Taylor Lake Fishing in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Taylor Lake is a Guysborough County water, Nova Scotia side. The coast is 33 km away. It covers about 5 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. For supplies, Antigonish is 26 km out. For a city, Dartmouth is 147 km off. Water in the same corner: Murray Lake lies 1.4 km on, Goshen Lake 1.7 km away, Little Sandy Lake lies 1.8 km on, Corner Lake 2 km away and Sandy Lake lies 2.3 km on. Two sets of local rules meet not far from this water.

• Where to Fish on Taylor Lake

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Survey and observation records for Guysborough County include alewife, American eel, brook trout and Atlantic salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Work Taylor Lake in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -7°C in February up to 18°C in August. Spring and autumn carry the fishing; summer and winter test it. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly late April. Open water usually runs from late April until about mid December. The shoulder weeks of the open season are the productive ones. It sets the rhythm of the year at Taylor Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Murray Lake at 1.4 km is the sensible second choice. Check the current arrangement for Taylor Lake.