Best Bets for Bass

Largemouth, smallmouth & calico bass are found in the majority of freshwater habitats in Massachusetts, but these waters, based on fisheries sampling and angler reports, offer some of the very best bass fishing opportunities.

(Note: Table below may be sorted by clicking on any of the column headings.)

District	Town	Largemouth	Smallmouth	Calico
Western	Cheshire	Cheshire Reservoir
Western	Hinsdale	Ashmere Lake
Western	Lee	Goose Pond, Laurel Lake	Goose Pond
Western	Monterey	Benedict Pond, Lake Buel, Lake Garfield	Garfield Lake
Western	Pittsfield	Onota Lake, Pontoosuc Lake
Western	Sheffield	Three Mile Pond
Western	Becket		Center Pond, Greenwater Pond
Western	Huntington		Highland Lake
Western	Hancock		Norwich Lake
Western	Rowe		Sherman Reservoir
Connecticut Valley	Belchertown	Quabbin Reservoir
Connecticut Valley	Belchertown, New Salem		Quabbin Reservoir	Quabbin Reservoir
Northeast	Amesbury	Gardner Lake
Northeast	Ashland	Ashland Reservoir
Northeast	Billerica	Nutting's Pond
Northeast	Boston	Jamaica Pond
Northeast	Chelmsford	Crystal Lake (Newfield Pond)
Northeast	Dunstable	Massapoag Lake
Northeast	Framingham	Farm Pond, Lake Cochituate (North, Middle, South)
Northeast	Groton	Baddacook Pond, Knops Pond
Northeast	Hamilton	Chebacco Lake
Northeast	Hopkinton	North Pond, Whitehall Lake
Northeast	Haverhill	Saltonstall Lake
Northeast	Hudson	Fort Meadow Pond
Northeast	Littleton	Spectacle Pond
Northeast	Methuen	Forest Lake
Northeast	Milford	North Pond
Northeast	Natick	Lake Cochituate (North, Middle, South), Dug Pond
Northeast	Needham	Cutler Pond
Northeast	Randolph	Ponkapoag Pond
Northeast	Tyngsboro	Althea Pond, Flint Pond
Northeast	Wakefield	Quannapowitt Lake
Northeast	Wayland	Lake Cochituate (North, Middle, South)
Northeast	Westford	Forge Pond
Northeast	West Boxford	Stiles Pond
Northeast	Wrentham	Lake Pearl	Archer Lake
Northeast	Concord		Walden Pond, White's Pond
Northeast	Ayer, Groton, Pepperell	Nashua River (limit fish consumption)
Northeast	Boston, Dedham, Dover, Millis, Natick, Needham, Sherborn, Waltham	Charles River
Northeast	Bedford, Billerica	Concord River
Northeast	Byfield, Georgetown, W. Newbury	Parker River
Northeast	Danvers, Hopkinton, Ipswich, Middleton, Peabody, Topsfield	Ipswich River
Northeast	Framingham	Sudbury River
Northeast	Hudson, Stow	Assabet River
Northeast	Chelmsford, Lawrence, Lowell, Tyngsboro		Merrimack River
Southeast	Acushnet	New Bedford Reservoir
Southeast	Bridgewater	Nippenicket Lake
Southeast	Carver	Sampson's Pond
Southeast	Fall River	Cook's Pond, South Watuppa Pond	South Watuppa Reservoir
Southeast	Halifax, Hanson	Monponsett Lakes
Southeast	Lakeville	Long Pond
Southeast	Norton	Norton Reservoir
Southeast	Rochester	Snipatuit Pond
Southeast	Sandwich	Lawrence Pond
Southeast	Taunton	Sabbatica Lake
Southeast	Wareham	Mill Pond
Southeast	Barnstable		Hamblin Pond
Southeast	Bourne, Plymouth		Great Herring Pond
Southeast	Brewster		Cliff Pond
Southeast	Falmouth		Ashumet Pond, Coonamesset Pond
Southeast	Harwich		Long Pond
Southeast	Mashpee		John's Pond, Mashpee-Wakeby Pond
Southeast	Sandwich		Peter's Pond
Central	Brookfield	Quaboag Pond, South Pond
Central	Charlton	Buffumville Reservoir
Central	Douglas, Sutton	Manchaug Pond
Central	Lancaster	Fort Pond
Central	Millbury, Sutton	Singletary Lake	Singletary Lake
Central	Rutland	Demond Pond, Long Pond
Central	Sturbridge	East Brimfield Reservoir
Central	Westboro	Chauncy Lake, A-1 Site
Central	Boylston		Wachusett Reservoir
Central	Webster		Webster Lake