Watch Pond, Newfoundland and Labrador: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Look for Watch Pond in St. Lunaire-Griquet, Newfoundland and Labrador. It sits 1.4 km in from the sea. This is a pocket water of some 7 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our St. Lunaire-Griquet list holds plenty of bigger water. The town to know is St. Anthony, 23 km out. Baie Verte follows at 188 km, then Saint-Augustin at 218 km. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Watch Pond

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Time trips to the tide table rather than the clock here. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Survey and observation records for St. Lunaire-Griquet include Atlantic salmon and brook trout. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Watch Pond that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August to average close to 14°C, with February the cold end at about -10°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. The season between ice runs from about early May to late November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Watch Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Public mapping records no formal access here, so plan for a walk and soft ground. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Crooked Lead Pond, 1.3 km away. Nothing on Watch Pond should be assumed from this page alone.