Fishing North Pond in Chance Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  You will find North Pond in Chance Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador. The setting is pine and birch on every side. Surface area is around 17 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. About 3.4 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Newfoundland and Labrador listings. Head to Whitbourne, 39 km away, for anything you forgot. Beyond it, Spaniard's Bay at 45 km and Bay Roberts at 46 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on North Pond

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Time trips to the tide table rather than the clock here. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. County-wide records name Atlantic cod and capelin. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. The shape of North Pond rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 16°C; the cold one sits at -6°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Climate averages put the opening at about late April and the closing near mid December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. The season on North Pond rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Public data shows nothing built here, so treat the whole approach as informal. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Rantem Pond is 0.7 km off. For North Pond in particular, ask before you travel.