Fishing Daniels Cove Long Pond in Old Perlican, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Daniels Cove Long Pond is set in Old Perlican, Newfoundland and Labrador. Country round the bank runs to pine and birch. Roughly 12 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Shoreline comes to about 2.3 km, small enough to learn in a day. Pouch Cove is the closest town at 41 km. Victoria lies 44 km off, Trinity Bay North another 46 km. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Daniels Cove Long Pond

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. The tide is the timetable on this water; two hours either side of the change usually fish hardest. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Open biodiversity records for Old Perlican list Atlantic cod, polar cod, capelin and bull-rout. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. On Daniels Cove Long Pond a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 15°C, the coldest about -5°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at mid December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Daniels Cove Long Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Flemmings Pond, 0.4 km away. Treat access at Daniels Cove Long Pond as something to verify.