Billy Harris Pond, Newfoundland and Labrador: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Billy Harris Pond stands in Port Blandford, Newfoundland and Labrador. The water sits 162 metres up. At 7 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is a small entry by Port Blandford standards. Clarenville-Shoal Harbour at 18 km is the nearest place to stop. Clarenville is 19 km away, with Glovertown at 44 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Billy Harris Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Port Blandford names Atlantic salmon, brook trout and bull-rout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Billy Harris Pond gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 16°C and February near -7°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Billy Harris Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Island Pond at 1.4 km is the sensible second choice. The position on Billy Harris Pond is worth confirming on the day.