Best lake trout lakes in New Brunswick
6 New Brunswick waters hold lake trout, 6 mapped with real state-agency depth surveys. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. Deep, cold and long-lived. Below 50°F water year-round — shallow at ice-out and on fall spawning reefs.
- Long Lake — 90 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
- Lac Baker — 125 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
- Serpentine Lake — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
- West Long Lake — 57 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
- Glasier Lake — 118 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
- Chamcook Lake — 137 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
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When to fish lake trout in New Brunswick
- Spring 10–40 ft — The brief shallow window: post-ice-out lakers roam rock shoals and points where anyone can reach them.
- Summer 50–120 ft — Below the thermocline in sub-50°F water — deep humps and basin edges near bait (smelt, cisco, alewife).
- Fall 10–50 ft — Turnover puts lakers on shallow rock reefs to spawn — big fish shallow, best late in the day.
- Winter 20–80 ft — One of the best ice targets — cold water is their comfort zone; they roam basin edges and humps all winter.
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