Lewis Lake Fishing near Stillwater Lake, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Lewis Lake lies in Halifax Regional Municipality, in Nova Scotia. The ground around here is mixed forest. With some 27 hectares of water, there is room for a boat but no need of one. A shoreline of some 3.0 km keeps the choices simple. 1.5 km away sits Stillwater Lake, the nearest town. Hubley follows at 2.2 km, then English Corner at 7.1 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Lewis Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. 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 brook trout, alewife, rainbow smelt, American eel and Atlantic salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Take Lewis Lake a stretch at a time.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate normals give 18°C for August and -6°C for January. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. Ice-out usually falls in mid April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. Averages place the thaw at mid April and the freeze at mid December. Spring is short and heavy here; autumn is longer and steadier. Plan around that when you fish Lewis Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping shows a campsite some 350 m from the water. Lewis Lake Provincial Park runs up to the bank here, which usually means extra restrictions. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Round Lake sits 0.6 km off and takes the overflow. Check the current arrangement for Lewis Lake.