Fishing Cooper Pond in Norman's Cove-Long Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Cooper Pond is set in Norman's Cove-Long Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador. The setting is rolling bush. Surface area runs to about 6 hectares — small enough to read in one session. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Norman's Cove-Long Cove. Whitbourne lies 17 km from the water. Then Clarke's Beach, 19 km, and Spaniard's Bay, 19 km. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Cooper Pond

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Norman's Cove-Long Cove list Atlantic cod, American eel, Atlantic salmon and brown trout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. On Cooper Pond that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in August and bottom out at -5°C in February. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Climate figures give an open season running late April to late December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. That is the shape of the year on Cooper Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Public data records a boat ramp 1 km out. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Newhooks Pond is 1.6 km off. Ask locally about Cooper Pond if anything is unclear.