Fishing at Icomb Lake, Newfoundland and Labrador, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Icomb Lake is one of the Newfoundland and Labrador listings for Newfoundland and Labrador. It stands 514 metres above sea level. At 1.28 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. The outline measures near 7.8 km, so local knowledge counts. On size it sits at the modest end of our Newfoundland and Labrador list. Head to Labrador City, 186 km away, for anything you forgot. After that come Wabush at 190 km and Fermont at 205 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Icomb Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. At Icomb Lake light and wind decide more than tackle does. Structure first, distance second.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 12°C at the top of summer and -24°C at the bottom of winter. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Count the season from break-up, usually early June. Climate averages put the opening at about early June and the closing near late October. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. Icomb Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Fawley Lake sits 7.7 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Icomb Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.