Round Pond in Hare Bay: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Round Pond in Hare Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador. Salt water lies 5.1 km off. It measures some 1.24 sq km, and wind has room to build across it. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Newfoundland and Labrador listings. The closest town, Gambo, is 10 km distant. It is 180 km to St. John's, the nearest city. You are close to a county edge here; who manages the access can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Round Pond

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Salt or brackish and tidal: fish the flow, rest at slack, and watch the mud on a falling tide. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Hare Bay records list American eel and Atlantic salmon among the fish reported. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Round Pond the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 16°C, while February sits near -8°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice is part of the season here, ending near late April. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near early December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. It holds true on Round Pond more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Salmon and sea-run fish answer to spoons and spinners where lure fishing is allowed; check the method rules first. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Second Traverse Pond, 2.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Round Pond may have changed since it was mapped.