Washademoak Lake in Queens County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Washademoak Lake is a Queens County water, in New Brunswick. The coast is 38 km away. It covers about 38.09 sq km, which means weather matters as much as tactics. With about 140 km of shoreline, local advice saves a lot of walking. Nothing else we list in Queens County covers more water. Some 7.6 km away sits Arcadia, the nearest settlement. After that come Valley Waters at 17 km and Norton at 28 km. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Washademoak Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Survey and observation records for Queens County include yellow perch, alewife and pumpkinseed. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Washademoak Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 19°C, with January the cold end at about -9°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about mid April, the fishing comes on quickly. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near early December: that is the shape of an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Washademoak Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Ownership and access are not documented in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. A wire trace and a big bright lure handle the pike; deep water asks for a heavier spoon. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. The nearest alternative is Foshay Lake, 11 km out. Rules at Washademoak Lake are worth checking on the day.