Middleton Lake Fishing in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  You will find Middleton Lake in Grand Falls-Windsor, Newfoundland and Labrador. Beyond the shoreline you have mixed forest. Surface area runs to roughly 4.04 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. At about 16 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Size puts it in the front rank of our Grand Falls-Windsor list. The closest town, Grand Falls-Windsor, is 25 km distant. For a city, St. John's is 291 km off. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Middleton Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Across Grand Falls-Windsor, recorded fish include Atlantic salmon, American eel, brook trout and rainbow smelt. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Middleton Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for July and -9°C for February. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to early December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. The season on Middleton Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. If the gate is shut, Cornfield Pond at 3.1 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing here settles the position at Middleton Lake for certain.