Charity Lake Fishing Guide, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Charity Lake is listed under Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. Salt water lies 25 km off. It covers about 8 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The closest town, Digby, is 29 km distant. Then Middleton, 62 km, and Greenwood, 71 km. If this one is busy: Hope Lake out at 0.5 km, Faith Lake at 1.4 km, Inness Lake out at 2.9 km, Mississippi Lake at 3.1 km and Horseshoe Lake out at 3.5 km. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Charity Lake

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Species logged across Annapolis County include alewife, Atlantic salmon, chain pickerel and yellow perch. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. At Charity Lake the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical July readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -6°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at mid December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Time your trip to Charity Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Pike mean a wire trace, no exceptions; big spoons and jerkbaits do the searching. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. The nearest alternative is Hope Lake, 0.5 km out. Rules at Charity Lake are worth checking on the day.