Femme Gull Pond Fishing in English Harbour East, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Out in English Harbour East, Newfoundland and Labrador, sits Femme Gull Pond. The sea is 4.2 km distant. At about 51 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The shoreline runs about 6.8 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. Marystown is the closest place, 55 km off. The nearest city of size is St. John's, 169 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Femme Gull Pond

  Depth figures are not published for this one. 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. Records held for English Harbour East cover bull-rout. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Read Femme Gull Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put August at about 16°C and February near -6°C. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at mid December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Anyone fishing Femme Gull Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Femme Long Pond, 2.5 km away. For Femme Gull Pond, the notice at the access point is the final word.