Fishing at Peaches Pond, Red Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Peaches Pond falls in Red Harbour, part of Newfoundland and Labrador. Salt water lies 2.4 km off. A splashy cast here empties the swim; a quiet one owns it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Red Harbour list. Some 17 km away sits Marystown, the nearest settlement. It is 176 km to St. John's, the nearest city. The county edge is within a short distance of the bank.

• Where to Fish on Peaches Pond

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Fish Peaches Pond to its features, not to its size. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for August and -6°C for February. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Look for the thaw near late April; the fishing lifts straight after. Averages place the thaw at late April and the freeze at mid December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. On Peaches Pond the same rules apply, with local timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing on record says whether the bank is open or closed. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Big Pond sits 0.5 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Peaches Pond for certain.