Fishing at Lac Bourinot, Nord-du-Québec, Quebec

• Overview

  You will find Lac Bourinot in Nord-du-Québec, Quebec. The bank is 550 metres above sea level. About 9.24 sq km, so local knowledge or a boat saves a lot of walking. The shoreline runs to about 65 km, far more than one trip can cover. Size puts it in the front rank of our Nord-du-Québec list. For a base, Godefroy sits 223 km out. Saguenay sits 473 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. It lies deep inside the county rather than near an edge.

• Where to Fish on Lac Bourinot

  We hold no survey for this water; read the slope of the shoreline instead. 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. Fish documented in Nord-du-Québec include Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout and lake whitefish. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Work Lac Bourinot in sections rather than trying to cover it.

• Seasonal Patterns

  July runs about 14°C on average, January about -24°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from late May. Climate averages put the opening at about late May and the closing near early November. Late spring and early autumn carry the year between them. Lac Bourinot runs to its own calendar within the local pattern.

• Tackle & Baits

  No access rule appears in what we hold. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Access is unmapped, which usually means a farm track and a walk. Light line and small metal for the trout; a fly rod earns its place on calm evenings. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. Lac Ango, 17 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac Bourinot should be assumed from this page alone.