Sallys Lake, Nova Scotia: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, is where Sallys Lake sits. It sits 30 km in from the sea. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Lunenburg County. Hayes Subdivision sits 30 km from here and is the nearest stop. New Minas lies 30 km off, Kentville another 30 km. This one sits near enough to a boundary to be worth checking.

• Where to Fish on Sallys Lake

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Still water like this holds fish on the edges rather than out in the open. Survey and observation records for Lunenburg County include American eel, Atlantic whitefish, smallmouth bass and striped bass. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. Read Sallys Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The range across the year is -6°C to 18°C. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. Hard cover is dependable here; it goes around mid April. Ice clears near mid April and comes back about mid December in a typical year. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Sallys Lake fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Barbless rules turn up on managed water more often than not. Should this one be busy, Camp Lake is 2.5 km off. For Sallys Lake, the notice at the access point is the final word.