Fishing at Lac a l'Ours, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Set in Côte-Nord, Lac a l'Ours is a Quebec water. Salt water lies 7.8 km off. The water covers some 23 hectares, so pick a bank rather than trying to cover it all. 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 64 km. It is 295 km to Saguenay, the nearest city. Rules here are straightforward: one set of provincial rules.

• Where to Fish on Lac a l'Ours

  No depth figure has reached our records, which makes a plummet useful. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Public occurrence data for Côte-Nord names logperch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. The shape of Lac a l'Ours rewards a slow walk along one bank.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Seasonal averages run from -14°C in January up to 16°C in July. Four clear seasons, with a proper winter at one end. Winter locks it down, and early May brings it back. The water is typically free of ice between early May and late November. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. That shapes the year on Lac a l'Ours.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access is not recorded for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Fishing rules and camping rules are set separately here. If the gate is shut, Lac Jack at 0.9 km is the nearest alternative. Treat access at Lac a l'Ours as something to verify.