Currys Lake Fishing near Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  The Guysborough County entry here is Currys Lake, in Nova Scotia. Height above sea level is 108 metres. Roughly 13 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. The bank runs about 1.8 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Port Hawkesbury lies 32 km from the water. Louisdale lies 41 km off, Princeville another 49 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Currys Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Public occurrence data for Guysborough County names coalfish, Atlantic cod and alewife. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. On Currys Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give August about 18°C and February about -6°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. The lid tends to go about late April and return around late December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Time your trip to Currys Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Henlines Lake, 3.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm before you fish Currys Lake.