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Best brook trout lakes in Nova Scotia

44 Nova Scotia waters hold brook trout. Ranked below by size and depth-data quality — open any water to see exactly where to fish it: depth contours, scored spots with plain-English reasons, seasonal windows and bait picks. The native char of cold ponds and streams. Needs the coldest, cleanest water in the lake.

1. Sherbrooke Lake — 89 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
2. Gabarus Lake — 52 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
3. Aylesford Lake — 39 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
4. Grand Lake — 49 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
5. Lochaber Lake — 160 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
6. Wentworth Lake — 26 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch, Brown Bullhead
7. Dauphinees Mill Lake — 16 ft max · Brook Trout
8. Milipsigate Lake — 52 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
9. Eden Lake — 69 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
10. Grand Lake — 51 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
11. Shortts Lake — 46 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
12. Long Lake — 98 ft max · Brook Trout
13. Dollar Lake — 110 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
14. Belliveau Lake — 20 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
15. Grand Lake — 98 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
16. Mattatall Lake — 30 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
17. Fanning Lake — 36 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch, Brown Bullhead
18. Kearney Lake — 82 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, Chain Pickerel
19. Lake George — 30 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
20. Lake Charles — 98 ft max · Smallmouth Bass, Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
21. Grand Lake — 13 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
22. Miller Lake — 43 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
23. West Branch Lake — 13 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
24. Cranberry Lake — 26 ft max · Yellow Perch, Brook Trout, White Perch
25. Armstrong Lake — 22 ft max · Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead

…plus 19 more Nova Scotia waters holding brook trout.

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When to fish brook trout in Nova Scotia

• Spring 2–15 ft — Ice-out scatters brookies along shorelines and inflow mouths, feeding on the first insect activity.
• Summer 10–30 ft — Brookies hold where the coldest water is — spring holes, deep basin edges and inflow plumes.
• Fall 2–15 ft — Fall is the show: brilliant spawning colors on gravel shoals and inflow gravel.
• Winter 3–20 ft — A classic ice-fishing target — active all winter in shallow to mid-depth water.

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