Lac Aubert, Quebec: Fishing Spots and Seasons

• Overview

  Set in Nord-du-Québec, Lac Aubert is a Quebec water. Everything around it is boreal forest. Labrador City lies 367 km from the water. Saguenay sits 728 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. Close by you have: Lac Range near enough 4.1 km, Lac Subileau just 7.1 km, Lac Charolais near enough 8 km, Lac Heslin just 8.5 km and Lac Bonneval near enough 14 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Aubert

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. County-wide records name Arctic charr, brook trout and lake trout. Records at this level tell you what is in the area. At Lac Aubert light and wind decide more than tackle does.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 13°C and January near -25°C. Winter runs most of the calendar, and everything worth doing happens in the gap. Break-up comes around late May, and the run that follows is short and strong. Open water usually runs from late May until about early November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Anyone fishing Lac Aubert regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. A phone call first saves an afternoon. Where the way in crosses private ground, ask first. Failing this one, try Lac Range, 4.1 km away. Check the position on Lac Aubert before loading the car.