Whitehall Reservoir fishing: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie

Target species: Northern Pike, Largemouth Bass, Black Crappie
Boat: 1 ramp or launch on file for this water.
Start here: Launch at Whitehall Reservoir, 2 lanes.

The reservoir

Whitehall Reservoir covers 587 acres in Massachusetts, across Middlesex County. It is a reservoir: 92.3% of it is 10 feet deep or less; the deepest point measured is at least 25 feet (7.6 m). Our records hold 3 species for this water.

Aerial imagery: USDA NAIP 2023
USDA Farm Service Agency, NAIP 2023 aerial imagery (USGS The National Map) · Public domain

Depth and bottom

Deepest measured point: at least 25 ft (7.6 m). That is the deepest contour line: the bottom goes deeper. 92.3% of the water is 10 feet or shallower. We hold 32 depth contour lines for this water.

  • 0–2 ft: 24.1% of the water
  • 2–4 ft: 12.3% of the water
  • 4–6 ft: 19.7% of the water
  • 6–8 ft: 22.5% of the water
  • 8–10 ft: 13.7% of the water
  • 10–12 ft: 1.2% of the water
  • 12–14 ft: 1% of the water
  • 14–16 ft: 0.9% of the water
  • 16–18 ft: 0.8% of the water
  • 18–20 ft: 0.7% of the water
  • 20–22 ft: 0.7% of the water
  • 22–24 ft: 0.7% of the water
  • 24–25 ft: 1.5% of the water

3 target fish, led by Northern Pike

  • Northern Pike — Feeding water: 50–75°F.
  • Largemouth Bass — Feeding water: 65–85°F.
  • Black Crappie — Feeding water: 65–75°F.

1 ramp or launch on this water

On this water we hold 1 trailer ramp.

  • Whitehall Reservoir — 2 lanes. Hopkinton, DCR(S).

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 92.3% of the water 10 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.