Tomahawk Lake Fishing near Upper Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Tomahawk Lake is set in Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. It sits 11 km in from the sea. At 1.29 sq km this is proper open water rather than a pond. There is roughly 12 km of bank, more than one visit can cover properly. It is among the larger waters listed here for Halifax Regional Municipality. Upper Hammonds Plains lies 4 km from the water. English Corner lies 5.2 km off, Hammonds Plains another 5.3 km. Rules can differ a short way off, since the county line is near.

• Where to Fish on Tomahawk Lake

  Our records carry no depth, so judge it from the bank. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Records held for Halifax Regional Municipality cover brook trout, alewife, rainbow smelt, American eel and Atlantic salmon. Protected fish appear in the records for this area, so treat the list as information, not an invitation. Read Tomahawk Lake for ten minutes before the first cast goes out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in August and bottoms out near -6°C in January. The year splits cleanly: hard water, then open water. Hard water holds through the cold months, breaking up near mid April. Average temperatures cross freezing around mid April in spring and again near mid December in autumn. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. The season on Tomahawk Lake rarely departs from it.

• Tackle & Baits

  There is no clear statement anywhere on who can fish it. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Some banks are open only from a marked point. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Beaver Lake, 0.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Where Tomahawk Lake is concerned, a local answer beats a written one.