Lac au Bout de la Montee Fishing Guide, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac au Bout de la Montee is one of the Côte-Nord waters in Quebec. Around the bank it is taiga. Around 61 hectares of surface means several distinct areas to work. There is roughly 4.2 km of shoreline here, which is a short walk end to end. It sits higher than most water we list in Quebec. The town to know is Port-Cartier, 76 km out. Saguenay sits 346 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. The county line is nowhere near, so one local authority covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac au Bout de la Montee

  Depth is unknown to us, and the shoreline is the better guide. The shallow end warms first and pulls fish in ahead of the rest. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Côte-Nord list logperch. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Lac au Bout de la Montee the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -19°C in January to roughly 14°C in July. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid May. Break-up near mid May, freeze-up near early November: that is the shape of an average year. May into June fishes hardest, and September gives a second good stretch before the lid returns. It holds true on Lac au Bout de la Montee more years than not.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. No slipway, car park or made path shows up nearby in mapping, so treat access as rough. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Where access is informal, keep it that way by behaving. Night access is frequently treated as a separate matter. Lac Coquart, 4.8 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Check the current arrangement for Lac au Bout de la Montee.