Ice fishing in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia has 5,430 named lakes on this site. These are the 100 next best-documented ones, with size, nearest town and fish species where known, a summary of the provincial fishing regulations and angler ice reports. Ice thickness changes daily: measure it yourself before you go out.
Lakes
- Solomon Lake, 1.62 km², near Tusket: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Long Tusket Lake, 1.61 km², near Digby: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Morris Lake, 1.6 km², near Eastern Passage: Brook Trout
- Siskech Lake, 1.58 km², near Cornwallis: Yellow Perch
- Irving Lake, 1.56 km², near Cornwallis: Yellow Perch
- Lac à Pic, 1.56 km², near Tusket: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Taylor Bay Grand Lake, 1.56 km², near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Church Lake, 1.52 km², near New Germany: Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Beaverdam Lake, 1.51 km², near Clyde River: Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
- Cockscomb Lake, 1.51 km², near Mount Uniacke: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel
- Sloans Lake, 1.51 km², near Tusket: Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Brook Trout, White Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Angevine Lake, 1.5 km², near Pugwash: Rainbow Trout
- Clearwater Lake, 1.5 km², near Tiverton: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Brook Trout
- Grand Lake, 1.49 km², near Louisbourg: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead, White Perch
- Grant Lake, 1.47 km², near Mulgrave: Brook Trout
- Harrison Lake, 1.47 km², near Amherst: Smallmouth Bass, Brown Trout
- Gaspereau Lake, 1.44 km², near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Mink Lake, 1.41 km², near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish, Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Porcupine Lake, 1.41 km², near Tiverton: Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
- Waterloo Lake, 1.41 km², near Lawrencetown: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Conrod Lake, 1.4 km², near Porters Lake: Brown Bullhead, Brook Trout, Lake Whitefish, Smallmouth Bass
- Five Island Lake, 1.4 km², near Hubley: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
- Gillfillan Lake, 1.4 km², near Tusket: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Ticken Lake, 1.4 km², near Tiverton: Brook Trout, White Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Fox Point Lake, 1.39 km², near Hubbards: Brook Trout
- Lake Charles, 1.39 km², near Port Wallace: Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
- Russell Lake, 1.39 km², near New Germany: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
- Archibald Lake, 1.36 km², near Cross Roads Country Harbour: Brook Trout
- Lake Fanning, 1.35 km², near Tusket: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Miller Lake, 1.32 km², near Fall River: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
- Rush Lake, 1.32 km², near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Big Pond, 1.31 km², near Florence: Brook Trout
- Biggars Lake, 1.31 km², near Tusket: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Darlings Lake, 1.31 km², near Yarmouth: Brook Trout
- Sand Lake, 1.31 km², near Liverpool: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Second Lake, 1.31 km², near Tusket: Chain Pickerel, White Perch
- Lake George, 1.3 km², near Shelburne: Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Tomahawk Lake, 1.3 km², near Upper Sackville: Yellow Perch
- Killams Lake, 1.25 km², near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Smallmouth Bass
- Randals Lake, 1.25 km², near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Big Lake, 1.23 km², near Oxford: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- French Clearwater Lake, 1.23 km², near Tusket: White Perch, Chain Pickerel
- Minard Lake, 1.23 km², near New Germany: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Lake Whitefish
- Bell Lakes, 1.22 km², near Baddeck: Brook Trout
- Canoe Lake, 1.22 km², near Tusket: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Lochiel Lake, 1.22 km², near Goshen: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Little Tobeatic Lake, 1.2 km², near Shelburne: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Noel Lake, 1.2 km², near Great Village: Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Bezanson Lake, 1.19 km², near Chester: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Grand Lake, 1.18 km², near Musquodoboit Harbour: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
- Lake Paul, 1.18 km², near Berwick: Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Lower Rocky Lake, 1.18 km², near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Murphy Lake, 1.18 km², near Hayes Subdivision: Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
- Cooeycoff Lake, 1.17 km², near Guysborough: Brook Trout, White Perch
- English Clearwater Lake, 1.16 km², near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Shannon Lake, 1.16 km², near Lawrencetown: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Mill Lake, 1.15 km², near Middle Musquodoboit: Brook Trout
- Ten Mile Lake, 1.15 km², near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
- Lake Thomas, 1.14 km², near Fall River: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Chain Pickerel
- Randall Lake, 1.13 km², near Greenwood: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Hardwood Lake, 1.12 km², near Cambridge: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Little Tupper Lake, 1.11 km², near New Germany: White Perch, Brown Bullhead, Brook Trout
- Philip Lake, 1.11 km², near Shelburne: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Big Uniacke Lake, 1.09 km², near Digby: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Butlers Lake, 1.09 km², near Yarmouth: White Perch, Brown Bullhead, Brook Trout
- Nimchin Page Lake, 1.08 km², near Greenwood: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Fraser Lake, 1.07 km², near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout
- Junction Lake, 1.07 km², near Cornwallis: Yellow Perch
- Lake Lewis, 1.07 km², near Windsor: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Yankee Lake, 1.07 km², near Cross Roads Country Harbour: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Grand Lake, 1.06 km², near Sambro: Brook Trout
- Island Lake, 1.06 km², near Hebbville: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
- Lake William, 1.06 km², near New Germany: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Lower Gaspereaux Lake, 1.06 km², near Cross Roads Country Harbour: Brook Trout
- River Lake, 1.06 km², near Sheet Harbour: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, White Perch
- Lake Eagle, 1.05 km², near North Preston: White Perch, Brown Bullhead, Brook Trout
- Wallace Lake, 1.05 km², near Hebbville: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Brazil Lake, 1.04 km², near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Sandy Bottom Lake, 1.04 km², near Cornwallis: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- McKay Lakes, 1.02 km², near Shelburne: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- East Lake, 1.01 km², near North Preston: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Silver Lake, 1 km², near Shelburne: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Spruce Hill Lake, 1 km², near Harrietsfield: Brook Trout
- Andrew Lake, 99 ha, near Hebbville: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Cedar Lake, 98 ha, near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Smallmouth Bass
- Long Lake, 97 ha, near Point de Bute: Brook Trout
- Spectacle Lake, 97 ha, near Shelburne: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Wiles Lake, 96 ha, near Hebbville: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Dexter Lake, 95 ha, near Clyde River: Yellow Perch
- Longview Lake, 95 ha, near Shelburne: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Lake Doucette, 94 ha, near Tusket: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Newville Lake, 94 ha, near Parrsboro: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch
- Skudiak Lake, 94 ha, near Shelburne: Yellow Perch
- Somes Lake, 94 ha, near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch
- North Canoe Lake, 93 ha, near Windsor: Brown Bullhead
- Allens Lake, 92 ha, near Yarmouth: Brook Trout
- Spectacle Lake, 92 ha, near Hebbville: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
- Fishermans Harbour Lake, 90 ha, near Cross Roads Country Harbour: Yellow Perch
- Newcombe Lake, 90 ha, near Lake Charlotte: Brook Trout
- Pernette Lake, 90 ha, near Hebbville: Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch
Guides
- Ice thickness guidance
- Walleye ice fishing
- Northern Pike ice fishing
- Yellow Perch ice fishing
- Lake Whitefish ice fishing
- Mountain Whitefish ice fishing
- Burbot ice fishing
- Lake Trout ice fishing
- Rainbow Trout ice fishing
Other provinces
- Ice fishing in Alberta
- Ice fishing in British Columbia
- Ice fishing in Manitoba
- Ice fishing in New Brunswick
- Ice fishing in Newfoundland and Labrador
- Ice fishing in Northwest Territories
- Ice fishing in Nunavut
- Ice fishing in Ontario
- Ice fishing in Prince Edward Island
- Ice fishing in Quebec
- Ice fishing in Saskatchewan
- Ice fishing in Yukon
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