Fishing at Second Lake, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Within Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, you have Second Lake. Elevation runs to 58 metres. At 9 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. The nearest place of any size is Musquodoboit Harbour, 42 km away. The nearest city of size is Dartmouth, 78 km away. No border sits close enough to matter.

• Where to Fish on Second Lake

  Open data we checked carries no depth for this water. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Halifax Regional Municipality list brook trout, alewife, rainbow smelt and American eel. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Work Second Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August runs about 18°C on average, February about -5°C. Winter shuts the surface down for months. The lid usually goes in mid April, which opens the strongest weeks of the year. The lid tends to go about mid April and return around late December. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Plan around that when you fish Second Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. If the gate is shut, West Bunker Hill Lake at 0.8 km is the nearest alternative. For Second Lake in particular, ask before you travel.