Big Bread Bag Pond, Newfoundland and Labrador: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Big Bread Bag Pond is a Port Blandford water, in Newfoundland and Labrador. The setting is rolling bush. The water covers some 22 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. About 2.9 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. The nearest place of any size is Clarenville-Shoal Harbour, 27 km away. Clarenville is 28 km away, with Glovertown at 50 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Big Bread Bag Pond

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. County-wide records name Atlantic salmon, 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. Big Bread Bag Pond responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -7°C in February up to 16°C in July. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice clears near late April and comes back about early December in a typical year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Big Bread Bag Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Little Bread Bag Pond at 0.7 km is the sensible second choice. Ask locally about Big Bread Bag Pond if anything is unclear.