Little Lake Fishing in Richmond County, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Richmond County in Nova Scotia is where Little Lake sits. The bank gives way to lake country bush. At 9 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Nova Scotia listings. Marion Bridge lies 26 km from the water. Sydney sits 43 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. A county line runs close by, so local bylaws can differ within a short drive.

• Where to Fish on Little Lake

  Without a survey to go on, judge depth from how the bank falls away. Salt or brackish and tidal: fish the flow, rest at slack, and watch the mud on a falling tide. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Fish Little Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -6°C at the bottom of winter. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough late April. Averages suggest open water from about late April through to roughly late December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Little Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Failing this one, try Cricket Lake, 1.9 km away. Where Little Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.