Lac 3.1416 in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac 3.1416 is one of the Côte-Nord listings for Quebec. It sits at 198 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 65 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. A shoreline of some 4.5 km keeps the choices simple. Ground here is low by Quebec standards. Start from Baie-Comeau, 60 km down the road. Then Hauterive, 63 km, and Chute-aux-Outardes, 74 km. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac 3.1416

  The records we hold are silent on depth, so plan to find it yourself. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Côte-Nord list logperch. Read it as a county summary, not a water-by-water list. Anyone new to this water should walk it once before setting up.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -17°C in January and 16°C in July. The window is narrow, and fish feed hard while it lasts. Break-up comes around early May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Going by climate averages, expect open water from about early May until roughly mid November. Early summer and early autumn carry the open-water season. Plan around that when you fish this water.

• Tackle & Baits

  The access position is unclear from public sources. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is listed nearby for parking or launching a boat. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac a Brod at 2.3 km is the sensible second choice. Nothing on this water should be assumed from this page alone.