Fishing at Old Joes Pond, English Harbour East, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Old Joes Pond is an English Harbour East water, Newfoundland and Labrador side. The coast is 3 km away. The water measures roughly 3 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our English Harbour East list holds plenty of bigger water. For a base, Marystown sits 57 km out. St. John's sits 163 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Old Joes Pond

  We hold no depth figure for this one. 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 English Harbour East, recorded fish include Atlantic cod and bull-rout. County data is a starting point rather than a guarantee. Old Joes Pond fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August to average close to 16°C, with February the cold end at about -6°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice-out usually falls in late April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about mid December. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. The season on Old Joes Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. A platform or pier sits within 1.5 km. One rod, a handful of hooks and floats, and a few small lures are enough for this water. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Barasway Gull Pond is 1.2 km off. Ask locally about Old Joes Pond if anything is unclear.