Gravelly Pond in Placentia: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Placentia, Gravelly Pond is a Newfoundland and Labrador water. The coast is 4.8 km away. At 3 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Our Placentia list holds plenty of bigger water. Placentia is the closest place, 14 km off. Whitbourne lies 25 km off, Clarke's Beach another 48 km. It sits near the edge of the county, so check which rules apply.

• Where to Fish on Gravelly Pond

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Placentia list 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. The shape of Gravelly Pond decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while February sits near -5°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. Ice clears near late April and comes back about mid December in a typical year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Gravelly Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Carneys Big Pond, 1 km away. None of that is settled for Gravelly Pond in what we hold.