Best white perch lakes in Massachusetts
106 Massachusetts waters hold white perch, 106 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Aggressive schooling panfish that swarms big water — find one and you've found five hundred.
- Wachusett Reservoir — 110 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
- Sudbury Reservoir — 55 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
- Otis Reservoir — 50 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
- Long Pond (Lakeville) — 12 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
- South Watuppa Pond — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
- Webster Lake — 45 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
- Lake Quinsigamond — 85 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
- Long Pond (Harwich) — 70 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, White Perch
- Quaboag Pond — 15 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie, Bluegill
- Onota Lake — 70 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
- Hamilton Reservoir — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
- Mashpee Pond — 90 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
- Lake Cochituate North Basin — 65 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie, Bluegill
- Watershops Pond — 15 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch, Common Carp
- Snipatuit Pond — 6 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
- Long Pond (Plymouth) — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
- Lake Garfield — 30 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
- Pontoosuc Lake — 35 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Northern Pike, Crappie
- Whitehall Reservoir — 25 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Rainbow Trout
- Norton Reservoir — 9 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
- Great Herring Pond — 45 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
- Manchaug Pond — 35 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
- Singletary Pond — 35 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill
- Buffumville Lake — 15 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
- Lake Boon — 20 ft max · survey depth data · Largemouth Bass, Crappie, Bluegill, Yellow Perch
…plus 81 more Massachusetts waters holding white perch.
When to fish white perch in Massachusetts
- Spring 4–15 ft — Spring runs stack them at tributary mouths and shallow flats — small minnows and spinners.
- Summer 15–40 ft — Roaming open-basin schools — drift small spinner rigs or jigs until the rod loads up.
- Fall 15–45 ft — Fall schools gorge ahead of winter on deep flats — jigging spoons take the jumbos.
- Winter 20–50 ft — Deep wintering schools — a reliable ice target on basin edges with small spoons.
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