Second Long Pond Fishing Guide, Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  In Newfoundland and Labrador, Second Long Pond falls inside Come By Chance. The shore lies 1.8 km out. Surface area runs to about 8 hectares — small enough to read in one session. Nearest town is Clarenville, 35 km off. St. John's sits 92 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Second Long Pond

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Come By Chance records list Atlantic cod, brook trout, American eel, Pacific cod and Atlantic herring among the fish reported. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Second Long Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 16°C for August and -6°C for February. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. In an average year the thaw lands around late April and the freeze near mid December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Second Long Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Third Long Pond is 0.7 km distant. Ask locally about Second Long Pond if anything is unclear.