Lake · Halifax, Nova Scotia
Lake Echo
At a glance
- Area
- 214 ha (528 acres)
Who lives here
- American eel Anguilla rostrataSurveyed · 1983 · Fish surveys: Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Freshwater Fish Species Distribution Records. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
- Banded killifish Fundulus diaphanusSurveyed · 1983 · Fish surveys: Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Freshwater Fish Species Distribution Records. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
- Brook trout Salvelinus fontinalisSurveyed · 2025 · Fish surveys: Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Freshwater Fish Species Distribution Records. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
- Brown bullhead Ameiurus nebulosusSurveyed · 1983 · Fish surveys: Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Freshwater Fish Species Distribution Records. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
- Golden shiner Notemigonus crysoleucasSurveyed · 1983 · Fish surveys: Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Freshwater Fish Species Distribution Records. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
- White perch Morone americanaSurveyed · 1983 · Fish surveys: Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Freshwater Fish Species Distribution Records. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
- White sucker Catostomus commersoniiSurveyed · 1983 · Fish surveys: Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Freshwater Fish Species Distribution Records. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia
Not listed doesn't mean no fish.
Stocking
| Year | Species | Stage | Number |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 2025 | Brook Trout | 2-3 years from date of hatch | 35 |
| May 23, 2025 | Brook Trout | 26-52 weeks after absorption of yolk sac | 900 |
| May 24, 2024 | Brook Trout | 1-2 years from date of hatch | 500 |
| May 24, 2024 | Brook Trout | 2-3 years from date of hatch | 60 |
| May 24, 2024 | Brook Trout | 26-52 weeks after absorption of yolk sac | 1,400 |
| May 25, 2023 | Brook Trout | 1-2 years from date of hatch | 1,000 |
| May 25, 2023 | Brook Trout | 2-3 years from date of hatch | 200 |
| May 27, 2022 | Brook Trout | 1-2 years from date of hatch | 1,360 |
| May 27, 2022 | Brook Trout | 2-3 years from date of hatch | 100 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Brook Trout | 1-2 years from date of hatch | 1,840 |
| Jun 10, 2021 | Brook Trout | 2-3 years from date of hatch | 70 |
| Jun 16, 2020 | Brook Trout | 1-2 years from date of hatch | 1,920 |
| Jun 16, 2020 | Brook Trout | 2-3 years from date of hatch | 150 |
| May 25, 2020 | Brook Trout | 1-2 years from date of hatch | 2,400 |
| May 25, 2020 | Brook Trout | 2-3 years from date of hatch | 100 |
| May 24, 2019 | Brook Trout | 1-2 years from date of hatch | 1,300 |
| May 24, 2019 | Brook Trout | 2-3 years from date of hatch | 62 |
As the agency publishes it. Newest first: 17 of 17.
Getting on the water
No public access site is listed for this water yet.
Listed by public agencies. A listed site doesn't make the water or its shore open to fishing: when in doubt, it's unknown. Check signs and local rules.
The rules
Summary, not the law. Check the official regulations before you fish.
HuntGrid has no rules for this water yet.
Official regulations: Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture
What's biting
Not enough anglers have shared catches here lately. A species shows for a week once at least 5 anglers share catches of it.
From anglers who chose to share their catches in HuntGrid Fishing, each counted once, counts rounded to the nearest 5, published 3 days after the week ends and never changed. Never a spot, time or name.
About this page
Sources and licences:
- Natural Resources Canada, CanVec Hydro Features (1:50,000). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.; Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGNDB); Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Boundary Files (census divisions and subdivisions, provinces). This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. · Open Government Licence – Canada 2.0
- Fish surveys: Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture, Freshwater Fish Species Distribution Records. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia · Nova Scotia Open Government Licence (https://novascotia.ca/opendata/licence.asp, checked 2026-10-19): "The Information Provider grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the Information, including for commercial purposes" … "Copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute or otherwise use the Information in any medium, mode or format for any lawful purpose." data.novascotia.ca dataset jgyj-d4fh: licence Nova Scotia Open Government Licence.
- Fish stocking: Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Nova Scotia · Nova Scotia Open Government Licence (https://novascotia.ca/opendata/licence.asp, checked 2026-10-19): "The Information Provider grants you a worldwide, royalty-free, perpetual, non-exclusive licence to use the Information, including for commercial purposes" … "Copy, modify, publish, translate, adapt, distribute or otherwise use the Information in any medium, mode or format for any lawful purpose." data.novascotia.ca dataset 8e4a-m6fw: licence Nova Scotia Open Government Licence.
The outline is drawn from the official water data credited above, without a basemap. These pages show no angler's catches, spots or tracks.