Fifie Lake Fishing in Labrador City, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Fifie Lake is a Labrador City water, in Newfoundland and Labrador. It stands 560 metres above sea level. At 7.18 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. There is roughly 29 km of bank, and each arm behaves like its own water. Compared with other Newfoundland and Labrador water on our list, it sits high. For a base, Labrador City sits 71 km out. It is 647 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Fifie Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Labrador City records list brook trout, northern pike, Atlantic salmon, lake whitefish and longnose sucker among the fish reported. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Fish Fifie Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 12°C, the coldest about -24°C. Winter owns most of the year at this latitude. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late May. The season between ice runs from about late May to late October. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Fifie Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Peg Lake, 9.5 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Fifie Lake are worth checking on the day.