Fishing Fourth Lake in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  You will find Fourth Lake in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. This is mixed forest country. With some 63 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. It is among the larger waters listed here for Guysborough County. Antigonish is the closest place, 51 km off. The big place round here is Dartmouth, 140 km distant. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Fourth Lake

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Open biodiversity records for Guysborough County list alewife, American eel, brook trout, Atlantic salmon and blueback herring. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. On Fourth Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -6°C in February up to 18°C in August. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Winter locks it down, and mid April brings it back. On average, mid April opens the water and late December closes it again. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan any trip to Fourth Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Fifth Lake, 1.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Fourth Lake for certain.