Fourth Lake near Brookside: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Fourth Lake stands in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. The surface lies 33 metres up. Surface area is around 22 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Roughly 2.2 km of bank means you can walk to a fresh area when one goes quiet. You are 4.6 km from Brookside. Shad Bay is 5.2 km away, with Green Acres at 14 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Fourth Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Halifax Regional Municipality names brook trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and American eel. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. The shape of Fourth Lake decides where the fish sit.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put August near 18°C and January near -5°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. Break-up comes around mid April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The open-water window runs from around mid April to about late December in an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Expect Fourth Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. A pier 1.4 km from here gives a platform over deeper water. There are picnic tables recorded roughly 440 m off. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Failing this one, try Third Lake, 1.2 km away. Check the position at Fourth Lake before loading the car.