Dickey Lake Fishing near Westville, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Dickey Lake is a Pictou County water, in Nova Scotia. Height above sea level is 184 metres. It covers about 10 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The edge runs 1.4 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Compared with other Nova Scotia water on our list, it sits high. 30 km away sits Westville, the nearest town. For a city, Dartmouth is 94 km off. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Dickey Lake

  There is no recorded depth, so work from what you can see. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Records held for Pictou County cover American eel, rainbow smelt, alewife and Atlantic salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Fish Dickey Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while January sits near -7°C. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around late April. Break-up sits around late April on average, with the water closing again about mid December. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Dickey Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no recorded infrastructure here; expect to find your own way in. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Should this one be busy, North River Lake is 1.8 km off. Confirm access to Dickey Lake locally before you travel.