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

• Overview

  Out in Port Blandford, Newfoundland and Labrador, sits Green Island Pond. Salt water lies 9.3 km off. This is a pocket water of some 8 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. The town to know is Clarenville-Shoal Harbour, 22 km out. The big place round here is St. John's, 139 km distant. Within easy reach: Bengers Pond 0.7 km, Crooked Pond roughly 1.2 km, Split Rock Pond 2.5 km, Big Pond roughly 2.5 km and Middle Brook Pond 4.2 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Green Island Pond

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Port Blandford list Atlantic salmon, brook trout and bull-rout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Green Island Pond gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -7°C. A hard winter is normal, and the thaw brings a strong few weeks. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around late April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan around that when you fish Green Island Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Bengers Pond, 0.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Green Island Pond as something to verify.