Gilbert Lake Fishing in Charlottetown (Labrador), Newfoundland and Labrador

• Overview

  Gilbert Lake is listed under Charlottetown (Labrador), Newfoundland and Labrador. The coast is 8.4 km away. At 18.95 sq km you are fishing a fraction of it whatever you do. At about 49 km of edge, most people fish a single area and learn it well. Among the waters listed for Charlottetown (Labrador), none is wider. St. Anthony is the closest town at 152 km. St. John's sits 622 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Gilbert Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. County-wide records name brook trout and bull-rout. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Gilbert Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July near 13°C and January near -14°C on the long-run figures. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Once it clears, about mid May, the fishing comes on quickly. Averages suggest open water from about mid May through to roughly mid November. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Gilbert Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking is often the real limit rather than the bank itself. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Peters Pond, 18 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Gilbert Lake should be assumed from this page alone.