Lac Caplet in Nord-du-Québec: How and When to Fish It

• Overview

  Lac Caplet belongs to Nord-du-Québec, Quebec. The water sits 397 metres up. It covers about 2 hectares, so this is small water you can walk round in under an hour. It is one of the smaller waters we list in Nord-du-Québec. 66 km away sits Chibougamau, the nearest town. Saguenay sits 240 km out, and it is the nearest city worth the name. This one is safely inside the county line.

• Where to Fish on Lac Caplet

  We hold no depth figure for this one. The productive water is a rod length or two out, not a hundred. Look for the band where the shallows give up and the bottom falls away. Open biodiversity records for Nord-du-Québec list Arctic charr, brook trout, lake trout, lake whitefish and cisco. Take it as the county picture rather than a promise for this water. Read Lac Caplet before you fish it and the day goes better.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Long-term averages put July at about 16°C and January near -19°C. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. The freeze runs deep into the year, with break-up near early May. The open-water window runs from around early May to about mid November in an average year. The weeks after the thaw and the ones before the freeze are the strongest. Expect Lac Caplet to follow that timing.

• Tackle & Baits

  Public sources are silent on who controls the bank. A picnic site 260 m off makes this workable with family in tow. For the trout, small spinners and a box of nymphs cover both approaches. A landowner's word beats anything printed elsewhere. Keep proof of licence with you rather than in the car. Failing this one, try Lac des Bleuets, 0.9 km away. What applies at Lac Caplet may have changed since it was mapped.