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

• Tucker Lake, 33 ha, near Beaver Bank: Smallmouth Bass, Brown Bullhead
• Cranberry Lake, 32 ha, near Timberlea: Smallmouth Bass
• Indian Lake, 32 ha, near Chester: Smallmouth Bass, Atlantic Salmon, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Brook Trout
• McLeod Lake, 32 ha, near Goshen: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Mill Lake, 32 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
• Otter Lake, 32 ha, near Lake Charlotte: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
• Welton Lake, 32 ha, near Parrsboro: White Perch, Yellow Perch
• Brine Lake, 31 ha, near Boutiliers Point: Brook Trout
• Dalem Lake, 31 ha, near Georges River: Brook Trout
• Eighth Lake, 31 ha, near Shelburne: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Little Wiles Lake, 31 ha, near Bridgewater: Brook Trout
• Schmidt Lake, 31 ha, near Hammonds Plains: Brook Trout
• Spectacle Lake, 31 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
• Burke Lake, 30 ha, near Middle Musquodoboit: Brook Trout
• Deyarmont Lake, 30 ha, near Bible Hill: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
• Russell Lake, 30 ha, near Tam O'Shanter Ridge: Chain Pickerel, Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch
• Sheehan Lake, 30 ha, near Sambro: Brook Trout
• Telfer Lake, 30 ha, near New Germany: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Victoria Lake, 30 ha, near Liverpool: Brown Trout, Brook Trout
• Baptizing Lake, 29 ha, near Hammonds Plains: Brook Trout
• Big Lake, 29 ha, near Shad Bay: Brook Trout
• Burroughs Lake, 29 ha, near Stellarton: Brook Trout
• Jacksons Lake, 29 ha, near Havre Boucher: Brook Trout
• Joes Lake, 29 ha, near Howie Centre: Brook Trout, White Perch
• Mudflat Lake, 29 ha, near New Germany: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Scotch Lake, 29 ha, near Georges River: Brook Trout
• Sucker Lake, 29 ha, near New Germany: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Trefry Lake, 29 ha, near Yarmouth: Brown Bullhead, Yellow Perch
• Cameron Lake, 28 ha, near Antigonish: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
• First Lake O'Law, 28 ha, near Baddeck: Brook Trout
• Grant Lake, 28 ha, near Stellarton: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
• Leader Lake, 28 ha, near Lake Charlotte: Brook Trout
• Long Lake, 28 ha, near Marion Bridge: Brook Trout
• Loon Pond, 28 ha, near Lake Charlotte: Brook Trout, Smallmouth Bass
• McCarthy Lake, 28 ha, near Goshen: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Power Lake, 28 ha, near Sydney: Brook Trout
• Sand Lake, 28 ha, near New Germany: Yellow Perch
• Three Cornered Lake, 28 ha, near Cross Roads Country Harbour: Brook Trout
• Arthurs Lake, 27 ha, near Tiverton: Chain Pickerel, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Colwell Lake, 27 ha, near Hayes Subdivision: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Cranberry Lake, 27 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout
• Jib Lake, 27 ha, near Tiverton: Chain Pickerel, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Journeays Lake, 27 ha, near Tiverton: Yellow Perch
• Lewis Lake, 27 ha, near Stillwater Lake: Rainbow Trout, Brook Trout
• Naas Lake, 27 ha, near Mahone Bay: Smallmouth Bass, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Upper Mink Lake, 27 ha, near Cornwallis: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Wagner Lake, 27 ha, near New Germany: Smallmouth Bass, Brown Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Black Brook Lake, 26 ha, near Goshen: Brook Trout
• Cameron Lake, 26 ha, near Mount Uniacke: Brook Trout
• Colibri Lake, 26 ha, near Digby: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Dry Lake, 26 ha, near Middle Musquodoboit: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Gaetz Lake, 26 ha, near East Lawrencetown: White Perch
• Gilbert Lake, 26 ha, near Parrsboro: White Perch, Smallmouth Bass, Atlantic Salmon, Yellow Perch
• Indian Lake, 26 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout
• Lake Jesse, 26 ha, near Tusket: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Long Lake, 26 ha, near St. Peter's: Brook Trout, White Perch
• Pottie Lake, 26 ha, near Louisdale: White Perch
• Canoe Lake, 25 ha, near Marion Bridge: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, White Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Dayspring Lake, 25 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead
• First Bear Lake, 25 ha, near Tusket: Yellow Perch
• Gillis Lake, 25 ha, near Antigonish: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
• Hardy Lake, 25 ha, near Marion Bridge: Brook Trout, White Perch, Lake Whitefish
• Hectanooga Lake, 25 ha, near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Brook Trout
• Keefe Lake, 25 ha, near Lingan Road: Brook Trout
• Loon Lake, 25 ha, near Port Morien: Brook Trout, White Perch
• Murphy Lake, 25 ha, near Liverpool: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Narrow Lake, 25 ha, near Goshen: Brown Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Lake Whitefish
• Birch Lake, 24 ha, near Greenwood: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Churchills Mill Lake, 24 ha, near Yarmouth: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Country Harbour Lake, 24 ha, near Cross Roads Country Harbour: White Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Farish Lake, 24 ha, near Tusket: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Fountain Lake, 24 ha, near Great Village: Brook Trout
• Moose Lake, 24 ha, near Ingonish: Brook Trout
• Path Lake, 24 ha, near Lockeport: Chain Pickerel, Brook Trout, White Perch
• Snake Cat Lake, 24 ha, near Baddeck: Brook Trout
• Spectacle Lake, 24 ha, near Chester: Brook Trout
• St. Josephs Lake, 24 ha, near Antigonish: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
• Thibault Lake, 24 ha, near Tiverton: Chain Pickerel, Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch
• Albro Lake, 23 ha, near Albro Lake: Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout, Rainbow Trout
• Dunn Lake, 23 ha, near Cornwallis: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Brook Trout
• Hubley Mill Lake, 23 ha, near Stillwater Lake: Brook Trout
• Johnson Lake, 23 ha, near Louisbourg: White Perch
• Little Silver Lake, 23 ha, near Shelburne: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Matthew Lake, 23 ha, near Hebbville: White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Meaghers Lake, 23 ha, near Guysborough: Brook Trout
• Perch Lake, 23 ha, near Stellarton: Brook Trout, Yellow Perch
• Range Corner Lake, 23 ha, near Digby: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Sampson Lake, 23 ha, near Louisdale: Brook Trout
• Woolenhaupt Lake, 23 ha, near New Germany: Atlantic Salmon, Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Donnellys Lake, 22 ha, near Havre Boucher: Brook Trout
• Lewis Lake, 22 ha, near Upper Sackville: Brook Trout
• Long Lake, 22 ha, near Amherst: White Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Scott Lake, 22 ha, near New Germany: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead, Smallmouth Bass, Brook Trout
• Wainwright Lake, 22 ha, near Shelburne: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Back Lake, 21 ha, near Tusket: Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Barnie Lake, 21 ha, near New Germany: Brook Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Beelers Lake, 21 ha, near Cornwallis: White Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Coon Lake, 21 ha, near Sheet Harbour: Brook Trout
• Davis Lake, 21 ha, near Middle Musquodoboit: Brown Trout, White Perch, Yellow Perch, Brown Bullhead
• Doreys Lake, 21 ha, near New Germany: Yellow Perch, 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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