Best yellow perch lakes in New Brunswick
260 New Brunswick waters list yellow perch (official records or labelled estimates), 217 mapped with survey or official-chart depth data. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality, leading with the waters in our reviewed search catalog — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The premier eating panfish. Roams soft-bottom flats and weed edges in schools — a daytime biter.
- Grand Lake — 100 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #1: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
- Grand Lake — 120 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #2: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
- Spednic Lake — 54.1 ft · Approximated contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #3: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · 1 public access site
- Oromocto Lake — 45 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain PickerelWhy #4: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
- Magaguadavic Lake — 35 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain PickerelWhy #5: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 2 public access sites
- Woodland Flowage — 24 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain PickerelWhy #6: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Lac Baker — 125 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #7: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
- East Branch Reservoir — 60 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked SalmonWhy #8: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Harvey Lake — 45 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain PickerelWhy #9: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Glasier Lake — 118 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook TroutWhy #10: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Nictau Lake — 74 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain PickerelWhy #11: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- French Lake — 22 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain PickerelWhy #12: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · 1 public access site
- Bass River Lake — 6 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain PickerelWhy #13: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
- Cranberry Lake — 14 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain PickerelWhy #14: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
- Folly Lake — 8 ft · Survey depth data · real survey depth contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain PickerelWhy #15: survey-backed contours receive the ranking's data-quality boost · no verified access record attached
- Ludgate Lake — 29.9 ft · Approximated contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain PickerelWhy #16: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · no verified access record attached
- Napadogan Lake — 3 ft · Approximated contours · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain PickerelWhy #17: mapped size signal; check the water page for depth coverage · no verified access record attached
…plus 243 more New Brunswick waters holding yellow perch.
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How to use this ranking
The order is a map-planning ranking, not a claim about today's fish population. It favors larger mapped waters and gives survey-backed contours a three-times data-quality boost. Agency population surveys, current regulations, access and recent conditions should make the final decision.
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When to fish yellow perch in New Brunswick
- Spring 3–12 ft — Spawning runs to shallow weeds and gravel — find the school, stay on it.
- Summer 10–30 ft — Schools slide deeper to soft-bottom flats and deep weedlines.
- Fall 12–35 ft — Jumbo perch pod up on deep basin flats feeding on invertebrates.
- Winter 15–35 ft — A premier ice-fishing target — deep mud flats, small jigs.
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