Lac Andy Fishing near Chapais, Quebec

• Overview

  In Quebec, Lac Andy belongs to Nord-du-Québec. It sits in boreal forest. Surface area is around 76 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. With 6.4 km or so of shoreline, boat anglers cover ground the bank cannot. Chapais at 22 km is the nearest place to stop. Saguenay sits 293 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside its county, with no border complications.

• Where to Fish on Lac Andy

  No depth figure appears in our records, so the bank has to tell you. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. Fish documented in Nord-du-Québec include Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout and lake whitefish. It is the county picture; the agency list is water-specific. Fish Lac Andy to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -19°C. The ice season is long here and the open one short. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near mid November. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. Lac Andy fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. Mapping records no facilities at all near this water. Trout here take small spinners, spoons and, where fly water allows, a nymph or dry. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. For a change of water, Lac Agglomerat is 2.8 km distant. Nothing on Lac Andy should be assumed from this page alone.