Fishing at Beaver Pond, Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Beaver Pond is set in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador. Elevation runs to 246 metres. At roughly 4 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Most waters listed here for Placentia are larger. Placentia lies 19 km from the water. St. John's is the closest city, 110 km away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Beaver Pond

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Species logged across Placentia include American eel, Arctic charr, Atlantic sturgeon, brook trout and bull-rout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Beaver Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August near 15°C and February near -6°C on the long-run figures. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and mid December. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. On Beaver Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Trappers Pond, 2.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Beaver Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.