Bottle Pond Fishing near Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Bottle Pond is an English Harbour East water, Newfoundland and Labrador side. The country here is pine and birch. Around 25 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Around 4.0 km of margin, front to back. You are 70 km from Clarenville. St. John's is the closest city, 142 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Bottle Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Reported across English Harbour East: bull-rout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Bottle Pond gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical August readings run about 16°C; by February the average is down near -6°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Bottle Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Kettle Woods Pond, 1.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Bottle Pond are worth checking on the day.