Cedarwood Lake Fishing in Digby County, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Cedarwood Lake is a Digby County water, in Nova Scotia. Height above sea level is 67 metres. This is sizeable water at about 2.11 sq km, and a boat opens up most of it. On our Digby County list it sits near the top for size. The closest town, Digby, is 45 km away. It is 188 km to Halifax, the nearest city. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Cedarwood Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. County-wide records name alewife, Atlantic salmon and American shad. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Cedarwood Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 17°C in July and bottom out at -5°C in February. A solid cap is the normal state through winter. Ice-out usually falls in early April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Expect the water usable from around early April until roughly late December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Cedarwood Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where the road in crosses private land, ask first. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. If the gate is shut, Gold Lake at 0.9 km is the nearest alternative. Check the current arrangement for Cedarwood Lake.