Long Lake Fishing near Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Long Lake is one of the Halifax Regional Municipality listings for Nova Scotia. The country here is pine and birch. Around 25 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. Shoreline comes to about 2.9 km, small enough to learn in a day. For supplies, Hammonds Plains is 3.8 km out. It is 14 km to Dartmouth, the nearest city. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Long Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Across Halifax Regional Municipality, recorded fish include brook trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and American eel. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Long Lake where the bottom changes rather than where it looks deep.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 18°C, the coldest about -6°C. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. From about mid April to around mid December, expect open water on the long-run figures. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. Plan any trip to Long Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  No public source sets out the position on this bank. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. A pier 100 m from here gives a platform over deeper water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Signs go up and come down, so check on the day. Mortons Lake, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing here settles the position at Long Lake for certain.