Elliotts Cove Fishing in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  You will find Elliotts Cove in Clarenville, Newfoundland and Labrador. The shore lies 0.9 km out. Around 19 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. About 1.7 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. It is low-lying compared with other Newfoundland and Labrador water we list. Some 5.3 km away sits Clarenville, the nearest settlement. The big place round here is St. John's, 110 km distant. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Elliotts Cove

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. This is tidal water: the state of the tide decides where fish sit, so plan the session around it. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Clarenville include Atlantic cod, Atlantic salmon, brook trout and capelin. Work Elliotts Cove in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical August readings run about 16°C; by February the average is down near -6°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and mid December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Elliotts Cove rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Mapping shows a picnic spot within 320 m. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. If the gate is shut, Bluff Head Big Pond at 7.4 km is the nearest alternative. Where Elliotts Cove is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.