Pontoosuc Lake fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Rainbow Trout
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Pontoosuc Lake, 2 lanes.
The lake
Pontoosuc Lake covers 537 acres in Massachusetts, across Berkshire County. It is a lake: 91.6% of it is 26 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 35 feet (10.7 m). Our records hold 4 species for this water.
Depth and bottom
Deepest measured point: at least 35 ft (10.7 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 91.6% of the water is 26 feet or shallower. We hold 31 depth contour lines for this water.
- 0–2 ft: 11.7% of the water
- 2–4 ft: 4.8% of the water
- 4–6 ft: 5.8% of the water
- 6–8 ft: 6.5% of the water
- 8–10 ft: 6.7% of the water
- 10–12 ft: 7.4% of the water
- 12–14 ft: 6.6% of the water
- 14–16 ft: 6.9% of the water
- 16–18 ft: 7.6% of the water
- 18–20 ft: 7.8% of the water
- 20–22 ft: 7.2% of the water
- 22–24 ft: 8.2% of the water
- 24–26 ft: 4.4% of the water
- 26–28 ft: 1.7% of the water
- 28–30 ft: 1.5% of the water
- 30–32 ft: 1.4% of the water
- 32–34 ft: 1.6% of the water
- 34–35 ft: 2.3% of the water
3 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.
Also recorded here: Common Carp.
1 ramp or launch on this water
On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.
- Pontoosuc Lake — 2 lanes. Pittsfield, City Of Pittsfield.
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
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.
