Long Pond Fishing near Whitbourne, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Within Whitbourne, Newfoundland and Labrador, you have Long Pond. What surrounds it is lake country bush. It runs to roughly 25 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. About 3.4 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Start from Whitbourne, 4.1 km down the road. Further out sit Clarke's Beach (27 km) and Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview (30 km). The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Long Pond

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Whitbourne list American eel. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Long Pond the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -5°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and late December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Long Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Three Mast Pond, 0.8 km away. Rules at Long Pond are worth checking on the day.