Sutherlands Pond Fishing Guide, Buchans, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Sutherlands Pond sits in Buchans, out in Newfoundland and Labrador. It sits in lake country bush country. Surface area runs to roughly 3.59 sq km, so plan for one area rather than the whole. The perimeter runs near 15 km, so plan the walk before you start. Pasadena lies 68 km from the water. St. John's sits 328 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Sutherlands Pond

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Records held for Buchans cover Arctic charr. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. At Sutherlands Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August runs about 15°C on average, February about -9°C. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate averages put the opening at about early May and the closing near early December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan any trip to Sutherlands Pond around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. 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. Clench Brook at 8.3 km is the sensible second choice. Ask locally about Sutherlands Pond if anything is unclear.