Upper Kidney Lake Fishing Guide, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Upper Kidney Lake is a Halifax Regional Municipality water, Nova Scotia side. It lies 99 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 15 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. Bank access stretches around 2.6 km in total. Musquodoboit Harbour is the closest town at 36 km. For a city, Dartmouth is 71 km off. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Upper Kidney 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. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Open biodiversity records for Halifax Regional Municipality list 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. Upper Kidney Lake gives up its fish to patience rather than distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 18°C in August and bottoms out near -6°C in January. A full turn of seasons, with the strongest sport on either side of summer. The lid arrives early and lasts until roughly mid April. Climate figures give an open season running mid April to mid December. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. The season on Upper Kidney Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether the bank is open is not something our records settle. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. There is no mapped parking or launch nearby, which keeps numbers down. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Rum Lake is 0.7 km distant. Nothing on Upper Kidney Lake should be assumed from this page alone.