Fishing Tom Smiths Pond in Chapel Arm, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Tom Smiths Pond is a Chapel Arm water, in Newfoundland and Labrador. It sits 6.1 km in from the sea. With some 14 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. Shoreline comes to about 2.3 km, small enough to learn in a day. You are 20 km from Whitbourne. Clarke's Beach is 35 km and Placentia 36 km. A border sits close enough to be relevant to the paperwork.

• Where to Fish on Tom Smiths Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for Chapel Arm include American eel. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Take Tom Smiths Pond a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give August about 16°C and February about -5°C. The year runs cold to warm and back, with clear transitions. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly mid December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Plan any trip to Tom Smiths Pond around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. Formal access is not mapped, so the last stretch is likely on foot. Keep the gear simple: light line, small hooks, split shot and a couple of proven lures. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Poor Als Pond sits 1.5 km off and takes the overflow. Nothing here settles the position at Tom Smiths Pond for certain.