Upper Timber Lake Fishing in Sunbury County, New Brunswick

• Overview

  You will find Upper Timber Lake in Sunbury County, New Brunswick. The country round it is pine and birch from end to end. With some 58 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. The edge runs 3.5 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Ground here is low by New Brunswick standards. You are 16 km from Maugerville. Then Arcadia, 16 km, and Oromocto, 20 km. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Upper Timber Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Sunbury County cover alewife, yellow perch and pumpkinseed. County records show what lives in the area; the local agency holds the water-by-water list. Upper Timber Lake responds to conditions more than to tactics.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 19°C and January about -9°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid April. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about early December. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. The season on Upper Timber Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lower Timber Lake at 1.8 km is the sensible second choice. Ask locally about Upper Timber Lake if anything is unclear.