Stern Pond Fishing near Grand Bank, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Stern Pond sits in Frenchman's Cove, out in Newfoundland and Labrador. Country round the bank runs to pine and birch. At about 29 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Roughly 2.7 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. It lies lower than most water we list in Newfoundland and Labrador. Nearest town is Grand Bank, 19 km off. St. John's sits 217 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Stern Pond

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Frenchman's Cove include Atlantic salmon and brook trout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Stern Pond that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical August readings run about 16°C; by February the average is down near -5°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about late December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Stern Pond follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. A pier 980 m from here gives a platform over deeper water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. The nearest alternative is Swabs Dock Pond, 1.8 km out. Nothing on Stern Pond should be assumed from this page alone.