Crouse Barasway Fishing Guide, Frenchman's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Crouse Barasway sits within Frenchman's Cove in Newfoundland and Labrador. The shore lies 2 km out. At 2 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Frenchman's Cove are larger. The nearest town is Grand Bank, 17 km away. St. John's is the closest city, 219 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Crouse Barasway

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Salt or brackish and tidal: fish the flow, rest at slack, and watch the mud on a falling tide. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Frenchman's Cove records list Atlantic salmon and brook trout among the fish reported. At Crouse Barasway the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in August and bottom out at -5°C in February. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The open-water window runs from around late April to about late December in an average year. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Crouse Barasway fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Stern Pond is 2.7 km distant. Where Crouse Barasway is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.