Cemetery Lake in Richmond County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Set in Richmond County, Cemetery Lake is a Nova Scotia water. The water sits 41 metres up. It covers about 10.18 sq km, which means weather matters as much as tactics. The bank runs about 46 km in total, split between open shore and sheltered corners. Nothing else we list in Richmond County covers more water. Start from Eskasoni 3, 18 km down the road. Further out sit St. Peter's (26 km) and Marion Bridge (37 km). Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Cemetery Lake

  Nothing in our records gives a depth for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Richmond County names Atlantic salmon, striped bass, American eel, alewife and brook trout. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. At Cemetery Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August to average close to 18°C, with February the cold end at about -7°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. Ice clears near late April and comes back about late December in a typical year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Anyone fishing Cemetery Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping shows no built access close by; expect to walk in from wherever you can leave the car. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Look for a notice board at the entrance. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. For a change of water, Morrison Lake is 0.7 km distant. Nothing here settles the position at Cemetery Lake for certain.