Fishing Gull Pond in Garnish, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  You will find Gull Pond in Garnish, Newfoundland and Labrador. Elevation runs to 27 metres. The water covers some 13 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge runs 1.6 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Start from Marystown, 14 km down the road. The big place round here is St. John's, 202 km distant. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Gull Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The shape of Gull Pond decides where the fish sit. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give August about 16°C and February about -5°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. In an average year the thaw lands around mid April and the freeze near late December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Gull Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Some banks are open only from a marked point. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. The nearest alternative is Western Rush Pond, 1 km out. Treat access at Gull Pond as something to verify.