Fishing Grassy Pond in Port Blandford, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Newfoundland and Labrador holds Grassy Pond, in Port Blandford. The shore lies 17 km out. At 3 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Port Blandford. The nearest place of any size is Clarenville-Shoal Harbour, 28 km away. St. John's sits 143 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Grassy Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Survey and observation records for Port Blandford include Atlantic salmon, brook trout and bull-rout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Grassy Pond to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and February near -7°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. The season between ice runs from about late April to early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan any trip to Grassy Pond around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. The nearest alternative is Little Bread Bag Pond, 0.9 km out. Ask locally about Grassy Pond if anything is unclear.