Fishing Little Otter Lake in Kings County, New Brunswick

• Overview

  Set in Kings County, New Brunswick, this is Little Otter Lake. Elevation runs to 281 metres. It covers about 3 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Our Kings County list holds plenty of bigger water. The nearest place of any size is Grand Bay-Westfield, 12 km away. The big place round here is Dartmouth, 228 km distant. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Little Otter Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. 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. Open biodiversity records for Kings County list alewife, Atlantic salmon and yellow perch. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Little Otter Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -9°C and July at about 18°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and early December. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Anyone fishing Little Otter Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Trout Lake at 0.7 km is the sensible second choice. Check the current arrangement for Little Otter Lake.