Carter Lake Fishing in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  In Nova Scotia, Carter Lake belongs to Halifax Regional Municipality. Height above sea level is 58 metres. Small even by pond standards, it rewards one careful line. Most waters listed here for Halifax Regional Municipality are larger. For supplies, Lake Echo is 3.4 km out. It is 15 km to Dartmouth, the nearest city. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Carter Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. County-wide records name brook trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and American eel. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. The near bank of Carter Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put August at about 18°C and January near -5°C. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about late December. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. The season on Carter Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing in our records says who may fish here. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Trimbel Lake, 0.8 km away. Check the current arrangement for Carter Lake.