure (Other) Check Prices
Other Check Prices
- Twitch twitch pause with a jerkbait
Crankbait Check Prices
Spinnerbait / Buzzbait Check Prices
- Barbie color spinnerbait cranking from out from shore line. This fish hit in about 10 ft of water had a couple of more followers but that was it. Then the winds and rain picked up and it was tuff fishing from there on in .My boater caught a nice one about 4 hrs later with a crank bait and that was it on the hits fished many of the same spots as Micahel K draging jigs and tubes not a bite. big fish of the day was 6+ large mouth and a 5+ smallie
Worm Check Prices
- 8 inchWatermelon senko w/ red hook
Lizard Check Prices
Frog Bait Check Prices
- Paycheck Baits "Transporter
Jerk Bait Check Prices
- 5 between 3" and 11"
Spectacle Pond (sandwich) Description
Spectacle Pond is a 91 acre natural kettlehole pond with an average depth of 19 feet and a maximum depth of 43 feet. The pond gets its names from its shape, which is really two attached kettleholes separated by a shallow area of an island and sandbars. Transparency is excellent, extending to 22 feet, and submergent aquatic vegetation is common. The northern basin of stratifies during the summer months and trout water (less than 70 F and greater than 5 ppm dissolved oxygen) is found between 32 and 34 feet in depth. The shoreline is wooded and lightly developed with houses and two summer camps. The bottom is composed of sand and rubble, with some areas of gravel. Except during the highest groundwater levels, the pond is surrounded by a wide sand and gravel margin. Access: Access is provided by a town landing which consists of a rutted unimproved gravel ramp on the southwestern end of the pond, suitable for launching cartop boats and canoes. To reach the site, take Route 6 from the Sagamore Bridge to Exit 2 (Route 130). Take Route 130 south, travel a few miles, and take a left onto Sandwich-Cotuit Road. Take a left onto Quaker Meetinghouse Road, and finally a right onto Pinkham Road. The access is at the end of a dirt road on the left (the first left after the entrance to Camp Hayward). Fish Populations: Spectacle Pond was sampled most recently on September 12, 1994 and seven species were collected: yellow perch, smallmouth bass, banded killifish, pumpkinseed sunfish, largemouth bass, brook trout and brown bullhead. In addition to brook trout, it is also stocked with rainbow trout and brown trout.
Spectacle Pond is stocked every year, spring and fall, with brook, brown and rainbow trout. It is primarily a put-and-take trout fishery, although some trout, particularly browns, may be holding over through the summer. The wide shorelines make for a good fly fishing pond and a fly fishing school is held on the shores of the pond in May. During late spring and summer, the northern basin will produce the most action, but during the spring and fall stocking seasons both basins are equally productive. Some of the smallmouth and largemouth bass sampled during the 1994 survey were of decent size.