Vickery Lake Fishing in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  Vickery Lake is set in Cumberland County, Nova Scotia. Elevation runs to 26 metres. It covers about 10 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. With about 1.8 km of edge, you can try several depths in one session. Oxford lies 2.9 km from the water. Springhill is 14 km away, with Amherst at 27 km. There is no boundary nearby to worry about.

• Where to Fish on Vickery Lake

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. Where the bottom changes texture, fish gather; find that line. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. Across Cumberland County, recorded fish include Atlantic salmon, brook trout, striped bass, rainbow smelt and American eel. Several of these carry legal protection or closed seasons; the rulebook comes before the rod. Fish Vickery Lake to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Average temperature peaks around 19°C in July and bottoms out near -8°C in January. The season turns properly here, and fish follow it closely. Break-up comes around mid April, and the run that follows is short and strong. The water is typically free of ice between mid April and mid December. Reckon on open water from spring through to late autumn, with May and June the strongest. The season on Vickery Lake follows the weather closely.

• Tackle & Baits

  The rules here are undocumented as far as public sources go. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. No car park, ramp or path is recorded within easy reach of the shore. Largemouth respond to soft plastics tight to cover; go weedless where the growth is heavy. Provincial rules still apply whatever the bank status. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. Salt Lake, 1.2 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Rules at Vickery Lake are worth checking on the day.