Stony Lake Fishing near Sussex Corner, New Brunswick

• Overview

  Set in Kings County, Stony Lake is a New Brunswick water. The water sits 210 metres up. At 4 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. The town to know is Sussex Corner, 20 km out. Fundy-St. Martins lies 21 km off, Sussex another 22 km. More in the same country: Crawford Lake 0.7 km off, Grassy Lake a shade over 1.1 km, Wilkins Lake 1.4 km off, Schoales Lake a shade over 1.9 km and Taits Lake 2.3 km off. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Stony Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. 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. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Stony Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -9°C in January up to 17°C in July. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Climate figures give an open season running mid April to early December. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Expect Stony Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where parking is tight, arriving early solves most problems. The nearest alternative is Crawford Lake, 0.7 km out. Treat access at Stony Lake as something to verify.