Description
Coonamessett Pond is a 164-acre great pond with a maximum depth of 37 feet and an average depth of 19 feet. Water transparency extends to roughly 6.5 feet and the 2.9 miles of shoreline around the pond are moderately developed with a golf course, cottages, and year-round homes. The pond receives water from groundwater and small inlets from Round Pond and former bogs to the north and drains into the Coonamessett River.
Recreational access
The town of Falmouth manages an unimproved boat ramp suitable for cartop boats and light trailered craft off of Hatchville Rd. at the Matthew R. Souza Conservation Area on the western shores of the pond (get directions). Parking for approximately 5 cars is available at the end of the access road to the launch which is narrow and rutted. Shore access is available around this launch on conserved lands and also at a small beach off of Boxberry Hill Rd on the northern shore accessible via a short hike in on Conamessett Reservation lands (get directions). There is a 5 horsepower limit on outboards imposed by the town of Falmouth. Please contact the town of Falmouth for additional information, fee structure, and/or restrictions pertaining to public access of Conamessett Pond.
The entrance to the access road to the launch at Coonamessett Pond off of Hatchville Road.
The gravel launch at Coonamessett Pond off of Hatchville Road.
Parking for the launch at Coonamessett Pond off of Hatchville Road.
Fish populations
The following fish species were found during MassWildlife surveys:
- smallmouth bass
- largemouth bass
- white catfish
- chain pickerel
- black crappie
- yellow perch
- white perch
- bluegill
- pumpkinseed
- brown bullhead
- banded killifish
- golden shiner
- tessellated darter
- alewife
Fishing
Sea-run river herring, alewives and blueback herring enter Coonamessett Pond via the Coonamessett River/Dutchman’s Ditch from great pond in Falmouth and Nantucket Sound and provide a good forage base for gamefish here. Both smallmouth and largemouth bass are abundant and grow to good sizes. Chain pickerel have also been reported in the 20+ inch range. Coonamessett Pond has produced largemouth bass, chain pickerel, yellow perch, white perch, black crappie, sunfish, bullhead and white catfish that meet minimum sizes for recognition by the Freshwater Sportfishing Awards Program.
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