Watershops Pond fishing map is available as part of iBoating : USA Marine & Fishing App(now supported on multiple platforms including Android, iPhone/iPad, MacBook, and Windows(tablet and phone)/PC based chartplotter.).
With our Lake Maps App, you get all the great marine chart app features like fishing spots, along with Watershops Pond depth map. The fishing maps app include HD lake depth contours, along with advanced features found in Fish Finder / Gps Chart Plotter systems, turning your device into a Depth Finder. The Watershops Pond Navigation App provides advanced features of a Marine Chartplotter including adjusting water level offset and custom depth shading. Fishing spots and depth contours layers are available in most Lake maps. Lake navigation features include advanced instrumentation to gather wind speed direction, water temperature, water depth, and accurate GPS with AIS receivers(using NMEA over TCP/UDP). Autopilot support can be enabled during ‘Goto WayPoint’ and ‘Route Assistance’.
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Fishing Info for Watershops Pond
Watershops Pond (or Lake Massasoit) is a lake in the city of Springfield, Massachusetts. Located in the Upper Hill neighborhood, it is the city's second-largest body of water, after the Connecticut River. Watershops Pond features 7 miles of shorelines and 186 acres. It was a major site for fishing, featuring species ranging from Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Channel Catfish, Common Carp, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, Rainbow Trout, and Yellow Bass. The city after multiple lowering of the dam draining the pins for lengthy periods had destroyed the habitat. Not only had it decimated the fish population leaving primarily pumpkinseed, calico bass, and carp. The pond was formed by damming the Mill River, which flows out of the westernmost end and continues 1.25 miles until its confluence with the Connecticut River. In the 19th century, three separate facilities: the Upper, Middle, and Lower Watershops on Watershops Pond, were built by the Springfield Armory along a dammed stream to house heavy equipment such as trip hammers, forges, and barrel rolling machinery. Eventually, these three units were combined into one facility, known as the Water Shops, which remained in service until the Springfield Armory was controversially shut down by The Pentagon in 1968. The Watershops gave name to the lake, which had initially been called Lake Massasoit. The original Watershops building still stands on Allen Street in Springfield. Springfield College, the institution where basketball was founded in 1891, borders Watershops Pond.
More on Wikipedia...Popular fish species in this lake include Crappie and Pumpkinseed.
Watershops Pond Fishing Map Stats | |
| Title | Watershops Pond |
| Scale | 1:3000 |
| Counties | Hampden |
| Nearby Cities | East Longmeadow, Springfield, Longmeadow, Ludlow, Agawam, Chicopee, Wilbraham, West Springfield, Hampden, Hazardville |
| Area * | 192.92 acres |
| Shoreline * | 14.86 miles |
| Min Longitude | -72.56 |
| Min Latitude | 42.09 |
| Max Longitude | -72.50 |
| Max Latitude | 42.11 |
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| Id | US_CC_MA_watershops_pond_jul21_ma |
| Country | US |
| Projection | Mercator |
| * some Stats may include nearby/connecting waterbodies | |
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