Crooked Pond Fishing Guide, Port Blandford, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  You will find Crooked Pond in Port Blandford, Newfoundland and Labrador. It stands 101 metres above sea level. This is a pocket water of some 4 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. On size it sits at the modest end of our Port Blandford list. Clarenville-Shoal Harbour lies 21 km from the water. Then Clarenville, 22 km, and Glovertown, 46 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Crooked Pond

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Survey and observation records for Port Blandford include Atlantic salmon, brook trout and bull-rout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Crooked Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 16°C and February near -7°C on the long-run figures. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. That is the shape of the year on Crooked Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. The map shows no ramp or car park nearby, so this is a walk-in water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A phone call first saves an afternoon. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Bengers Pond sits 0.7 km off and takes the overflow. The position on Crooked Pond is worth confirming on the day.