Bakers Brook Pond in Rocky Harbour: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Bakers Brook Pond is a Rocky Harbour water, Newfoundland and Labrador side. Salt water lies 9.1 km off. The water covers around 7.55 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. Shoreline length is close to 24 km, and each section fishes a little differently. By surface area it heads our Rocky Harbour listings. Nearest place of any size is Deer Lake, 62 km away. For a city, Sydney is 430 km off. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Bakers Brook Pond

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Rocky Harbour records list brook trout, rainbow smelt, Arctic staghorn sculpin and bull-rout among the fish reported. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Bakers Brook Pond fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -11°C to 14°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid May. Ice usually gives way near mid May, and forms again about late November. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. The season on Bakers Brook Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. If the gate is shut, Angle Pond at 4.1 km is the nearest alternative. Where Bakers Brook Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.