Little Lake Fishing near Stewiacke, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  In Nova Scotia, Little Lake belongs to Halifax Regional Municipality. It sits 30 km in from the sea. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. The nearest place of any size is Stewiacke, 26 km away. It is 60 km to Dartmouth, the nearest city. Not far off: Watson Lake out at 1.4 km, Lindsay Lake (3.3 km), Dry Lake out at 3.7 km, Brown Lake (4 km) and McLeod Lake out at 5.5 km. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Little Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. 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. On Little Lake the first feature you find is usually worth a session.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-run averages give July about 18°C and January about -6°C. Cold locks it up for a good stretch each year. After mid April the shallows warm and the fish move up. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and mid December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. Plan around that when you fish Little Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Watson Lake, 1.4 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Ask locally about Little Lake if anything is unclear.