Ragged Hill Ponds, Newfoundland and Labrador: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Ragged Hill Ponds in the Mount Carmel-Mitchells Brook-St. Catherine's part of Newfoundland and Labrador. This is rolling bush ground. Surface area runs to roughly 1.14 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. The outline measures near 12 km, so local knowledge counts. For a base, Holyrood sits 38 km out. Then Witless Bay, 41 km, and Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview, 41 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Ragged Hill Ponds

  We hold no depth figure for this one. 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. Fish documented in Mount Carmel-Mitchells Brook-St. Catherine's include American eel. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. The shape of Ragged Hill Ponds decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -5°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. The lid tends to go about late April and return around mid December. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. The season on Ragged Hill Ponds follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. For a change of water, Stony Ridge Pond is 6.7 km distant. For Ragged Hill Ponds in particular, ask before you travel.