Fishing at Company Lake, Inverness County, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  You will find Company Lake in Inverness County, Nova Scotia. The surroundings are lake country bush. At roughly 2 hectares, the whole thing is within casting reach of a single walk. On size it sits at the modest end of our Inverness County list. You are 21 km from Princeville. It is 75 km to Sydney, the nearest city. A county boundary sits nearby, which can matter for local access rules.

• Where to Fish on Company Lake

  No published figure covers depth, so learn it as you fish. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. County-wide records name striped bass, Atlantic salmon, Atlantic cod, American eel and alewife. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Read Company Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put August near 18°C and February near -7°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. After late April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Expect the water usable from around late April until roughly late December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Company Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Should this one be busy, MacAskills Lake is 0.6 km off. The position on Company Lake is worth confirming on the day.