Great Barasway Pond in Placentia: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  This water sits in Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador. Height above sea level is 1 metres. It measures about 16 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Around 3.4 km of margin, front to back. Ground here is low by Newfoundland and Labrador standards. Placentia is the closest place, 14 km off. It is 113 km to St. John's, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Great Barasway Pond

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. Salt or brackish and tidal: fish the flow, rest at slack, and watch the mud on a falling tide. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Placentia, recorded fish include Atlantic cod, American eel and Arctic charr. Read Great Barasway Pond before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give August about 15°C and February about -5°C. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about mid December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Great Barasway Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Halfway Brook Pond is 6 km off. The position on Great Barasway Pond is worth confirming on the day.