The Mashpee River is a 4.8-mile-long (7.7 km) tidal river on Cape Cod in Mashpee, Massachusetts .
4-670: The river arises in Mashpee and Wakeby Ponds , flows south a short distance, and drains into Pirate's Cove on Popponesset Bay on the Nantucket Sound . Conservation efforts began in 1915 or earlier, and much of the surrounding region is now part of the Mashpee River Reservation owned and conserved by the nonprofit Trustees of Reservations . This article related to a river in Massachusetts
8-631: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Barnstable County, Massachusetts geography–related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mashpee and Wakeby Ponds Mashpee Pond 41°39′40″N 70°29′08″W / 41.66111°N 70.48556°W / 41.66111; -70.48556 and Wakeby Pond 41°40′30″N 70°29′08″W / 41.67500°N 70.48556°W / 41.67500; -70.48556 are adjoining ponds in Mashpee and Sandwich, Massachusetts . When considered together, these two ponds cover 729 acres (2.95 km ) and constitute
12-561: The Mashpee River , flows south to Popponesset Bay . Boating access to the ponds is possible via a state-maintained concrete launching ramp off Route 130 in Mashpee. The ponds are heavily used for boating , swimming , bass fishing and trout fishing . However, there is no public beach on the lakes on which boats may be put ashore. Ice fishing and fly fishing take place on these waters in addition to bait-casting. In 2006,
16-402: The largest freshwater pond on Cape Cod . This pair is 85 feet (26 m) deep at its deepest point. The Fishing Record for most bass caught in a day belongs to James Dean on August 21,2016. The record for most fishing trips without a single fish caught belongs to P.J Keliher at 26. These kettleholes are fed by groundwater and have no inlet streams . The ponds' sole outlet stream,
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