Sixth Lake in Guysborough County: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Within Guysborough County, Nova Scotia, you have Sixth Lake. It lies 15 metres above sea level. The water covers some 12 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. The bank runs about 1.8 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. By elevation it sits in the lower part of our Nova Scotia listings. Nearest town is Antigonish, 50 km off. Port Hawkesbury is 68 km and Stellarton 70 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Sixth Lake

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Public occurrence data for Guysborough County names alewife, American eel and brook trout. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. Work Sixth Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  August is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 18°C, while February sits near -6°C. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Once it clears, about late April, the fishing comes on quickly. On the long-run averages the water opens up around late April and starts locking again about late December. The strongest runs come at either end of the open season. Anyone fishing Sixth Lake regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is camping recorded roughly 260 m off. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Where a permit is needed, the nearest town usually sells it. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Fifth Lake, 1.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Confirm access to Sixth Lake locally before you travel.