Bakers Brook Inner Pond Fishing in Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Bakers Brook Inner Pond lies in Rocky Harbour, in Newfoundland and Labrador. Height above sea level is 442 metres. With some 38 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The whole outline is near 3.4 km, and most of it is walkable. By elevation it is in the upper part of our Newfoundland and Labrador listings. Deer Lake sits 54 km from the bank. St. John's is the closest city, 430 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Bakers Brook Inner Pond

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Rocky Harbour include brook trout, rainbow smelt and Arctic staghorn sculpin. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Bakers Brook Inner Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 14°C and February at -12°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late May until roughly mid November. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Bakers Brook Inner Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. If the gate is shut, Hardings Pond at 2.1 km is the nearest alternative. Where Bakers Brook Inner Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.