Boone Lake in Charlotte County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  New Brunswick holds Boone Lake, in Charlotte County. The land about it is pine and birch. The water measures roughly 4 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Charlotte County. Fundy Shores is the closest place, 16 km off. Pennfield is 23 km away, with Grand Bay-Westfield at 25 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Boone Lake

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Charlotte County include Atlantic salmon, alewife and rainbow smelt. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Take Boone Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 18°C and January near -9°C on the long-run figures. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Break-up comes around mid April, and the run that follows is short and strong. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Boone Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. A small crankbait along the drop and a worm in the thick stuff cover the bass. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Duck Lake sits 0.8 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Boone Lake in what we hold.