Billington Sea/Little Pond, Plymouth
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Billington Sea/Little Pond, Plymouth General Information The Billington Sea is a 285 acre Great Pond with average depth of 8 feet and a Useful Links: maximum depth of 15 feet. Shallow, weedy and fertile, this eutrophic lake is fed primarily by groundwater and cranberry bog outlets. Aquatic weeds are Get your Fishing License exceptionally abundant. The bottom is predominantly mud, although shoreline areas tend to be quite sandy. Except for the northern section which Freshwater Fishing is a town park, most of the shoreline is developed with houses. Just to the north, Little Pond is a 43 acre natural kettle hole with a maximum depth of 51 Trout Stocking Information feet. It has a sandy bottom, scant aquatic vegetation, and clear water. Freshwater Sportfishing Awards Recreational Access Program Boat access to both ponds is provided by dirt ramps in Morton Park managed by the town of Plymouth. (70°40'59.80"W 41°56'22.67"N). Admission fee from Memorial Day - Labor Day, unless holding a resident park permit. No motorized boats on Little Pond Memorial Day - Labor Day. Please contact the town of Plymouth for additional information and/or restrictions pertaining to public access to Morton Park. Fish Populations The following fish species were found during MassWildlife surveys: Learn more: Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch, White Mass.gov/MassWildlife Perch, Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Brown Bullhead, White Sucker, Banded killifish, Golden Shiner, and sea run Alewife that run up from Plymouth Bay through Connect with us: Town Brook. Little Pond; Largemouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Facebook.com/MassWildlife Pumpkinseed, Smallmouth Bass, and Golden Shiner. Fishing Your local Billington Sea offers excellent fishing and is especially productive for MassWildlife office: Largemouth Bass and Chain Pickerel. It also contains good populations of 195 Bournedale Road Sunfish, and Perch. A good forage base is provided by the sea-run alewives. In Buzzards Bay, MA 02532 contrast, Little Pond is primarily a trout fishery and is stocked heavily in the (508) 759-3406 spring and fall. In the summer, the cold layer of water holding trout is located from 19 to 30 feet. Billington Sea has produced Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Sunfish, Black Crappie, and White and Yellow Perch that meet minimum sizes for recognition by the Freshwater STOP AQUATIC HITCHIKERS! Prevent the transport of nuisance species. Sportfishing Awards Program. Little Pond has produced Largemouth Bass, Clean all recreational equipment. White and Yellow Perch, Sunfish, and Brook, Brown, Tiger and Rainbow Trout ProtectYourWaters.net that meet minimum sizes for recognition by the Freshwater Sportfishing Awards Program. Updated: 2020 HANSON 36 DUXBURY WEST BRIDGEWATER !( !(27 C Billington Sea/Little Pond EAST BRIDGEWATER HALIFAX KINGSTON H 285/45 Acres BRIDGEWATER !(58 A ^ P !(18 PLYMPTON Plymouth !(80 E 3A 24 (! !( ¤£44 L South Coastal Watershed ^H RAYNHAM MIDDLEBOROUGH PLYMOUTH I Coordinates: 70°41'0.45"W 41°56'20.28"N £44 CARVER L ¤ L ¤£3 USGS Quad: PLYMOUTH TAUNTON LAKEVILLE D R . I BV oat Ramp- et e E . tr y! Gravel r S me Stream- um # S Flow Direction ³ (!3 Morton Park Island/Sand Bar . Interstate Little Pond Major Road B 10 Road R A 5 20 L # Wetland E Y Building R O r51 Structures B I A # L D 40 r16 L Deepest Point I 30 N Dam G # T O 20 y! N d S a T 10 o R R Billington Sea y! E d . n E Morton Park o T P t u o 2 L 4 6 8 4 2 r16 12 12 10 10 t Road 8 Black Ca 6 4 2 . 0 ½ Miles Depth Contours- 2 Feet/ 5 feet(Little Pond) Depth contours based on 12,116/ 4,310 sonar soundings Not for navigational purposes Map updated 2020.