Fishing at Paddys Pond, Marystown, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  The Marystown entry here is Paddys Pond, in Newfoundland and Labrador. Height above sea level is 19 metres. This is a pocket water of some 3 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Newfoundland and Labrador listings. Some 0.8 km away sits Marystown, the nearest settlement. Further out sit Burin (9.7 km) and St. Lawrence (33 km). Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Paddys Pond

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Fish documented in Marystown include American eel, bull-rout and blue runner. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. The shape of Paddys Pond decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August runs about 16°C on average, February about -5°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about mid December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That is the shape of the year on Paddys Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. You can park 160 m away and walk in from there. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Bowes Pond, 1.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Paddys Pond in what we hold.