Fishing at Third Lake, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  The Halifax Regional Municipality end of Nova Scotia holds Third Lake. The sea is 5.2 km distant. At about 58 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. Some 5.7 km of bank gives room to move when the wind turns. Few waters listed in Halifax Regional Municipality are bigger. Head to Musquodoboit Harbour, 38 km away, for anything you forgot. Dartmouth is the closest city, 74 km away. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Third Lake

  Depth is unmeasured here, so let the shoreline guide you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Halifax Regional Municipality names brook trout, alewife and rainbow smelt. At least one recorded species is protected in parts of its range; read the local rules before targeting anything. The near bank of Third Lake is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages here run 18°C at the top of summer and -6°C at the bottom of winter. The freeze arrives properly here and holds. Ice is part of the season here, ending near mid April. On average, mid April opens the water and late December closes it again. From the thaw to midsummer the fishing improves week by week. That shapes the year on Third Lake.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. A pier 250 m from here gives a platform over deeper water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. For a change of water, Granite Lake is 0.8 km distant. Where Third Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.