Princess Pine Lake Fishing in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Princess Pine Lake is one of the Guysborough County waters in Nova Scotia. The bank is 170 metres above sea level. It covers about 4 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Guysborough County. For supplies, Stellarton is 39 km out. Dartmouth sits 102 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Princess Pine Lake

  No figure exists for depth, so let the water show you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Survey and observation records for Guysborough County include alewife, American eel, brook trout, Atlantic salmon and blueback herring. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Princess Pine Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put August at about 18°C and January near -7°C. Cold winters and warm summers give a wide working range. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around late April. The open-water window runs from around late April to about mid December in an average year. Look to early summer and the first cool weeks of autumn. Plan any trip to Princess Pine Lake around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. If the gate is shut, Oliphant Lake at 0.6 km is the nearest alternative. For Princess Pine Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.