Rats Home Pond, Newfoundland and Labrador: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine, Newfoundland and Labrador, is where Rats Home Pond sits. The sea is 5 km distant. This is a pocket water of some 5 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Start from Marystown, 48 km down the road. Then Burin, 58 km, and Placentia, 71 km. Nearby, in order: Bar Pond at 1.1 km, Otter Pond lies 1.5 km on, Tealeaf Pond at 1.5 km, Bootwood Pond lies 1.5 km on and Horn Hill Pond at 1.8 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Rats Home Pond

  Our records hold no depth for this water. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Species logged across St. Bernard's-Jacques Fontaine include Atlantic salmon and brook trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Rats Home Pond the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in August and bottom out at -6°C in February. Winter shuts the surface down for months. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Open water usually runs from late April until about mid December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Rats Home Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Bar Pond is 1.1 km off. Treat Rats Home Pond as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.