Flat Lake Fishing Guide, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Flat Lake is set in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. It sits at 80 metres above sea level. At about 16 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. There is roughly 3.5 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. You are 2.4 km from English Corner. Hammonds Plains is 2.8 km away, with Stillwater Lake at 3.4 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Flat Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Fish documented in Halifax Regional Municipality include brook trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and American eel. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Read Flat Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August runs about 18°C on average, January about -6°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about mid December. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Time your trip to Flat Lake by conditions rather than dates.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping shows a ramp about 1.4 km from the shore. Fishing from a pier is possible 1.4 km away. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Should this one be busy, Coxs Lake is 1.2 km off. For Flat Lake in particular, ask before you travel.