Nova Scotia fishing maps
Free interactive depth charts for 82 Nova Scotia lakes and rivers, 8 of them built on real state fisheries depth surveys. Open any water, pick your species, and see the spots worth fishing, why each one is good, and the best times to be there. No account needed to browse.
New to depth charts? Learn to read a lake depth map or turn one into a three-stop fishing plan.
Ranked guides: best smallmouth bass lakes in Nova Scotia · best striped bass lakes in Nova Scotia · best yellow perch lakes in Nova Scotia · best brook trout lakes in Nova Scotia · best chain pickerel lakes in Nova Scotia · best white perch lakes in Nova Scotia · best brown bullhead lakes in Nova Scotia · best winter flounder lakes in Nova Scotia · best atlantic mackerel lakes in Nova Scotia · best atlantic cod lakes in Nova Scotia
No boat? Bank and shore fishing in Nova Scotia (23 waters with public access)
Deepest lakes in Nova Scotia
The deepest water mapped on DepthScout in Nova Scotia is Lochaber Lake at 160 ft (49 m). The ten deepest charts here:
| # | Water | Max depth | Chart |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lochaber Lake | 160 ft | 160 ft · Approximated contours |
| 2 | Shubenacadie Grand Lake | 131 ft | 131 ft · Approximated contours |
| 3 | Dollar Lake | 110 ft | 110 ft · Approximated contours |
| 4 | Grand Lake | 98 ft | 98 ft · Approximated contours |
| 5 | Long Lake | 98 ft | 98 ft · Approximated contours |
| 6 | Chester Harbours | 87 ft | 87 ft · Survey depth data · 75% measured |
| 7 | Anderson Lake | 85 ft | 85 ft · Approximated contours |
| 8 | Kearney Lake | 82 ft | 82 ft · Approximated contours |
| 9 | First Lake | 75 ft | 75 ft · Approximated contours |
| 10 | Porters Lake | 75 ft | 75 ft · Approximated contours |
Nova Scotia fishing by county
What Nova Scotia anglers fish for: white perch (30 waters) · yellow perch (30 waters) · brook trout (30 waters) · smallmouth bass (13 waters) · chain pickerel (9 waters) · atlantic cod (8 waters) · atlantic mackerel (8 waters) · winter flounder (8 waters)
Mapped water systems in Nova Scotia
Large rivers, lakes and coastal waters are split into useful map sections. Start with the system overview, then choose a depth chart or water guide.
- Ketch, Sandy & Sambro Harbours fishing maps (1 mapped sections)
- Anderson Lake 85 ft · Approximated contours
- Armstrong Lake 22 ft · Approximated contours
- Aylesford Lake 39 ft · Approximated contours
- Belliveau Lake 20 ft · Approximated contours
- Big Lake 33 ft · Approximated contours
- Big Mushamush Lake 66 ft · Approximated contours
- Bissett Lake 33 ft · Approximated contours
- Blind Bay 61 ft · Survey depth data · 74% measured · survey
- Cameron Lake 33 ft · Approximated contours
- Chester Harbours 87 ft · Survey depth data · 75% measured · survey
- Dalem Lake 33 ft · Approximated contours
- Darling Lake 23 ft · Approximated contours
- Dauphinees Mill Lake 16 ft · Approximated contours
- Dollar Lake 110 ft · Approximated contours
- Eden Lake 69 ft · Approximated contours
- First Lake 75 ft · Approximated contours
- Fletchers Lake 36 ft · Approximated contours
- Gabarus Lake 52 ft · Approximated contours
- Governor Lake 46 ft · Approximated contours
- Grand Lake 51 ft · Approximated contours
- Grand Lake 13 ft · Approximated contours
- Grand Lake 98 ft · Approximated contours
- Hubbards Cove 60 ft · Survey depth data · 84% measured · survey
- Kearney Lake 82 ft · Approximated contours
- Lake Echo 30 ft · Approximated contours
- Lake Micmac 20 ft · Approximated contours
- Lewis Lake 43 ft · Approximated contours
- Lochaber Lake 160 ft · Approximated contours
- Long Lake 98 ft · Approximated contours
- Louisbourg Harbour 73 ft · Survey depth data · 79% measured · survey
- Mahone Harbour 67 ft · Survey depth data · 79% measured · survey
- Maynard Lake 52 ft · Approximated contours
- Morris Lake 33 ft · Approximated contours
- Oat Hill Lake 30 ft · Approximated contours
- Paper Mill Lake 20 ft · Approximated contours
- Penhorn Lake 30 ft · Approximated contours
- Porters Lake 75 ft · Approximated contours
- Sambro Harbour 64 ft · Survey depth data · 64% measured · survey
- Sheet Harbour 72 ft · Survey depth data · 49% measured · survey
- Shubenacadie Grand Lake 131 ft · Approximated contours
- Squid Cove 41 ft · Survey depth data · 80% measured · survey
- Sunken Lake 20 ft · Approximated contours
- Tucker Lake 59 ft · Approximated contours
- Williams Lake 66 ft · Approximated contours
More states: Ontario fishing maps · Sweden fishing maps · Wisconsin fishing maps · Minnesota fishing maps · British Columbia fishing maps · Québec fishing maps · Finland fishing maps · Michigan fishing maps · Germany fishing maps · United Kingdom fishing maps · Norway fishing maps · Maine fishing maps · New Hampshire fishing maps · Lithuania fishing maps · New York fishing maps · Montana fishing maps · Saskatchewan fishing maps · Massachusetts fishing maps · Wyoming fishing maps · France fishing maps · Washington fishing maps · New Brunswick fishing maps · Florida fishing maps · Indiana fishing maps · North Dakota fishing maps · Texas fishing maps · Iowa fishing maps · Ohio fishing maps · Estonia fishing maps · Alberta fishing maps · Connecticut fishing maps · Nebraska fishing maps · Netherlands fishing maps · California fishing maps · Missouri fishing maps · Vermont fishing maps · Spain fishing maps · Oklahoma fishing maps · Alaska fishing maps · South Dakota fishing maps · Utah fishing maps · Western Australia fishing maps · Arizona fishing maps · Colorado fishing maps · Iceland fishing maps · Illinois fishing maps · Ireland fishing maps · New Mexico fishing maps · Kansas fishing maps · Japan fishing maps · West Virginia fishing maps · Mississippi fishing maps · Idaho fishing maps · Italy fishing maps · New Jersey fishing maps · Denmark fishing maps · U.S. Virgin Islands fishing maps · Kentucky fishing maps · Alabama fishing maps · Oregon fishing maps · North Carolina fishing maps · Greece fishing maps · Puerto Rico fishing maps · Tennessee fishing maps · Queensland fishing maps · Northern Territory fishing maps · Poland fishing maps · Georgia fishing maps · Delaware fishing maps · Nevada fishing maps · Virginia fishing maps · Latvia fishing maps · Rhode Island fishing maps · Manitoba fishing maps · Louisiana fishing maps · South Australia fishing maps · South Carolina fishing maps · Victoria fishing maps · Tasmania fishing maps · Portugal fishing maps · Pennsylvania fishing maps · Maryland fishing maps · Arkansas fishing maps · Switzerland fishing maps · Hawaii fishing maps · New South Wales fishing maps