, Rochester

General Information Useful Links: Snipatuit Pond is a 704-acre Great Pond that forms the headwaters of the . The pond is shallow and fairly uniform in depth, average Get your Fishing License depth is 4.6 feet and maximum depth is only 11 feet. The water is tea stained by the surrounding wetlands and transparency is only two and a half feet. It is Freshwater Fishing connected with Great Quitticas Pond by Snipatuit Brook, which can flow either way depending on water levels. The bottom is predominantly mud. Trout Stocking Information The pond is bordered in most areas by a wide border of rushes and pickerel weed and aquatic vegetation is in scattered patches in open water areas. The Freshwater Sportfishing Awards 5.6 miles of shoreline are moderately developed with houses, a road and Program cranberry bogs. Long Pond (also known as Black Pond) is connected on the southeast side. There are three islands (Gull, High Bush and Low Bush) and a number of dangerous boulders in the pond.

Recreational Access

Access is provided by MassWildlife through the George E. Wood Memorial Fishermen's Access Ramp (70°51'30.06"W 41°47'7.21"N). The ramp is an unimproved gravel ramp with limited parking located off Neck Road. Learn more: Shoreline access is limited to the area of the pond bordering Neck Road. Mass.gov/MassWildlife Please contact MassWildlife for additional information and/or restrictions pertaining to public access of Snipatuit Pond. Connect with us: Facebook.com/MassWildlife

Fish Populations

Your local The following fish species were found during MassWildlife surveys: Chain MassWildlife office: Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Pumpkinseed, Black Crappie, 195 Bournedale Road Golden Shiner, Brown Bullhead, White Sucker and Alewife (sea-run). , MA 02532 (508) 759-3406 Fishing

Snipatuit Pond offers good fishing for a variety of warmwater fish species. Sea-run River Herring provide abundant forage which leads to excellent STOP AQUATIC HITCHIKERS! Prevent the transport of nuisance species. growth rates for predatory fish in the pond. The Chain Pickerel and Clean all recreational equipment. Largemouth Bass populations are healthy and fast growing. Yellow Perch ProtectYourWaters.net fishing should be excellent year round, as these fish are abundant and of good average size. Snipatuit Pond has produced Yellow Perch, White Perch, Largemouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Black Crappie, Bullhead, and Sunfish that meet minimum sizes for recognition by the Freshwater Sportfishing Awards Program. Updated: 2018

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Coordinates: 70°51'30.06"W 41°47'7.21"N 105 WAREHAM (!79 FALL RIVER ACUSHNET MARION USGS Quad: SNIPATUIT POND (!79 DARTMOUTH NEW BEDFORD

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