Little Long Lake Fishing in Charlotte County, New Brunswick

• Overview

  Little Long Lake falls in Charlotte County, part of New Brunswick. The surface lies 76 metres up. The water covers some 19 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The edge runs 3.7 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. You are 27 km from St. George. The big place round here is Dartmouth, 267 km distant. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Little Long Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Charlotte County, recorded fish include Atlantic salmon, alewife, rainbow smelt, American eel and smallmouth bass. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Take Little Long Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warm month here averages 18°C; the cold one sits at -9°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test 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 early December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. At Little Long Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Should this one be busy, Oxbow Lake is 1.7 km off. Check the position on Little Long Lake before loading the car.