Long Pond

Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond covers 62 acres in Barnstable County. The recorded maximum depth at Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond is 31 feet. At Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond, the documented storage volume is about 330 acre-feet.

What to Expect at Long Pond

The verified 31-foot maximum gives Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond enough depth for fish to move away from the bank without turning the lake into a purely open-water fishery.

Fish and Useful Baits at Long Pond

Fish reported from Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond include alewife, american eel, banded killifish, brook trout, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, golden shiner, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed, white perch, and yellow perch.

Bass

Largemouth bass in Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond can be searched with a spinnerbait before a Texas-rigged worm is worked through the best cover.

Crappie, Perch and Sunfish

For sunfish on Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond, keep a cricket or tiny jig close to weed edges and shaded wood. For Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond yellow perch, work a light jig slowly along the first firm-bottom break.

Walleye and Larger Predators

Chain pickerel in Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond can be found with spoons, spinnerbaits and small swimbaits along vegetation.

A Simple Fishing Plan for Long Pond

Let wind and water color choose the first section on Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond. Compare vegetation, shade and firm-bottom changes around Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond before searching open water.

When to Fish Long Pond

On Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond, spring fish often move onto protected banks before the open basin warms. Summer fishing on Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond is usually best at low light, beside shade or along the outside edge of healthy cover. During fall at Long Pond northeast of Fresh Pond, revisit creek mouths and main points with baitfish-sized lures.