# Best Bass Waters

**URL:** <https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/best-bass-waters/36378>\
**Category:** Massachusetts Fishing General\
**Created:** [March 30, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/best-bass-waters/36378 "2004-03-30T04:36:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bassmaster-ND](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba8739/32.png) [@Bassmaster-ND](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/u/Bassmaster-ND)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 4:36am UTC](https://forum.bigfishtackle.com/t/best-bass-waters/36378/1 "2004-03-30T04:36:47Z")

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_This is from Field and Stream_

**Massachusetts**  
State record: 15 pounds 8 ounces, Walter Bolonis, 1975, Sampson’s Pond  
**Best water:** Quabbin Reservoir. “It’s 28,000 acres, and some huge bass come out of it. We were sampling with gill nets, and there were some real big fish—especially in northern end of the reservoir.”_—Todd Richards, Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife_  
Contact: Quabbin Visitor Center, 413-323-7221; [www.centralquabbinarea.org/quabbin](http://www.centralquabbinarea.org/quabbin)

**Sleeper:** Peters Pond, Sandwich. “It’s well known for trout fishing, but its little-known bass fishery is great.”  
Contact: Richard Hartley, MDFW, [richard.hartley@state.ma.us](mailto:richard.hartley@state.ma.us)