Deuxieme lac Champoux Fishing in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Deuxieme lac Champoux in Côte-Nord, Quebec. The water sits 207 metres up. At about 13 hectares, a day is enough to walk the shoreline properly. The bank runs about 2.0 km all the way round, so one visit can cover most of it. Ground here is low by Quebec standards. Baie-Comeau is the closest town at 59 km. Hauterive follows at 62 km, then Chute-aux-Outardes at 72 km. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Deuxieme lac Champoux

  Depth is not on record here, so the bank has to tell you. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Public occurrence data for Côte-Nord names logperch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. The near bank of Deuxieme lac Champoux is often the one people ignore.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -17°C in January up to 16°C in July. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. After early May the shallows warm and the fish move up. The lid tends to go about early May and return around mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. It holds true on Deuxieme lac Champoux more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. This is a natural basin, not a dammed one. Mapping is blank for access, so scout the approach before committing the car. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Sort the permit out before you load the car. Close seasons apply to some species and not others. If the gate is shut, Lac a Brod at 0.8 km is the nearest alternative. Nothing on Deuxieme lac Champoux should be assumed from this page alone.