Fishing at Hawcos Pond, Holyrood, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Hawcos Pond is listed under Holyrood, Newfoundland and Labrador. The shore lies 17 km out. It measures some 2.52 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. It is among the larger waters listed here for Holyrood. For supplies, Holyrood is 16 km out. Further out sit Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview (16 km) and Whitbourne (22 km). It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Hawcos Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Holyrood include brook trout, American eel, Atlantic salmon, bull-rout and longhorn sculpin. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. On Hawcos Pond that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August near 16°C and February near -5°C on the long-run figures. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. The season between ice runs from about late April to late December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Hawcos Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Island Pond, 2.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Hawcos Pond for certain.