Fishing Lake Cady in Annapolis County, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Lake Cady is listed under Annapolis County, Nova Scotia. Salt water lies 11 km off. It runs to roughly 84 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. At about 5.7 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Size puts it in the front rank of our Annapolis County list. Digby lies 20 km from the water. Halifax sits 152 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Lake Cady

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Public occurrence data for Annapolis County names alewife, Atlantic salmon and chain pickerel. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Lake Cady gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 18°C, the coldest about -6°C. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about mid December. June through September is the settled part of the year, with the shoulders busier for fish. Keep it in mind when planning a trip to Lake Cady.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the pike, wire up and throw larger lures along the weed edges. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Failing this one, try Potter Lake, 2.4 km away. Ask locally about Lake Cady if anything is unclear.