Fishing near Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Dartmouth sits within Halifax Regional Municipality, earning its nickname "City of Lakes" from the many freshwater lakes scattered across the city and its surroundings. Urban anglers fish stocked lakes minutes from downtown, while the broader region opens up to tidal saltwater at Dartmouth Cove and productive rivers and lakes beyond the city limits.
Species & education
Learn what type of fish are in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia and what's needed to catch them.
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American Plaice
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
Thunnus thynnus
Atlantic Cod
Gadus morhua
Atlantic Herring
Clupea harengus
Atlantic Mackerel
Scomber scombrus
Blue Shark
Prionace glauca
Brook Trout
Salvelinus fontinalis
Haddock
Melanogrammus aeglefinus
Monkfish
Lophius americanus
Pollock
Pollachius virens
Porbeagle
Lamna nasus
Silver Hake
Merluccius bilinearis
Spiny Dogfish
Squalus acanthias
Striped Bass
Morone saxatilis
White Hake
Urophycis tenuis
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