Crooked Lake Fishing near Musquodoboit Harbour, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Crooked Lake is listed under Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. It lies 71 metres above sea level. The shoreline runs about 6.0 km, so it pays to pick a stretch and stay with it. It ranks high for size among our Halifax Regional Municipality listings. For a base, Musquodoboit Harbour sits 25 km out. Dartmouth is the closest city, 61 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Crooked Lake

  Depth here is unknown, so count the lead down before committing. 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. Records held for Halifax Regional Municipality cover brook trout, alewife, rainbow smelt, American eel and Atlantic salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Crooked Lake gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Typical August readings run about 18°C; by January the average is down near -6°C. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Count the season from break-up, usually mid April. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about mid April until roughly mid December. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. That shapes the year on Crooked Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing built is recorded close to the bank here. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. For a change of water, Blue Woods Lake is 0.7 km distant. Nothing on Crooked Lake should be assumed from this page alone.