Coxs Lake Fishing in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  In Nova Scotia, Coxs Lake belongs to Halifax Regional Municipality. The ground round it is pine and birch. At about 94 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. At about 7.5 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Size puts it in the front rank of our Halifax Regional Municipality list. 2.5 km away sits Stillwater Lake, the nearest town. The big place round here is Dartmouth, 19 km distant. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Coxs Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Open biodiversity records for Halifax Regional Municipality list brook trout, alewife and rainbow smelt. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. On Coxs Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put August at about 18°C and January near -6°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly mid December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Coxs Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is a slipway on the shore, 1.2 km from the water we list. There is a jetty 250 m off, worth knowing on a busy day. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. If the gate is shut, Flat Lake at 1.2 km is the nearest alternative. Check the position at Coxs Lake before loading the car.