Back Lake in Halifax Regional Municipality: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  In Nova Scotia, Back Lake falls inside Halifax Regional Municipality. The setting is rolling bush. This is a pocket water of some 3 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is a small entry by Halifax Regional Municipality standards. You are 1.1 km from Brookside. The nearest city of size is Halifax, 14 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Back Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Across Halifax Regional Municipality, recorded fish include brook trout, alewife, rainbow smelt, American eel and Atlantic salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Back Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -5°C in January to roughly 18°C in August. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly late December. The middle of summer slows a little, with dawn and dusk carrying it. Plan any trip to Back Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. A slipway 630 m out gives trailer access. Parking is not close: 840 m from the bank, and no nearer option is mapped. There is a jetty 430 m off, worth knowing on a busy day. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Hatchet Lake sits 0.9 km off and takes the overflow. Rules at Back Lake are worth checking on the day.