Spurrells Pond Fishing in Come By Chance, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Spurrells Pond sits in Come By Chance, out in Newfoundland and Labrador. Elevation runs to 143 metres. At 9 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. The bank runs about 3.3 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Supplies mean a trip to Clarenville, 30 km off. It is 86 km to St. John's, the nearest city. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Spurrells Pond

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Records held for Come By Chance cover brook trout, American eel and bull-rout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Spurrells Pond repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August runs about 16°C on average, February about -6°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Count the season from break-up, usually late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid December in an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Spurrells Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Failing this one, try Gull Pond, 1.6 km away. What applies at Spurrells Pond may have changed since it was mapped.