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
- Vaughans Lake, 90 ha, near Chester: Yellow Perch
- Gaspereaux Lake, 89 ha, near Antigonish: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Gibraltar Lake, 89 ha, near Musquodoboit Harbour: White Perch, Brown Bullhead, Lake Whitefish
- MacIntyre Lake, 89 ha, near Port Hawkesbury: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Pigott Lake, 89 ha, near Mount Uniacke: Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
- Armstrong Lake, 88 ha, near New Germany: Brown Bullhead
- Eight Island Lake, 88 ha, near Goshen: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Shaw Lake, 88 ha, near Louisdale: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Turtle Lake, 88 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Black Rattle Lake, 87 ha, near Hebbville: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- East Taylor Bay Lake, 87 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout
- Provost Lake, 87 ha, near Tiverton: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Dumaresq Lake, 86 ha, near Sydney River: White Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Southwest Lake, 86 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
- Springfield Lake, 86 ha, near New Germany: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Lake Killarney, 85 ha, near Port Howe: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- MacPherson Lake, 85 ha, near Guysborough: Brook Trout
- Halfway Lake, 84 ha, near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Long Bridge Lake, 84 ha, near Musquodoboit Harbour: White Perch, Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout
- Moses Lake, 84 ha, near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Jones Lake, 83 ha, near Shelburne: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Beaverhouse Lake, 82 ha, near Tusket: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- First Lake, 82 ha, near Lower Sackville: White Perch
- Folly Lake, 82 ha, near Debert: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout
- Shaw Big Lake, 82 ha, near Middle Musquodoboit: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Lake Whitefish
- Amaguadees Pond, 81 ha, near Eskasoni 3: Rainbow Trout, White Perch
- Placides Lake, 81 ha, near Tiverton: White Perch, Smallmouth Bass
- Springfield Lake, 81 ha, near Springfield Lake: Brook Trout
- Harris Lake, 80 ha, near Chester: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
- Long Lake, 80 ha, near St. Peter's: Brook Trout, White Perch, Tiger Trout
- Summers Lake, 80 ha, near Mulgrave: Brook Trout
- Economy Lake, 79 ha, near Lower Economy: Brook Trout
- Spectacle Lake, 79 ha, near Tiverton: Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel
- Little Ponhook Lake, 78 ha, near Hebbville: Brook Trout, White Perch, Brown Bullhead, Lake Whitefish
- McGrath Lake, 78 ha, near Enfield: Brook Trout
- Round Lake, 78 ha, near Point de Bute: Brook Trout
- Sandy Lake, 78 ha, near Bedford: Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead, White Perch
- Sunday Lake, 78 ha, near Tusket: Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Annis Lake, 77 ha, near Hebbville: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Lewis Lake, 77 ha, near Mount Uniacke: Brook Trout
- Silvery Lake, 77 ha, near Shelburne: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Upper Marie Joseph Lake, 77 ha, near Eskasoni 3: Brook Trout
- Chain Lakes, 76 ha, near Greenwood: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Lake Loon, 76 ha, near Tam O'Shanter Ridge: Brook Trout
- Mingo Beck Lake, 76 ha, near Tusket: White Perch, Chain Pickerel
- Tedford Lake, 75 ha, near Tusket: White Perch, Brown Bullhead
- New Germany Lake, 74 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout
- Nowlans Lake, 74 ha, near Tiverton: Chain Pickerel, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Covey Lake, 73 ha, near Bridgewater: Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Brown Bullhead
- MacIntyres Lake, 72 ha, near Marion Bridge: Brook Trout
- Mill Lake, 72 ha, near New Germany: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Pretty Mary Lake, 71 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Langford Lake, 70 ha, near Digby: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Henry Lake, 69 ha, near Chester: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
- Barren Hill Lake, 68 ha, near St. Peter's: Brook Trout
- Butler Lake, 68 ha, near New Germany: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Millet Lake, 68 ha, near Chester: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Lake Whitefish
- Porcupine Lake, 68 ha, near Tusket: Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Sawler Lake, 68 ha, near Hubbards: Yellow Perch
- Spider Lake, 68 ha, near Waverley: Brook Trout
- Three Mile Lake, 67 ha, near Louisdale: Brook Trout
- Bear Lake, 66 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Atlantic Salmon
- Zwicker Lake, 66 ha, near Windsor: Smallmouth Bass
- Black Brook Lake, 65 ha, near Cross Roads Country Harbour: Brook Trout
- Nowlin Lake, 65 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Fenerty Lake, 64 ha, near Middle Sackville: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout
- Haines Lake, 64 ha, near Digby: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Lower Sixty Lake, 64 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout
- Anderson Lake, 63 ha, near Burnside: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
- Higgins Lake, 63 ha, near Middle Musquodoboit: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Lake Midway, 63 ha, near Tiverton: Brook Trout
- Levers Lake, 63 ha, near Marion Bridge: Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
- Round Lake, 63 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Tom Lake, 63 ha, near Guysborough: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
- Black Duck Lake, 62 ha, near New Germany: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Forbes Lake, 62 ha, near Stellarton: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
- Kearney Lake, 62 ha, near Kearney Lake: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Spectacle Lake, 62 ha, near Tusket: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Ameros Lake, 61 ha, near Tiverton: Chain Pickerel, Brook Trout, White Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Clamshell Lake, 61 ha, near Shelburne: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Cook Lake, 61 ha, near St. Peter's: Brown Trout
- McGrath Lake, 61 ha, near Brookside: Brook Trout
- Upper Sixty Lake, 61 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Front Lake, 60 ha, near Howie Centre: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Moody Lake, 60 ha, near Harrietsfield: Brook Trout
- Salmon Lake, 60 ha, near Tusket: Chain Pickerel, Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Two Island Lake, 60 ha, near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Smallmouth Bass
- Powers Lake, 59 ha, near Shad Bay: Brook Trout
- Rocky Brook Lake, 59 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout
- Goose Lake, 57 ha, near Clyde River: Brook Trout
- Louis Lake, 57 ha, near Tusket: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Moose Lake, 57 ha, near Hebbville: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, White Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Pringle Lake, 57 ha, near Goshen: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
- Whetstone Lake, 57 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout
- Armstrong Lake, 56 ha, near Windsor: Brook Trout
- Goose Lake, 56 ha, near Musquodoboit Harbour: Brook Trout
- Sullivans Lakes, 55 ha, near Tiverton: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Williams Lake, 55 ha, near Lake Charlotte: Brook Trout
- First Rocky Lake, 54 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Second Rocky Lake, 54 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
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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