Cod Looter Pond Fishing Guide, Hant's Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Cod Looter Pond falls in Hant's Harbour, part of Newfoundland and Labrador. Around the bank it is mixed forest. The water measures roughly 9 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. You are 24 km from Victoria. Further out sit Carbonear (27 km) and Harbour Grace (32 km). Others close at hand: Big Stag Pond at 1.3 km, Pot Hanger Pond 1.7 km off, Upper Pond at 1.8 km, Rocky Pond 2.1 km off and Little Stag Pond at 2.4 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Cod Looter Pond

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Hant's Harbour records list American eel, bull-rout, Atlantic hook-ear sculpin and grubby among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Cod Looter Pond the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between February at about -6°C and August at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about mid December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That shapes the year on Cod Looter Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Big Stag Pond is 1.3 km distant. Confirm access to Cod Looter Pond locally before you travel.