Little Butts Pond, Newfoundland and Labrador: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Little Butts Pond is a Gambo water, in Newfoundland and Labrador. The bank is 34 metres above sea level. The water covers some 16 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. There is roughly 2.1 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. Some 7.4 km away sits Gambo, the nearest settlement. After that come Glovertown at 25 km and Gander at 28 km. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Little Butts Pond

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Species logged across Gambo include Atlantic salmon, brook trout, Arctic charr and American eel. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Fish Little Butts Pond to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for July and -8°C for February. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. 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. It holds true on Little Butts Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Nothing in the way of made access shows up nearby: no ramp, no car park, no path. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Puncheon Pond sits 1.1 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing on Little Butts Pond should be assumed from this page alone.