Long Lake Fishing Guide, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  In Nova Scotia, Long Lake falls inside Halifax Regional Municipality. It sits at 23 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 11 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. There is roughly 2.0 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. You are 8 km from Musquodoboit Harbour. Dartmouth is the closest city, 40 km away. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Long Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Open biodiversity records for Halifax Regional Municipality list Atlantic cod, coalfish, brook trout and alewife. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Long Lake before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, August reads 18°C and February reads -5°C. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Expect the water usable from around mid April until roughly late December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Long Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Ask in the nearest town if you are unsure. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Duck Lake sits 0.2 km off and takes the overflow. None of that is settled for Long Lake in what we hold.