Description
Fresh Pond is a 66-acre natural kettlehole pond located off of Rt. 3A in the village of Manomet in Plymouth. The average depth of Fresh Pond is 10 feet with a maximum of 30 feet and the water is clear and typically transparent to 15 feet. The pond is fed by groundwater and a small inlet from Warner Pond and has an outlet to cranberry bogs and Beaver Dam Brook. The bottom is composed of sand and rubble, aquatic vegetation is limited and most of the 1.3 miles of shoreline is developed with houses.
Recreational access
The town of Plymouth manages a steep gravel launch and parking area in Fresh Pond Park located off Bartlett St. (get directions). The launch is suitable for paddle and cartop boats and parking is permitted for a fee. Shoreline access is limited to areas of Fresh Pond Park and via a small state-owned parcel off route 3A by way of a drainage easement (get directions). However, parking is very limited at this location. Please contact the town of Plymouth for additional information, fee structure, and/or restrictions pertaining to public access of Fresh Pond.
Shore and cartop boat access in Fresh Pond Park off of Bartlett St.
Parking off of Bartlett St.
Fish populations
The following fish species were found during MassWildlife surveys:
- largemouth bass
- smallmouth bass
- chain pickerel
- yellow perch
- white perch
- black crappie
- pumpkin seed
- bluegill
- brown bullhead
- American eel
- banded killifish
Fresh Pond is also stocked each spring with trout.
Fishing
Spring trout fishing comprises much of the angling pressure on Fresh Pond. Limited amounts of summer trout habitat restricts trout fishing to the spring. Some decent largemouth bass and yellow perch were caught during MassWildlife surveys. Fresh Pond has produced largemouth bass, chain pickerel, black crappie, sunfish, bullhead, and white catfish that meet minimum sizes for recognition by the Freshwater Sportfishing Awards Program.
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