Black Hole in Placentia: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Within Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador, you have Black Hole. Elevation runs to 133 metres. Surface area runs to about 6 hectares — small enough to read in one session. The closest town, Placentia, is 14 km distant. The big place round here is St. John's, 94 km distant. Others worth noting: Brians Pond 2.4 km, 2.9 km out stands Deer Pond, Skin Cabin Pond 3.1 km, 4 km out stands Harveys Big Pond and Powers Pond 4.5 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Black Hole

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. 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. Placentia records list American eel, Arctic charr, Atlantic sturgeon, brook trout and bull-rout among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Black Hole gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August to average close to 16°C, with February the cold end at about -5°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near late December in autumn. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. That shapes the year on Black Hole.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Brians Pond at 2.4 km is the sensible second choice. What applies at Black Hole may have changed since it was mapped.