Fishing Labrador Lake in Kings County, New Brunswick

• Overview

  The Kings County entry here is Labrador Lake, in New Brunswick. The surface lies 124 metres up. Roughly 41 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Bank access stretches around 3.0 km in total. Few waters listed in Kings County are bigger. Grand Bay-Westfield lies 9.4 km from the water. Dartmouth sits 231 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Labrador Lake

  Our records hold no depth for this water. 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. County-wide records name alewife, Atlantic salmon, yellow perch, brook trout and rainbow smelt. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Take Labrador Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -9°C to 18°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid April. On the long-run averages the water opens up around mid April and starts locking again about early December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. At Labrador Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Failing this one, try Third Hasty Lake, 1.1 km away. The position on Labrador Lake is worth confirming on the day.