Peter Allen Lake Fishing Guide, Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Set in Guysborough County, Peter Allen Lake is a Nova Scotia water. The sea is 32 km distant. The water measures roughly 5 hectares, so nothing here is far from anything else. For a base, Antigonish sits 37 km out. Stellarton is 50 km and New Glasgow 50 km. Water in the same corner: Archie Lake lies 1.5 km on, Tait Lake after 2.1 km, Archibald Lake lies 2.2 km on, Turtle Lake after 2.5 km and Sandy Lake lies 3.5 km on. The boundary is close enough to be worth checking before you fish.

• Where to Fish on Peter Allen Lake

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Guysborough County cover alewife, American eel, brook trout and Atlantic salmon. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. At Peter Allen Lake the first feature you find is worth twenty minutes.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August runs about 18°C on average, February about -6°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid April. Break-up sits around mid April on average, with the water closing again about mid December. Right after break-up, and again as the nights sharpen, is when to go. Expect Peter Allen Lake to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. The nearest alternative is Archie Lake, 1.5 km out. None of that is settled for Peter Allen Lake in what we hold.