Lac Burt in Côte-Nord: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Burt is one of the Côte-Nord listings for Quebec. Beyond the shoreline you have spruce and muskeg. Surface area is around 78 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. Around 4.7 km of margin, front to back. Saint-Honoré at 87 km is the nearest place to stop. Saint-Fulgence lies 88 km off, Chicoutimi another 97 km. The nearest boundary is well away, so one set of rules covers the water.

• Where to Fish on Lac Burt

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. A soft bed grows weed late into autumn, which keeps fish shallow. On a natural lake the weed line and the shelf beyond it do the work. Records held for Côte-Nord cover logperch. Records at county level tell you what is around, not what is stocked here. Fish Lac Burt to its features, not to its size.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Averages move between -19°C in January and 16°C in July. Cold dominates the calendar on water this far north. Look for the thaw near early May; the fishing lifts straight after. Ice usually gives way near early May, and forms again about mid November. The strong weeks are the first after break-up and the last before the freeze. Anyone fishing Lac Burt regularly works to that calendar.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public data does not answer the access question here. No dam controls it, and the level follows the season. There is no mapped parking or launch close by, which usually means walking in. Perch take small lures and worms fished near the bottom close to structure. Gates get locked out of season on water like this. Some water is controlled locally without a sign saying so. Lac de la Gousse sits 2.1 km off and takes the overflow. Treat Lac Burt as unsettled until someone local tells you otherwise.