Comeau Lake, Nova Scotia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  In Nova Scotia, Comeau Lake falls inside Digby County. Around the bank it is pine and birch. It measures about 52 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Roughly 3.7 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. For a base, Digby sits 45 km out. After that come Yarmouth at 47 km and Shelburne at 76 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Comeau Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Across Digby County, recorded fish include alewife, Atlantic salmon, American shad and American eel. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Comeau Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Between February at about -4°C and July at about 17°C, the water has a wide range to work through. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early April until roughly late December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Anyone fishing Comeau Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Lac a Patrice, 3.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. None of that is settled for Comeau Lake in what we hold.