Little Sixteen Mile Bay, Nova Scotia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  The Queens County end of Nova Scotia holds Little Sixteen Mile Bay. Salt water lies 29 km off. Surface area is around 73 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. At about 5.0 km of edge, most people work one arm at a time. Liverpool lies 31 km from the water. The nearest city of size is Halifax, 119 km away. The nearest boundary is a fair way off.

• Where to Fish on Little Sixteen Mile Bay

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Slack water is dead water on a place like this. Tide runs this water, so time the session to the flow. Public occurrence data for Queens County names Atlantic cod, smallmouth bass, Atlantic whitefish and yellow perch. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Little Sixteen Mile Bay light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 19°C at the top of summer and -5°C at the bottom of winter. Hard water is a season in its own right here. Count the season from break-up, usually early April. Expect the water usable from around early April until roughly late December. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. Expect Little Sixteen Mile Bay to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Our records carry no access rule either way. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. Bass water: a Texas-rigged worm near cover, a spinnerbait when you need to cover ground. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Big Sixteen Mile Bay, 1.3 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Little Sixteen Mile Bay locally before you travel.