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

• Overview

  You will find Femme Long Pond in English Harbour East, Newfoundland and Labrador. Salt water lies 3.2 km off. At about 92 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. With 8.1 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Few waters listed in English Harbour East are bigger. For supplies, Marystown is 53 km out. The nearest city of size is St. John's, 171 km away. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Femme Long Pond

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Public occurrence data for English Harbour East names bull-rout. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. Treat Femme Long Pond as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between February at about -6°C and August at about 16°C, the water has a wide range to work through. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate figures give an open season running late April to mid December. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. The season on Femme Long Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Should this one be busy, Man O War Mark Pond is 0.8 km off. The position on Femme Long Pond is worth confirming on the day.