Black Duck Pond Fishing Guide, Fox Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Black Duck Pond is one of the Fox Harbour listings for Newfoundland and Labrador. The coast is 0.9 km away. The water covers some 11 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. Shoreline comes to about 1.6 km, small enough to learn in a day. Ground here is low by Newfoundland and Labrador standards. Start from Placentia, 17 km down the road. Beyond it, Whitbourne at 29 km and Clarke's Beach at 51 km.

• Where to Fish on Black Duck Pond

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Fox Harbour, recorded fish include Arctic charr, American eel and brook trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Black Duck Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -5°C at the bottom of winter. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about late April until roughly late December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That is the shape of the year on Black Duck Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. The nearest alternative is Long Harbour Head Pond, 0.4 km out. Confirm before you fish Black Duck Pond.