Davis Pond in Come By Chance: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Davis Pond falls in Come By Chance, part of Newfoundland and Labrador. Elevation runs to 139 metres. The water measures roughly 9 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. You are 28 km from Clarenville. Clarenville-Shoal Harbour follows at 29 km, then Victoria at 43 km. Close by you also have: Blue Hill Pond about 0.5 km, 1.4 km away is Gull Pond, Norris Pond about 1.8 km, 2 km away is Spurrells Pond and Nine Angle Pond about 2.1 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Davis Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name brook trout, American eel and bull-rout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Take Davis Pond a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year August sits at 16°C and February at -6°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Average temperatures cross freezing around late April in spring and again near mid December in autumn. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Expect Davis Pond to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. If the gate is shut, Blue Hill Pond at 0.5 km is the nearest alternative. Ask locally about Davis Pond if anything is unclear.