Hamilton Reservoir fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout, Black Crappie
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Hamilton Reservoir, 1 lane.
The reservoir
Hamilton Reservoir covers 408 acres in Massachusetts, across Hampden County. It is a reservoir: 96% of it is 13 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 20 feet (6.1 m). Our records hold 5 species for this water. 3% of the water lies in Connecticut.
5 target fish, led by Northern Pike
- Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
- Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
- Rainbow Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Brown Trout — Feeding water: 50–65°F.
- Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 20 ft (6.1 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 96% of the water is 13 feet or shallower. We hold 67 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–1 ft: 5.8% of the water
- 1–3 ft: 11.5% of the water
- 3–4 ft: 10.7% of the water
- 4–5 ft: 11.8% of the water
- 5–6 ft: 9% of the water
- 6–7 ft: 7.1% of the water
- 7–8 ft: 7% of the water
- 8–9 ft: 7.6% of the water
- 9–10 ft: 9.1% of the water
- 10–11 ft: 8.6% of the water
- 11–13 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 13–15 ft: 2.6% of the water
- 15–17 ft: 0.9% of the water
- 17–19 ft: 0.6% of the water
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Hamilton Reservoir — 1 lane. Holland, Town Of Holland.
The place listed has no fee or opening hours on file: a blank means we hold no such field, not that it is free or always open, and this list may not be complete.
What is hard here
With 96% of the water 13 feet or less, low level turns the flats into hazards. Only 1 public ramp is on file, so the launch decides where you fish.
Where this data comes from
- MassWildlife — MassWildlife: depth contours: class A, a survey of the bottom.
- Webster, K.E., McCullough, I.M., Soranno, P.A. LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0, EDI, doi:10.6073/pasta/64ddc4d04661d9aef4bd702dc5d8984f (CC BY 4.0); Cheruvelil et al. LAGOS-US LOCUS v1.0 (EDI) — LAGOS-US DEPTH v1.0: Lake depth for 17,675 lakes in the conterminous U.S.: class B, a depth figure measured and published by an agency, without a bottom map.
