SACKVILLE RIVER AT BEDFORD
SACKVILLE RIVER NS WSC
SACKVILLE RIVER AT BEDFORD (01EJ001) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the SACKVILLE RIVER in NS, operated by the Water Survey of Canada. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 18 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- WSC station ID
- 01EJ001
- Agency
- WSC
- Province
- NS
- Coordinates
- 44.7315, -63.6604
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Fishing regulations
NS province-wide default defaultDefault area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.
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Smallmouth Bass Open · Harvest allowed within limits Apr 1 – Oct 31 Details
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Apr 1 – Oct 31
- Daily limit
- bag limit 5
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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White Perch Open · Harvest allowed within limits Apr 1 – Sep 30 Details
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Apr 1 – Sep 30
- Daily limit
- bag limit 10
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Yellow Perch Open · Harvest allowed within limits Apr 1 – Sep 30 Details
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Apr 1 – Sep 30
- Daily limit
- bag limit 25
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Alewife (Gaspereau) No season data
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American Eel No season data
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Atlantic Salmon No season data
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Banded Killifish No season data
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Brook Trout No season data
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Brown Bullhead No season data
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Chain Pickerel No season data Details
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Period not confirmed
- Daily limit
- mandatory retention
Official rule · retrieved Jul 25, 2026
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Common Shiner No season data
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Four Spine Stickleback No season data
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Golden Shiner No season data
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Goldfish No season data
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Lake Chub No season data
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Nine Spine Stickleback No season data
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Rainbow Trout No season data
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White Sucker No season data
Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-07-27 in America/Halifax
Regulations shown are for reference only and may not reflect in-season changes. Always verify current regulations with the Nova Scotia Anglers' Handbook before fishing.
Fish recorded near this station
Sampled in this watershedSackville River At Bedford has documented fish occurrence data from Nova Scotia provincial freshwater fish surveys. The survey records 18 species from observation sampling within 10 km of this station.
Species include: Alewife (Gaspereau) (Alosa pseudoharengus), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Four Spine Stickleback (Apeltes quadracus), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), and 13 others.
- Alewife (Gaspereau) Alosa pseudoharengus
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Four Spine Stickleback Apeltes quadracus
- Goldfish Carassius auratus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Lake Chub Couesius plumbeus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- White Perch Morone americana
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Nine Spine Stickleback Pungitius pungitius
- Atlantic Salmon Salmo salar
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Sampled in this watershed
- Fish were sampled elsewhere in the same watershed — a provincial or federal survey nearby, not at the gauge itself.
- Records
- 18 species
- from 18 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 26, 1971 – Aug 24, 2017
- 18 dated records