Lac Aspet, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Nord-du-Québec in Quebec is where Lac Aspet sits. The surface lies 433 metres up. At 5 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. Most waters listed here for Nord-du-Québec are larger. The nearest place of any size is Chibougamau, 58 km away. Saguenay sits 235 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Aspet

  There is no published depth for this one, so start shallow and work out. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Fish documented in Nord-du-Québec include Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout, lake whitefish and cisco. These are county-wide records, so not all of them will be in this water. On Lac Aspet that means starting tight and working out.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The warmest month averages 16°C, the coldest about -19°C. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Ice-out usually falls in early May, and the weeks after it fish hardest. The water is typically free of ice between early May and mid November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Expect Lac Aspet to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Whether you may fish here is not something records settle. No launch point is recorded nearby, so this is a bank water unless you carry a boat in. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Parking space is the usual limit rather than the bank itself. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Lac Valines sits 0.4 km off and takes the overflow. The position on Lac Aspet is worth confirming on the day.