Pumbly Cove Pond Fishing Guide, Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  This water sits in Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador. The country round it is mixed forest from end to end. At roughly 5 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. It is a small entry by Come By Chance standards. Nearest town is Victoria, 39 km off. St. John's sits 83 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 Pumbly Cove Pond

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Time trips to the tide table rather than the clock here. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Come By Chance include Atlantic cod, brook trout, American eel and Pacific cod. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Pumbly Cove Pond to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -5°C in February and 15°C in August. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late April. Break-up near late April, freeze-up near late December: that is the shape of an average year. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. That is the shape of the year on Pumbly Cove Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Sibleys Cove Pond is 2 km distant. Treat access at Pumbly Cove Pond as something to verify.