Fishing Lac Big Pond in Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Look for Lac Big Pond in Côte-Nord, Quebec. It stands 9 metres above sea level. At 7 hectares it is the sort of place you fish for an evening rather than a day. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Côte-Nord. Head to Saint-Augustin, 75 km away, for anything you forgot. Then St. Anthony, 140 km, and Baie Verte, 193 km. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Big Pond

  Depth is not on record here, which means reading the ground instead. Work the tide here — moving water feeds, slack water rests. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Côte-Nord records list logperch among the fish reported. Those are county-wide records, so not every one of them will be in this water. At Lac Big Pond the water rewards a slow, careful approach.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The year swings from about -12°C in January to roughly 14°C in August. Fishing here follows the temperature more than the calendar. Ice fishing carries the winter, and the water opens about early May. In an average year the thaw lands around early May and the freeze near late November. The first weeks of open water and the last are the ones to plan for. Lac Big Pond fishes to that pattern most years.

• Tackle & Baits

  The paperwork position is blank for this one. There is a jetty 1.2 km off, worth knowing on a busy day. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Rules for this water may differ from the county norm. Access can change hands, so last year's answer may not hold. Should this one be busy, Lac Stormless is 4.4 km off. What applies at Lac Big Pond may have changed since it was mapped.