Etang Bissot in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Etang Bissot is a Côte-Nord water, Quebec side. The bank is 188 metres above sea level. Surface area is around 24 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. About 2.4 km of bank, so nothing stays unexplored for long. It is low-lying compared with other Quebec water we list. The nearest town is Havre-Saint-Pierre, 103 km away. Then Gaspé, 135 km, and Perce, 148 km. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Etang Bissot

  Our records hold no depth for this water. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. This is a lake, so the margins and the first drop matter most. Survey and observation records for Côte-Nord include logperch. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. Etang Bissot repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  On the long-term average, July reads 16°C and January reads -13°C. Expect a real winter and a strong spring after it. Winter fishing happens on the ice here, with open water back around early May. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly late November. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. On Etang Bissot that shapes the whole year.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Check whether a boat is allowed before you tow one. Check whether bait restrictions apply before you buy any. Lac Rainsford, 3.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Etang Bissot.