Tally Pond Fishing Guide, Buchans, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  You will find Tally Pond in Buchans, Newfoundland and Labrador. The surface lies 278 metres up. Roughly 2.89 sq km of surface: treat each bay as a water in its own right. The shoreline runs about 9.5 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. Some 69 km away sits Grand Falls-Windsor, the nearest settlement. St. John's sits 304 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 Tally Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Buchans include Arctic charr. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Fish Tally Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put July near 15°C and February near -9°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. Ice clears near early May and comes back about early December in a typical year. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Plan around that when you fish Tally 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. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. West Tally Pond, 2.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Tally Pond is worth confirming on the day.