Second Pond Fishing near Spaniard's Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Second Pond sits within Spaniard's Bay in Newfoundland and Labrador. It sits 3.5 km in from the sea. Surface area runs to about 2 hectares — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Spaniard's Bay list. The town to know is Spaniard's Bay, 2.2 km out. St. John's sits 45 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Second Pond

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Spaniard's Bay include American eel. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Second Pond the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 16°C in August and bottom out at -5°C in February. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter locks it down, and late April brings it back. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about late December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Second Pond.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. First Pond, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Treat access at Second Pond as something to verify.