Level Spot Lake Fishing in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Level Spot Lake stands in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. It sits at 6 metres above sea level. Around 54 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Around 4.2 km of margin, front to back. Few waters listed in Halifax Regional Municipality are bigger. Musquodoboit Harbour at 16 km is the nearest place to stop. Beyond it, Porters Lake at 30 km and Lake Echo at 35 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Level Spot Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Survey and observation records for Halifax Regional Municipality include brook trout, alewife, rainbow smelt, American eel and Atlantic salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Level Spot Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -6°C. Seasons are distinct, and each one fishes differently. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. Ice usually gives way near mid April, and forms again about mid December. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. It holds true on Level Spot Lake more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. A pier 500 m from here gives a platform over deeper water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. For a change of water, Lake Charlotte is 1.1 km distant. Rules at Level Spot Lake are worth checking on the day.