White Island Pond
Massachusetts · Plymouth
- 287 acres mapped (USGS NHD)
- 11.7 km shoreline
- County: Plymouth
- Shoreline outline: USGS NHD
- Massachusetts freshwater fishing (MassWildlife)
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Overview
White Island Pond straddles the Plymouth-Wareham line, between Big Sandy and Ezekiel ponds to the east and the Agawam River and Glen Charlie Pond to the west. The 284-acre great pond has two main basins, and the eastern one splits again into north and south lobes. Locals call them First Lake (west), Second Lake (southeast) and Third Lake (northeast). It averages 10 feet deep (15 max), with about 3 feet of visibility and only scattered weed patches. Groundwater and cranberry bogs feed it, and Red Brook carries its outflow to Buttermilk Bay. Houses and bogs line its 3.8-mile shore.
Fishing
If you can get to it, this is a productive warmwater pond. River herring are abundant forage, so game fish grow faster than average. Third Lake, the northeast basin, should be the best for largemouth. Smallmouth, pickerel, yellow perch, bullhead and pumpkinseed round out the catch.
Species
MassWildlife surveys found largemouth and smallmouth bass; chain pickerel; panfish such as pumpkinseed and yellow perch; brown bullhead; and alewife, American eel, banded killifish, golden shiner and white sucker.
Hotspots
Northeastern basin (Third Lake) for largemouth bass.
Regulations
MassWildlife freshwater regulations apply: https://www.mass.gov/freshwater-fishing-regulations. Check local town or DCR rules for access fees and restrictions.
Licensing
A Massachusetts freshwater fishing license is required for anglers 15 and older.
Access
There's no true public access. MassWildlife counts it among the largest southeast-district ponds without any. Because it's a great pond, the Colonial Ordinances of 1641-1647 let anglers cross unimproved land on foot to fish. The beaches, ramp and moorings on the western basin are for local association members only. Contact MassWildlife's Southeast District for details.
Water facts
284 acres; average depth 10 ft; max 15 ft; 3.8 miles of shoreline.
Nearby waters
- Big Sandy Pond · 1.5 km (MA)
- Fearing Pond · 4.3 km (MA)
- Halfway Pond · 4.8 km (MA)
- Great Herring Pond · 4.9 km (MA)
- Long Pond · 5.7 km (MA)
- Sampson Pond · 11.6 km (MA)
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MassWildlife (Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife)