Bread and Butter Pond Fishing near Victoria, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Bread and Butter Pond is a Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove water, Newfoundland and Labrador side. The water sits 168 metres up. At roughly 6 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Most waters listed here for Small Point-Adam's Cove-Blackhead-Broad Cove are larger. Victoria sits 20 km from the bank. St. John's sits 53 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The boundary is near enough that local access rules are worth double-checking.

• Where to Fish on Bread and Butter Pond

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Work Bread and Butter Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it. A quiet corner out of the wind can hold everything.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -6°C to 16°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. The water is typically free of ice between late April and mid December. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. The season on Bread and Butter Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. Should this one be busy, Middle Brook Pond is 1.1 km off. Check the position on Bread and Butter Pond before loading the car.