Fishing Lily Pond in Old Perlican, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Lily Pond is an Old Perlican water, Newfoundland and Labrador side. What surrounds it is mixed forest. Small at around 2 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. It is a small entry by Old Perlican standards. Head to Victoria, 33 km away, for anything you forgot. Further out sit Carbonear (36 km) and Pouch Cove (38 km). No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Lily Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. County-wide records name Atlantic cod, polar cod, capelin and bull-rout. The county list is broader than any single water. Lily Pond gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -6°C in February and 16°C in August. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about mid December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That shapes the year on Lily Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Should this one be busy, Big Brook Pond is 1 km off. Ask locally about Lily Pond if anything is unclear.