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Bass fishing continues to heat up through shifting conditions, short tog are caught in Buzzards Bay, and some ponds get their second and third rounds of stocked trout.

Shallow bog ponds see an uptick in activity from largemouth bass, and trout fishing is good in the kettle lakes prior to the the spring trout stocking.

Ninety percent of Cape Cod's coastal bays and more than a third of its ponds have “unacceptable” water quality, according to an annual report from the Association to Preserve Cape Cod. The region's bays and ponds are polluted with excess nutrients from septic systems, which feed the growth of invasive weeds and toxic algae.

Cyanobacteria warnings are in place for Ashumet, Santuit and Wakeby ponds in Mashpee and Sandwich as of Friday morning, September 8.

In the first meeting of the Environmental Oversight Committee general updates were given on the town’s stormwater management plan from Director of Natural Resources Ashley K. Fisher, while conversations centered