West Moose Lake Fishing in Hants, Nova Scotia

• Overview

  West Moose Lake sits in Hants, out in Nova Scotia. Country round the bank runs to rolling bush. This is a pocket water of some 3 hectares, and every part of it is reachable from the bank. On size it sits at the modest end of our Hants list. Upper Hammonds Plains lies 14 km from the water. For a city, Dartmouth is 37 km off. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on West Moose Lake

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Hants records list American eel, Atlantic salmon, striped bass, smallmouth bass and rainbow smelt among the fish reported. Some of the species recorded here are protected or tightly regulated, so check what may be targeted before you fish. On West Moose Lake that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Climate records put August near 18°C and January near -6°C. The middle months are generous; the ends are demanding. The lid usually sets by midwinter and gives way around mid April. The open-water window runs from around mid April to about mid December in an average year. The open run goes from the thaw to the freeze, and April through October covers most of it. West Moose Lake runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. No built facilities appear in mapping around this water. For the bass here, soft plastics worked slow along cover and a spinnerbait for searching do most of the work. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. For a change of water, Marshy Lake is 1 km distant. Treat access at West Moose Lake as something to verify.