Cranberry Lake Fishing Guide, Charlotte County, New Brunswick

• Overview

  Cranberry Lake sits in Charlotte County, out in New Brunswick. It stands 72 metres above sea level. The water measures roughly 4 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. Our Charlotte County list holds plenty of bigger water. Start from Pennfield, 14 km down the road. Eastern Charlotte is 17 km away, with St. George at 18 km. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Cranberry Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Public occurrence data for Charlotte County names Atlantic salmon, alewife, rainbow smelt and American eel. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Cranberry Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -9°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. From about mid April to around early December, expect open water on the long-run figures. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. It holds true on Cranberry Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Little New River Lake is 0.5 km distant. Treat Cranberry Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.