Big Mosquito Pond in Come By Chance: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Big Mosquito Pond is a Come By Chance water, in Newfoundland and Labrador. The coast is 2.1 km away. Small at around 9 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Clarenville is the closest place, 42 km off. Then Clarenville-Shoal Harbour, 43 km, and Victoria, 50 km. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Big Mosquito Pond

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Come By Chance names Atlantic cod, brook trout and American eel. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Fish Big Mosquito Pond to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while February sits near -6°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Firm cover through the cold months, then open water from late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to mid December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. At Big Mosquito Pond the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. 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. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Island Pond, 3.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. For Big Mosquito Pond, the notice at the access point is the final word.