Jamaica Pond is a lake in Massachusetts, near Suffolk County.
Jamaica Pond covers 65 acres in Suffolk County. The recorded maximum depth at Jamaica Pond is 51 feet.
The verified 51-foot maximum gives Jamaica Pond enough depth for fish to move away from the bank without turning the lake into a purely open-water fishery.
Fish reported from Jamaica Pond include banded killifish, bluegill, brook trout, brown trout, chain pickerel, common carp, golden shiner, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed, tiger trout, white sucker, and yellow perch.
When largemouth bass hold tight to cover on Jamaica Pond, a compact jig or weedless worm is more useful than repeated open-water casts.
Bluegill in Jamaica Pond are practical targets with a worm or small jig suspended beside shallow cover. Yellow perch in Jamaica Pond are commonly caught with a small jig tipped with a minnow or worm near bottom.
For Jamaica Pond pickerel, cover weed edges with a flashy moving lure and use a short leader when bite-offs become common.
Choose three different structural stops before changing sections on Jamaica Pond. Compare vegetation, shade and firm-bottom changes around Jamaica Pond before searching open water.
Spring at Jamaica Pond favors warming coves, feeder mouths and protected spawning banks. Once summer heat settles over Jamaica Pond, work the deepest active cover instead of assuming every fish has moved to the bottom. Windblown points on Jamaica Pond become worth checking when autumn baitfish move shallow.
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Distances are straight-line estimates between mapped water locations.
Source dates describe the evidence, not a live catch forecast. Check the managing authority before planning access or keeping fish.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.
The linked source supports this fish’s presence or stocking in this water.
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This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.