Plainfield Pond is a lake in Massachusetts, near Hampshire County.
Plainfield Pond covers 57 acres in Hampshire County. The recorded maximum depth at Plainfield Pond is 9 feet.
With 57 acres and only 9 feet of maximum depth, Plainfield Pond is a broad, shallow fishery where wind, weeds and small bottom changes can matter more than offshore depth.
Fish reported from Plainfield Pond include bluegill, brown bullhead, chain pickerel, golden shiner, largemouth bass, pumpkinseed, and yellow perch.
When largemouth bass hold tight to cover on Plainfield Pond, a compact jig or weedless worm is more useful than repeated open-water casts.
Bluegill in Plainfield Pond are practical targets with a worm or small jig suspended beside shallow cover. Yellow perch in Plainfield Pond are commonly caught with a small jig tipped with a minnow or worm near bottom.
For Plainfield 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 Plainfield Pond. Compare vegetation, shade and firm-bottom changes around Plainfield Pond before searching open water.
Spring at Plainfield Pond favors warming coves, feeder mouths and protected spawning banks. Once summer heat settles over Plainfield Pond, work the deepest active cover instead of assuming every fish has moved to the bottom. Windblown points on Plainfield 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.
Source checked:
This is not a record catch or a measure of how many fish are there today. The source may describe an earlier period.