Lake No Good near Lake Echo: Fishing Spots, Seasons and Access

• Overview

  Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia is where Lake No Good sits. Tidal water begins 18 km from here. At about 38 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The perimeter runs near 5.7 km, so plan the walk before you start. Size puts it in the front rank of our Halifax Regional Municipality list. The nearest place of any size is Lake Echo, 12 km away. Dartmouth is the closest city, 23 km away. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lake No Good

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Survey and observation records for Halifax Regional Municipality include brook trout, alewife and rainbow smelt. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Lake No Good for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -6°C at the bottom of winter. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at 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 No Good.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Horseshoe Lake, 1.1 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Lake No Good.