Clear Lake near Fundy Shores: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Look for Clear Lake in Saint John County, New Brunswick. Around the bank it is pine and birch. It measures about 20 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Around 1.8 km of margin, front to back. The closest town, Fundy Shores, is 3.5 km away. Dartmouth sits 229 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line runs close by, so rules can change within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Clear Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name alewife, Atlantic salmon and rainbow smelt. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Work Clear Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -8°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly mid December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Clear Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Salmon and sea-run fish answer to spoons and spinners where lure fishing is allowed; check the method rules first. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. For a change of water, Retreat Lake is 1.1 km distant. Nothing on Clear Lake should be assumed from this page alone.