Fitzgeralds Pond Fishing in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  The Placentia entry here is Fitzgeralds Pond, in Newfoundland and Labrador. The land about it is pine and birch. The water covers around 1.58 sq km, which puts most of it out of reach from the bank. You are looking at roughly 11 km of shoreline, with plenty of water between access points. Size puts it in the front rank of our Placentia list. Whitbourne is the closest place, 18 km off. Placentia is 21 km and Clarke's Beach 41 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Fitzgeralds Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Placentia include American eel, Arctic charr, Atlantic sturgeon, brook trout and bull-rout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Fish Fitzgeralds Pond to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -6°C at the bottom of winter. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and mid December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Anyone fishing Fitzgeralds Pond regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. The nearest car park we can see is 920 m out, so expect a walk with your gear. Fitzgeralds Pond Provincial Park covers this ground, which means extra rules to check. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Soldier Pond sits 1.8 km off and takes the overflow. Check the current arrangement for Fitzgeralds Pond.