Fishing at Goose Lake, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Goose Lake belongs to Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. The country here is mixed forest. Around 50 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. There is roughly 4.6 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. On our Halifax Regional Municipality list it sits near the top for size. For a base, Mineville sits 2.6 km out. Further out sit Lawrencetown (4.2 km) and Porters Lake (5.4 km). There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Goose Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Time trips to the tide table rather than the clock here. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Halifax Regional Municipality include Atlantic cod, coalfish, brook trout and alewife. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On Goose Lake the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 18°C, the coldest about -5°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near late December: that is the shape of an average year. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. Plan any trip to Goose Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Failing this one, try Snow Lake, 1.3 km away. Check the position at Goose Lake before loading the car.