Norris Pond near Clarenville: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Norris Pond is listed under Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador. Around the bank it is pine and birch. Roughly 18 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. With about 2.5 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. For supplies, Clarenville is 26 km out. Clarenville-Shoal Harbour is 28 km and Victoria 45 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Norris Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline 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 Come By Chance, recorded fish include brook trout, American eel, bull-rout, Atlantic hook-ear sculpin and Atlantic tomcod. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Norris Pond gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put August at about 16°C and February near -6°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. The water is typically free of ice between late April and mid December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on Norris Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. 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. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Davis Pond at 1.8 km is the nearest alternative. The position on Norris Pond is worth confirming on the day.