Fishing Louse Lake in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Louse Lake is listed under Guysborough County, Nova Scotia. The shore lies 15 km out. Small at around 10 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. The edge runs 1.7 km or so, easy to work in an afternoon. Stellarton lies 60 km from the water. Then New Glasgow, 62 km, and Westville, 63 km. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Louse Lake

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Fish documented in Guysborough County include alewife, American eel, brook trout and Atlantic salmon. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Louse Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -6°C in February up to 18°C in August. Winter closes the water for a while, and the reopening is worth catching. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid April. Ice clears near mid April and comes back about mid December in a typical year. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Louse Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. 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 a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. West Slough Lake, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Louse Lake may have changed since it was mapped.