Mountain Lake Fishing in Queens County, New Brunswick

• Overview

  You will find Mountain Lake in Queens County, New Brunswick. It stands 269 metres above sea level. Surface area runs to about 3 hectares — small enough to read in one session. On size it sits at the modest end of our Queens County list. The nearest place of any size is Grand Bay-Westfield, 14 km away. Dartmouth is the closest city, 229 km away. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Mountain Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Survey and observation records for Queens County include yellow perch, alewife, pumpkinseed and chain pickerel. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Mountain Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -9°C in January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about early December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. It holds true on Mountain Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Island Lake sits 0.7 km off and takes the overflow. Signs at Mountain Lake carry more weight than any list.