Fishing Lac Baily in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Baily sits within Nord-du-Québec in Quebec. The bank gives way to boreal forest. It covers about 8 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. Most waters listed here for Nord-du-Québec are larger. The closest town, Chibougamau, is 57 km distant. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 250 km away. One jurisdiction covers this water end to end.

• Where to Fish on Lac Baily

  Depth remains unrecorded, so treat the first session as a survey. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Species logged across Nord-du-Québec include Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout and lake whitefish. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. On Lac Baily the quiet end is the one worth the extra effort.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 16°C on average, January about -19°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. The open season starts with the thaw, near enough early May. Expect the water usable from around early May until roughly mid November. Fishing peaks soon after break-up and again before the cold returns. Lac Baily runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  We have no record of the rules that apply on this bank. We find no slipway, car park or made path within a short radius, so treat access as rough. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. Check locally before you travel, because a wasted drive is a long one. Rules for boats are stricter than rules for the bank in many places. Should this one be busy, Lac Romette is 1.4 km off. The position on Lac Baily is worth confirming on the day.