Fishing at Big Rush Pond, Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  This water sits in Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador. Everything around it is lake country bush. At about 42 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The full circuit measures close to 4.0 km on foot. Few waters listed in Marystown are bigger. Supplies mean a trip to Marystown, 8.5 km off. Further out sit Burin (15 km) and St. Lawrence (36 km). Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Big Rush Pond

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name American eel and bull-rout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Work Big Rush Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August runs about 16°C on average, February about -5°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. That shapes the year on Big Rush Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Big Mashes Pond, 1.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Big Rush Pond as something to verify.