Five Island Pond, Newfoundland and Labrador: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  You will find Five Island Pond in English Harbour East, Newfoundland and Labrador. It sits 4.4 km in from the sea. At 9 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Marystown is the closest place, 60 km off. St. John's is the closest city, 162 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Five Island Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Across English Harbour East, recorded fish include bull-rout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Anyone new to Five Island Pond should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 16°C in August and bottoms out near -7°C in February. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about mid December. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. The season on Five Island Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Picnic facilities are recorded some 690 m out. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Loo Pond sits 1.3 km off and takes the overflow. Check the current arrangement for Five Island Pond.