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
- Third Lake, 54 ha, near Sheet Harbour: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead, Smallmouth Bass
- Handsled Lake, 53 ha, near Shelburne: Yellow Perch, Brook Trout
- Hazel Hill Lake, 53 ha, near Louisdale: Brook Trout
- Blair Lake, 52 ha, near Amherst: White Perch
- Cooks Lake, 52 ha, near Middle Musquodoboit: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Enon Lake, 52 ha, near Eskasoni 3: Brook Trout
- Fish Lake, 51 ha, near Enfield: Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
- Horton Lake, 51 ha, near Mulgrave: Brook Trout
- Menchan Lake, 51 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Stillwater Lake, 51 ha, near Stillwater Lake: Brook Trout
- Walls Lake, 51 ha, near Lockeport: Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch
- Bennery Lake, 50 ha, near Enfield: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Clare Lake, 50 ha, near Tiverton: White Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Giants Lake, 50 ha, near Goshen: Brook Trout
- Goose Lake, 50 ha, near Mineville: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Great Pine Lake, 50 ha, near Shelburne: Yellow Perch
- Kelly Lake, 50 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Napier Lake, 50 ha, near Tusket: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
- Sheas Lake, 50 ha, near Goshen: Brook Trout
- Zwickers Lake, 50 ha, near Lawrencetown: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Halfmoon Lake, 49 ha, near Shelburne: Yellow Perch
- Miletree Lake, 49 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
- Snare Lake, 49 ha, near Tusket: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Sutherlands Lake, 49 ha, near Stellarton: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout
- Bartletts Lake, 48 ha, near Tiverton: White Perch, Yellow Perch
- Black Duck Lake, 48 ha, near Shelburne: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Brenton Lake, 48 ha, near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Smallmouth Bass
- Gillis Lake, 48 ha, near Sydney Forks: Brook Trout
- Smelt Lake, 48 ha, near Guysborough: Brook Trout
- Island Pond, 47 ha, near Yarmouth: White Perch, Chain Pickerel
- Rumsey Lake, 47 ha, near Bridgetown: Brown Bullhead, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
- Whites Lake, 47 ha, near Shad Bay: Brook Trout
- Horseshoe Lake, 46 ha, near Chester: Brook Trout
- Lewie Lake, 46 ha, near Hebbville: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Black Lake, 45 ha, near Oxford: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Brook Trout
- Taylor Lake, 45 ha, near Upper Hammonds Plains: Brook Trout
- Upper Lake, 45 ha, near Cornwallis: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- McKeen Lake, 44 ha, near Goshen: Brook Trout
- Churchills Lake, 43 ha, near Yarmouth: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Lily Lake, 43 ha, near Upper Burlington: Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Powder Mill Lake, 43 ha, near Waverley: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
- Jerry Lake, 42 ha, near Annapolis Royal: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Little Tusket Lake, 42 ha, near Digby: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Snow Lake, 42 ha, near East Lawrencetown: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
- Cooper Lake, 41 ha, near Upper Hammonds Plains: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
- Swallow Lake, 41 ha, near Tiverton: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Williams Lake, 41 ha, near Spryfield: White Perch, Brook Trout
- Belle Lake, 40 ha, near Albert Bridge: Brook Trout
- New Canada Lake, 40 ha, near New Germany: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Abrahams Lake, 39 ha, near Lake Charlotte: Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch
- Bayer Lake, 39 ha, near Musquodoboit Harbour: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Bunkers Lake, 39 ha, near Yarmouth: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Smallmouth Bass
- Charlotte Lake, 39 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout
- College Lake, 39 ha, near Middle Musquodoboit: Brook Trout
- Crain Lake, 39 ha, near Shelburne: Yellow Perch
- MacKenzies Lake, 39 ha, near St. Peter's: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Mary Lake, 39 ha, near New Germany: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Square Lake, 39 ha, near Middle Sackville: Brown Bullhead
- Uniacke Lake, 39 ha, near Mount Uniacke: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout
- Haley Lake, 38 ha, near New Germany: Brown Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Pentz Lake, 38 ha, near Mount Uniacke: Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
- Rhodenizer Lake, 38 ha, near New Germany: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Sutherland Lake, 38 ha, near Great Village: Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass
- Governor Lake, 37 ha, near Beechville: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
- Grand Lac, 37 ha, near Inverness: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Perch Lake, 37 ha, near New Germany: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Big Lake, 36 ha, near Florence: Brook Trout
- Bottle Brook Lake, 36 ha, near Stellarton: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Cumminger Lake, 36 ha, near Cross Roads Country Harbour: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Hart Lake, 36 ha, near Debert: Brook Trout
- Hunter Lake, 36 ha, near Tusket: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Mack Lake, 36 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Mosleys Pond, 36 ha, near Tidnish: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Cranberry Lake, 35 ha, near Tiverton: Smallmouth Bass, Chain Pickerel, White Perch, Brown Bullhead
- French River Lakes, 35 ha, near Ingonish: Brook Trout
- Grant Lake, 35 ha, near New Germany: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Holbert Lake, 35 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- L'Ardoise Long Lake, 35 ha, near St. Peter's: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Lac à Pecee, 35 ha, near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Moshers Lake, 35 ha, near Cross Roads Country Harbour: Brook Trout
- Sunken Lake, 35 ha, near New Minas: Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Barnes Lake, 34 ha, near Digby: Yellow Perch
- Cannon Lake, 34 ha, near New Germany: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Doctors Lake, 34 ha, near Tusket: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Figure of Eight Lake, 34 ha, near Marion Bridge: White Perch
- Fitch Long Lake, 34 ha, near Hebbville: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Lay Lake, 34 ha, near Musquodoboit Harbour: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
- Little Tom Wallace Lake, 34 ha, near Digby: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Lower Beaver Lake, 34 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
- Lower Wrights Lake, 34 ha, near Annapolis Royal: Atlantic Salmon
- Marcel Lake, 34 ha, near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Chain Pickerel
- Nickersons Pond, 34 ha, near Liverpool: Brook Trout
- Norwood Clearwater Lake, 34 ha, near Tusket: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout
- Rocky Lake, 34 ha, near Hubbards: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout
- Shepherd Lake, 34 ha, near Guysborough: Brook Trout
- Webber Lake, 34 ha, near Lower Sackville: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout
- Horseshoe Lake, 33 ha, near Guysborough: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
- Hourglass Lake, 33 ha, near Tiverton: White Perch, Brown Bullhead, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout
- McAdams Lake, 33 ha, near Sydney Forks: Brook Trout, White Perch
- Quilty Lake, 33 ha, near Lawrencetown: 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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