Berkshire County Fishing Holes

I created this site in 2005 because there seems to be a lack of books and maps to document where I can have fun fishing. There are some obvious lakes in this county but you are not going to enjoy the experiance. I do not like to fish on a lake where water skiing is the principal use of the lake. I also made this list because some lakes like Ashmere Lake are listed as hot bass lakes but nobody knows how to get a boat on it! In the SAME town there are two lakes, Ashmere and Plunket. One is listed in the public access board's site the other in the dept of fisheries. Now, hows that for cooridination!

I live for what I call a POND to fish on. Lakes are places that are large and dangerous. Ponds generally do not allow speed boats or skiers. I will classify some lakes that have limited danger. Cheshire lake for instance is really 3 lakes when the smaller one being to shallow for power boats.

There are a few ponds listed here that are Not in Berkshire county but are worth the trip and they are closer to Dalton, Ma than some of the southern Berkshire lakes.

This list is of Ponds and some lakes I can fish from the shore or fish from a canoe or small dingy type boat. I prefer little or no high speed power boat traffic. Peaceful is nice. Enjoyable is MY rating based on the looks/crowds/size/fish/boats etc. Some of these lakes have not been visited yet and are not rated.

WX: temps + wind + Barometric pressure

Details:	Enjoyable 1-10 (10 is best)	Size	boats?	Ramp?	Shore fishing?
Benedict Pond Monterey	10	36acres	Canoe No motors	Small cement	Yes, 1.3 miles worth!
Woods Pond Lenoxdale	10	122acres	canoe no motors	Dirt	not much, trees
Blue Pond & Muddy pond Dalton, MA PVT	9 Private Pond	?	NO	NO	YES alot
Cheshire Reservoir Cheshire	5	418acres (3 lakes)	Limited Motors only in north end	3 canoe accesses 2 ramps	Yes! A lot along the rail trail!
Ashmere Lake Hinsdale	2		YES some water skiing	Small Tar Rough road access	Yes, along bank approx 200ft
Plunket res Hinsdale	3	73 acres	YES Some water skiing	dirt, very small	1000ft or more along road.
Buckley Dunton (Not fished yet) Becket	NR YET	161 acres	Yes, mostly fishing	mixed	Not much
Yokum Pond Becket	6	109 acres	very Limited acess	no	500ft plus wading in shallow end
Onota lake Pittsfield	1		YES, LOTS Skiing YES	Yes, big nice ramp	YES, Nice access close to drop off.
Goose Pond	1	225 acres (A little big)	YES, LOTS of boats!	Yes	no
Center Pond Dalton	Poluted EPA Problems	30 acres
Goodrich pond Pittsfield	Poluted PCB's
Littleville Lake	NR YET Might be nice on North end?	275 acres
Knightville Dam	also to big	large
Garnet pond Peru	NR YET	20 Acres?	no	2 roads, Private?	none from photos.

Near Berkshire county (Closer to Dalton, MA)

Upper Highland Goshen Not Berkhire county!	?	53 Acres	Yes No Motors	gravel	YES trail
Lower Highland Goshen Not Berkhire county!		88 acres	Yes No Motors!	gravel	?
Plainfield Pond Plainfied Not Berkhire county!	7	57 acres	Canoe no motors	small dirt Worn out	along road.
Crooked Pond Plainfield	No access despite reports		no	no	no
Hallockville Pond Plainfield	NR YET	25 acres	walk in canoes	none	state park
Winsor Pond Winsor	NR YET	48 acres	Yes Some water skiing	cement	200ft next to ramp

Ok, We know nothing about fishing BUT I collected some notes about the fishing in Berkshire County Mass.