Fishing at Rabbits Lake, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  You will find Rabbits Lake in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. The coast is 8 km away. Small at around 2 hectares: two anglers spread out cover most of it. On size it sits at the modest end of our Halifax Regional Municipality list. You are 9 km from Musquodoboit Harbour. Then Porters Lake, 20 km, and Lake Echo, 25 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Rabbits Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Fish documented in Halifax Regional Municipality include brook trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and American eel. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Rabbits Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Expect August to average close to 18°C, with January the cold end at about -6°C. Hard water is a season in its own right here. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. Break-up near mid April, freeze-up near mid December: that is the shape of an average year. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Rabbits Lake runs to that rhythm year in and year out.

• Tackle & Baits

  Who may fish here is not settled in anything we hold. Access points are not mapped for this water, which suits people who like quiet. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. Clearwater Lake sits 0.4 km off and takes the overflow. Check the position at Rabbits Lake before loading the car.