Fishing at Tobins Pond, Holyrood, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Tobins Pond falls in Holyrood, part of Newfoundland and Labrador. The surface lies 148 metres up. Roughly 14 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Roughly 3.2 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. On size it sits at the modest end of our Holyrood list. The nearest place of any size is Holyrood, 13 km away. Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview follows at 14 km, then Whitbourne at 25 km. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Tobins Pond

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Holyrood list brook trout, American eel and Atlantic salmon. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. At Tobins Pond the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August near 16°C and February near -5°C on the long-run figures. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Break-up comes around late April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Ice usually gives way near late April, and forms again about late December. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Tobins Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Season dates differ by species, so read the table. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Island Pond at 3.1 km is the nearest alternative. None of that is settled for Tobins Pond in what we hold.