Bar Pond, Newfoundland and Labrador: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Bar Pond sits within St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine in Newfoundland and Labrador. Height above sea level is 124 metres. The edge runs 4.7 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. It ranks high for size among our St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine listings. Start from Marystown, 49 km down the road. St. John's sits 157 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Bar Pond

  Depth figures are not published for this one. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine list Atlantic salmon and brook trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Work Bar Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while February sits near -6°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about mid December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. It sets the rhythm of the year at Bar Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Rats Home Pond is 1.1 km off. Where Bar Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.