Fishing Ten Mile Lake in Bird Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  The Bird Cove end of Newfoundland and Labrador holds Ten Mile Lake. Elevation runs to 52 metres. It covers about 50.01 sq km, which means weather matters as much as tactics. There is far more edge than the surface area suggests, thanks to the arms. It is the biggest water on our Bird Cove list. For a base, St. Anthony sits 82 km out. The big place round here is St. John's, 488 km distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Ten Mile Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Public occurrence data for Bird Cove names rainbow smelt, American eel, Atlantic salmon and brook trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Treat Ten Mile Lake as a water to read rather than to cover.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 14°C at the top of summer and -11°C at the bottom of winter. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about early May, the fishing comes on quickly. Open water usually runs from early May until about late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan any trip to Ten Mile Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Local rules can differ across the county line, so check where you stand. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Angle Pond, 3.7 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Ten Mile Lake.