Fishing Sloan Lake in Albert County, New Brunswick

• Overview

  You will find Sloan Lake in Albert County, New Brunswick. The water sits 300 metres up. This is a tiny water, and one quiet approach covers all of it. Most waters listed here for Albert County are larger. Fundy Albert is the closest town at 26 km. Three Rivers is 34 km away, with Hillsborough at 36 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Sloan Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Across Albert County, recorded fish include Atlantic salmon, brook trout, American eel and rainbow trout. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Sloan Lake a short move beats a long cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -8°C in January up to 17°C in July. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. The season between ice runs from about mid April to early December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. At Sloan Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Livingstone Lake sits 0.6 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Sloan Lake as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.