Second Lake Fishing near Chester, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Second Lake lies in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. It sits in rolling bush. It measures about 70 hectares, which is a comfortable size for bank fishing. Shoreline comes to about 5.0 km, small enough to learn in a day. Chester lies 13 km from the water. Mahone Bay is 22 km and Lunenburg 30 km. The nearest edge is a long way off, so local rules apply throughout.

• Where to Fish on Second Lake

  Nothing we hold settles how deep this runs. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. County-wide records name American eel, Atlantic whitefish, smallmouth bass, striped bass and white perch. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Second Lake repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in July and bottoms out near -5°C in January. Winter shuts things down for a spell, then spring reopens them fast. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about mid April. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around mid December. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. The season on Second Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Mapping shows an empty shoreline: no ramp, no jetty, no marked entry. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Read any posted signs at the access point rather than assuming. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Hennigar Lake is 1.9 km distant. Treat access at Second Lake as something to verify.