John Collins Pond Fishing in Hare Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Set in Hare Bay, John Collins Pond is a Newfoundland and Labrador water. Tidal water begins 18 km from here. The water measures roughly 10 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. The edge runs 1.2 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. On size it sits at the modest end of our Hare Bay list. Gambo sits 21 km from here and is the nearest stop. For a city, St. John's is 192 km off. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on John Collins Pond

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Across Hare Bay, recorded fish include American eel and Atlantic salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Treat John Collins Pond as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and February reads -8°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Plan around that when you fish John Collins Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For salmon, swing spoons or flies through the moving water and mind the local method rules. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Tobins Pond sits 3.1 km off and takes the overflow. Check the current arrangement for John Collins Pond.