Fishing at Anthony Lake, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  This water sits in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Salt water lies 14 km off. This is a pocket water of some 4 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. Our Halifax Regional Municipality list holds plenty of bigger water. Some 13 km away sits Upper Hammonds Plains, the nearest settlement. Stillwater Lake is 17 km and Mount Uniacke 18 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Anthony Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Across Halifax Regional Municipality, recorded fish include brook trout, alewife and rainbow smelt. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Anthony Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between January at about -6°C and August at about 18°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Winter puts a hard lid on this one. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid April. On average, mid April opens the water and mid December closes it again. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Time your trip to Anthony Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. No made access is recorded, so a short walk in is the likely arrangement. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Long Lake, 1.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Anthony Lake should be assumed from this page alone.