First Chain Lake Fishing in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Within Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, you have First Chain Lake. Around the bank it is pine and birch. Roughly 16 hectares: a morning covers one end, an afternoon the other. Supplies mean a trip to Fairmount, 1 km off. It is 5 km to Halifax, the nearest city. The nearest boundary is a fair way off. The record puts it down as a lake.

• Where to Fish on First Chain Lake

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. Species logged across Halifax Regional Municipality include brook trout, alewife and rainbow smelt. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On First Chain Lake the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -5°C to 18°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. Ice clears near mid April and comes back about late December in a typical year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. That shapes the year on First Chain Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. You can park 380 m away and walk in from there. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some ground is open by custom rather than by right, so tread carefully. Failing this one, try Second Chain Lake, 0.8 km away. Rules at First Chain Lake are worth checking on the day.