April 06, 2026 - 09:05:04
Alex at Red Top Sporting Goods in Buzzards Bay said trout fishing on and just off the Cape is “heating up.” No one pond has been out-producing others. If it has been stocked, added Alex, it is churning out trout. Peters Pond, Hamblin Pond, and Long Pond in Plymouth seem the most popular venues, but, again, all stocked waters are being fished and yielding stockies. Worms, Phoebes, Roostertails, small jerkbaits, and numerous small spoons are catching lots of fish. Largemouth bass action in cranberry bogs is improving.
April 06, 2026 - 09:05:01
The trout fishing has been great according to AJ at Red Top Sporting Goods who said they have been going through Gulp and PowerBait as well as stick baits and spoons. They have seen a few state pin size perch but since the minimum size limit on stripers has been in place the once most photographed scale on the Cape has not been used all that much. AJ expects the first bright run schoolies to hit his area about the second or third week of April, dependent on warming sunshine. There are a few herring in the Wareham run and the Middleboro run sports a healthy population of those once favored spring striper ice cream cones.
March 30, 2026 - 11:10:07
According to Chris at Red Top Sporting Goods in Buzzards Bay many ponds on and just off the Cape have been stocked, and there are plenty of brookies, browns, tigers and rainbows out there awaiting attention. Weather—especially powerful winds--has been a problem. Chris tried to shore-fish Marys Pond and was blown off by a cold, thirty-mph wind. He then attempted to get into a few kettle ponds inside Miles Standish State Forest in Plymouth and found several park roads blocked by fallen trees knocked down and debris scattered by damaging winds. The one good report he had come from Long Pond in Plymouth, anglers there experiencing good action with early-season bass and stocked trout. Long Pond has been stocked multiple times already. The next couple of weeks should see milder weather and much-improved fishing for bass and trout. Chris also mentioned the shop is filled with all the gear anglers need to target bass and trout in Cape Cod ponds.
March 30, 2026 - 11:10:04
The big annual spring sale at Red Top Sporting Goods has brought anglers from far and wide so peruse the plug wall, their collection of specialized rods and reels and the array of specialized fishing clothing and boots they carry. The trips to the shop are also being made by freshwater fisherman for their Gulp, worms and specific trout gear as the occasional sunny day and some mild weather has increased the desire to feel a bend in their rods. Mike was at the counter and told us there has been a steady procession of anglers, some of them smiling children with large yellow perch that earned them an application for a MA state Pin fish. There are rumors of herring at the base of the Wareham run but no proof that those precious little precursors of spring have actually made it up to those runs. There were some valid reports that there were herring in the upper Taunton River runs. It will be a while before the first schoolies arrive but there are alternatives in the form of trout, largemouth and pickerel and a tog or two before the seven striped fish make their long awaited appearance.
