Fishing at Long Lake, Shelburne County, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  You will find Long Lake in Shelburne County, Nova Scotia. This is lake country bush country. At about 12 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The bank runs about 2.2 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. It is a small entry by Shelburne County standards. Start from Shelburne, 44 km down the road. Halifax is the closest city, 154 km away. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Long Lake

  Depth figures are not published for this one. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Reported across Shelburne County: American eel, alewife, 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. Long Lake fishes better once you know its edges.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -5°C to 18°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Ice-out usually falls in early April, and the weeks after it fish hardest. From about early April to around mid December, expect open water on the long-run figures. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. At Long Lake the season follows that pattern closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. The nearest alternative is Wainwright Lake, 0.6 km out. Nothing on Long Lake should be assumed from this page alone.