Lewis Pond Fishing Guide, Holyrood, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Set in Holyrood, Lewis Pond is a Newfoundland and Labrador water. It sits at 84 metres above sea level. It measures about 34 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Our Holyrood list holds plenty of bigger water. Holyrood sits 6.7 km from the bank. Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview is 9.4 km away, with Conception Bay South at 23 km. The line between counties passes nearby, which can change who manages the water.

• Where to Fish on Lewis Pond

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. 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 and Atlantic salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Lewis Pond fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  In an average year August sits at 16°C and February at -5°C. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. That is the shape of the year on Lewis Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. If the gate is shut, Big Triangle Pond at 1.3 km is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Lewis Pond as something to verify.