Cross Brook Pond Fishing in Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  You will find Cross Brook Pond in Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador. Beyond the shoreline you have rolling bush. The water measures roughly 7 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Grand Bank list holds plenty of bigger water. The nearest place of any size is Grand Bank, 3.5 km away. For a city, St. John's is 235 km off. The county line runs close by, so rules can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Cross Brook Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Grand Bank include longhorn sculpin. The county list is broader than any single water. At Cross Brook Pond the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -5°C at the bottom of winter. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around late December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. At Cross Brook Pond the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Big Gunville Pond sits 2.4 km off and takes the overflow. Where Cross Brook Pond is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.