Snipatuit Pond is a shallow 710-acre (2.9 km) warm water pond in Rochester, Massachusetts. The average depth is five feet and the maximum depth is six feet, except for one very small nine foot hole near the pump station on the west shore. The pond is the headwaters of the Mattapoisett River. The inflow comes from two sources: Cedar Swamp, which is located to the northeast, and Great Quiticus Pond, which is connected to Snipatuit Pond and located ...
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Snipatuit Pond is a shallow 710-acre (2.9 km) warm water pond in Rochester, Massachusetts. The average depth is five feet and the maximum depth is six feet, except for one very small nine foot hole near the pump station on the west shore. The pond is the headwaters of the Mattapoisett River. The inflow comes from two sources: Cedar Swamp, which is located to the northeast, and Great Quiticus Pond, which is connected to Snipatuit Pond and located to the northwest. The water quality is impaired due to wetlands vegetation. The boat access to the pond is a dirt ramp with limited parking located off Neck Road. Shoreline access is limited to the area east of the pond bordering Neck Road.
According to fishing writer David Kaplan, Snipatuit offers excellent largemouth bass, northern pike and pickerel fishing. An annual run of spawning herring maintains an abundance of these protein-rich bait fish that assures high growth rates for the game fish species. Kaplan cautions however that this...
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