Long Pond fishing: Smallmouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, White Perch

Target species: Smallmouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, White Perch

The lake

Long Pond covers 738 acres in Massachusetts, across Barnstable County. It is a lake: 93% of it is 45 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 70 feet (21.3 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 70 ft (21.3 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 93% of the water is 45 feet or shallower. We hold 49 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–5 ft: 6.8% of the water
  • 5–10 ft: 11.3% of the water
  • 10–15 ft: 12.1% of the water
  • 15–20 ft: 11.9% of the water
  • 20–25 ft: 11% of the water
  • 25–30 ft: 10% of the water
  • 30–35 ft: 8.9% of the water
  • 35–40 ft: 10.1% of the water
  • 40–45 ft: 10.9% of the water
  • 45–50 ft: 4% of the water
  • 50–55 ft: 1.4% of the water
  • 55–60 ft: 0.8% of the water
  • 60–65 ft: 0.6% of the water
  • 65–70 ft: 0.1% of the water

3 target fish, led by Smallmouth Bass

  • Smallmouth Bass — Feeding water: 60–75°F.
  • Pumpkinseed — Feeding water: 65–80°F.
  • White Perch — Feeding water: 50–75°F.

Also recorded here: Brown Bullhead.

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.