Shannons Lake Fishing near Island View Heights, New Brunswick

• Overview

  Shannons Lake is listed under Saint John County, New Brunswick. The sea is 0.7 km distant. You can fish the entire water from one spot if you pick it well. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Saint John County. Island View Heights is the closest town at 10 km. Lancaster is 10 km and Quinton Heights 12 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Shannons Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Saint John County names alewife, Atlantic cod and Atlantic salmon. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Fish Shannons Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 17°C in August and bottoms out near -6°C in January. Winter shuts the surface down for months. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around mid December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Shannons Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. The nearest mapped parking is 1.2 km away, so the last stretch is on foot. Salmon and sea-run fish answer to spoons and spinners where lure fishing is allowed; check the method rules first. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Should this one be busy, Connors Lake is 3.2 km off. Where Shannons Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.