Little Johnson Lake in Colchester: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  You will find Little Johnson Lake in Colchester, Nova Scotia. What surrounds it is pine and birch. At 5 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is high ground by Nova Scotia standards. Nearest town is Bible Hill, 26 km off. Dartmouth sits 88 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Being near a boundary, it pays to know which side you are fishing.

• Where to Fish on Little Johnson Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Colchester include Atlantic salmon, striped bass, brook trout, American eel and white sucker. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Work Little Johnson Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect July to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -7°C. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around mid December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. That shapes the year on Little Johnson Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. For a change of water, Johnson Lake is 0.7 km distant. For Little Johnson Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.