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Best yellow perch lakes in New Brunswick

260 New Brunswick waters hold yellow perch, 179 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. The premier eating panfish. Roams soft-bottom flats and weed edges in schools — a daytime biter.

1. Grand Lake — 100 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
2. Grand Lake — 120 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
3. Spednic Lake — 54.1 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
4. Oromocto Lake — 45 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
5. Sisson Branch Reservoir — 77 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
6. Magaguadavic Lake — 35 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
7. Long Lake — 90 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
8. Maquapit Lake — 25 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
9. Trousers Lake — 60 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
10. Loch Alva — 144 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
11. Woodland Flowage — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
12. First Lake — 55 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
13. Lac Baker — 125 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
14. South Oromocto Lake — 24 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
15. Lake Utopia — 94 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
16. Digdeguash Lake — 65 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
17. East Branch Reservoir — 60 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon
18. Serpentine Lake — 80 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Lake Trout, Brook Trout
19. Williamstown Lake — 12 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
20. Harvey Lake — 45 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
21. First Eel Lake — 19 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
22. Indian Lake — 16 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
23. West Branch Reservoir — 46 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
24. Tuadook Lake — 18 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
25. Seven Mile Lake — 75 ft max · survey depth data · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Landlocked Salmon

…plus 235 more New Brunswick waters holding yellow perch.

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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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