Staircase Pond Fishing in English Harbour East, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  This water sits in English Harbour East, Newfoundland and Labrador. The coast is 4.7 km away. Surface area is around 31 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Shoreline comes to about 4.5 km, small enough to learn in a day. For supplies, Marystown is 56 km out. Burin is 66 km and Placentia 72 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Staircase Pond

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Reported across English Harbour East: bull-rout. What holds for the county may not hold for this water. Work Staircase Pond in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give August about 16°C and February about -6°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. From about late April to around mid December, expect open water on the long-run figures. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Expect Staircase Pond to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Bar Pond is 0.5 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Staircase Pond for certain.