Crazy Lake, New Brunswick: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Crazy Lake stands in Charlotte County, New Brunswick. The water sits 101 metres up. The water measures roughly 10 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. About 1.2 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. Nearest place of any size is St. George, 13 km away. The big place round here is Dartmouth, 257 km distant. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Crazy Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Charlotte County, recorded fish 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. Anyone new to Crazy Lake should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -9°C at the bottom of winter. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Averages suggest open water from about mid April through to roughly early December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Crazy Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. If the gate is shut, Long Lake at 0.9 km is the nearest alternative. For Crazy Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.