Lewis Lake Fishing in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Out in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, sits Lewis Lake. What surrounds it is rolling bush. Small at around 5 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. Musquodoboit Harbour lies 26 km from the water. For a city, Dartmouth is 58 km off. Within a short run: Crooked Lake just 1.3 km, Sucker Lake (1.7 km), Cranberry Lake just 2.8 km, Shea Lake (3.3 km) and Long Lake just 3.3 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lewis Lake

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Halifax Regional Municipality list brook trout, alewife, rainbow smelt, American eel and Atlantic salmon. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. At Lewis Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for August and -6°C for January. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. Count the season from break-up, usually mid April. The season between ice runs from about mid April to 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 Lewis Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Crooked Lake, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. The position on Lewis Lake is worth confirming on the day.