Laceys Pond in Leading Tickles: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Laceys Pond is a Leading Tickles water, Newfoundland and Labrador side. The water sits 55 metres up. About 3 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. On size it sits at the modest end of our Leading Tickles list. Botwood sits 27 km from here and is the nearest stop. The nearest city of size is St. John's, 286 km away. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Laceys Pond

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read Laceys Pond before you fish it and the day goes better. Colour after rain pulls fish into the margins.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year July sits at 16°C and February at -9°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and early December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Laceys Pond runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Fishing from a pier is possible 970 m away. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Southern Lake, 3.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Laceys Pond.