Lac Arc Fishing in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Arc lies in Côte-Nord, Quebec. The surface lies 483 metres up. About 7 hectares of surface, which puts the far bank inside easy sight. On size it sits at the modest end of our Côte-Nord list. Nearest place of any size is Forestville, 129 km away. After that come Saint-Honoré at 129 km and Saint-Fulgence at 132 km. No boundary runs near, so the local rules hold throughout.

• Where to Fish on Lac Arc

  We hold no depth figure for this one. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Open biodiversity records for Côte-Nord list logperch. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. Lac Arc repays a walk before the first cast.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July is the warm end of the year here, averaging about 15°C, while January sits near -19°C. A short, intense season is the rule this far north. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near mid May. On average, mid May opens the water and early November closes it again. Just after the ice goes and just before it returns, the fishing lifts. Plan any trip to Lac Arc around it.

• Tackle & Baits

  We hold no note on access for this one. No made access appears within a short radius, so plan to park on a verge and walk. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Rules differ from one water to the next round here. A polite question at the farm gate opens more banks than anything else. Lac du Raton, 0.6 km away, makes the obvious fallback. What applies at Lac Arc may have changed since it was mapped.