Turfy Pond in Admirals Beach: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Turfy Pond stands in Admirals Beach, Newfoundland and Labrador. The land about it is pine and birch. At roughly 6 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. Supplies mean a trip to Placentia, 21 km off. Whitbourne lies 50 km off, Harbour Main-Chapel's Cove-Lakeview another 70 km. Not far off: Gull Pond at 1.5 km, First Hovel Pond roughly 2.5 km, Trappers Pond at 3.1 km, Green Island Pond roughly 3.8 km and Beaver Pond at 4.1 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Turfy Pond

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Records held for Admirals Beach cover American eel and grubby. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Turfy Pond where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 16°C at the top of summer and -5°C at the bottom of winter. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about mid December. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Turfy Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. A light spinning outfit with a small box of lures and some bait covers most of what swims here. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Should this one be busy, Gull Pond is 1.5 km off. Nothing on Turfy Pond should be assumed from this page alone.