Jims Pond Fishing near St. Lawrence, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Jims Pond is set in Lord's Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador. Country round the bank runs to lake country bush. Small at around 7 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is a small entry by Lord's Cove standards. The town to know is St. Lawrence, 16 km out. St. John's is the closest city, 231 km away. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Jims Pond

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Jims Pond gives up more to patience than to distance. For about four months of the year the average is below freezing.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -5°C in February to roughly 16°C in August. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. On Jims Pond that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. For a change of water, Middle Pond is 0.9 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Jims Pond for certain.