Fishing at St. Patricks Lake, Charlotte County, New Brunswick

• Overview

  St. Patricks Lake lies in Charlotte County, in New Brunswick. The water sits 74 metres up. Roughly 33 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. With about 4.3 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. For a base, Saint Andrews sits 18 km out. The nearest city of size is Dartmouth, 280 km away. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on St. Patricks Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Open biodiversity records for Charlotte County list Atlantic salmon, alewife, rainbow smelt and American eel. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish St. Patricks Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 19°C, the coldest about -8°C. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. Ice clears near mid April and comes back about early December in a typical year. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. It holds true on St. Patricks Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Should this one be busy, Navigation Lake is 2.2 km off. Where St. Patricks Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.