Bottle Lake Fishing near Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, is where Bottle Lake sits. The surface lies 46 metres up. This is a pocket water of some 3 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Halifax Regional Municipality. For supplies, Musquodoboit Harbour is 9.4 km out. The big place round here is Dartmouth, 33 km distant. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Bottle Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Across Halifax Regional Municipality, recorded fish include brook trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and American eel. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Take Bottle Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -6°C to 18°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Count the season from break-up, usually mid April. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly mid December. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. That is the shape of the year on Bottle Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Howe Lake at 0.4 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing here settles the position at Bottle Lake for certain.