Fishing at Upper Long Pond, Cormack, Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Upper Long Pond is one of the Cormack waters in Newfoundland and Labrador. The water sits 328 metres up. With some 13 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The full circuit measures close to 1.8 km on foot. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Cormack. Deer Lake at 22 km is the nearest place to stop. It is 403 km to St. John's, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Upper Long Pond

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Read Upper Long Pond before you fish it and the day goes better. Note where the bottom hardens and work back along it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 14°C and February reads -10°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough mid May. Averages place the thaw at mid May and the freeze at late November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Upper Long Pond runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Nothing formal is recorded here: no ramp, no car park, no marked path. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Long Pond, 3 km out. Check the position at Upper Long Pond before loading the car.