Winter Trout Fishing Season Opens In Gros Morne

By NPT Staff - February 3rd, 2022

A Gros Morne visitor tests the ice for trout fishing/Parks Canada, Sheldon Stone

The winter trout fishing season in Gros Morne National Park has opened and runs until April 15.

Permits for winter fishing can be picked up at the Parks Canada administration building in Rocky Harbour between 1 and 3 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Permits and passes can also be obtained by mail by emailing [email protected] or calling 1-709-458-2417 and leaving a message.

Ice fishing for trout in Gros Morne National Park/Parks Canada, Sheldon Stone

There is no charge for fishing permits, but anglers must have a Gros Morne pass or Parks Canada Discovery Pass to receive a permit. Permits and park passes can also be picked up from many area businesses. Residents of Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook, Trout River and Woody Point may pick up permits and park passes from the town office in those municipalities.

A few waters in Gros Morne are closed to fishing. They include:
• Trout River, Trout River Pond, and their tributaries.
• All waters of the Western Brook drainage basin, including Western Brook, Western Brook Pond, and Stag Brook.
• Ten Mile Feeder between Ten Mile Pond and Deer Arm Pond.

Park officials don’t monitor ice thickness but ask ice fishers and other winter enthusiasts to be sure the ice is safe.

Established in 1973, Gros Morne is on the west coast of the island of Newfoundland in a province that includes the mainland region of Labrador. It’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site because it shows the process of continental drift, where deep ocean crust and the rocks of the earth's mantle lie exposed. Glacial action has created coastal lowlands, alpine plateaus, fjords, glacial valleys, sheer cliffs, waterfalls and lakes. The park’s 1,805 square kilometres (697 square miles) include lively coastal villages and “wet” boreal forests dominated by Balsam firs.

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