Lac Carre Fishing Guide, Côte-Nord, Quebec

• Overview

  Lac Carre stands in Côte-Nord, Quebec. The surface lies 365 metres up. Surface area is around 29 hectares, which gives you real water without needing a boat. The full circuit measures close to 2.4 km on foot. Port-Cartier sits 74 km from here and is the nearest stop. Then Saint-Alexandre, 74 km, and Baie-Comeau, 84 km. No county line comes close, which keeps the paperwork simple.

• Where to Fish on Lac Carre

  No chart reached our records; the first cast is your sounding. Bays and points beat straight shoreline every time on water like this. A natural lake fishes on cover, and cover here means weed and timber. Public occurrence data for Côte-Nord names logperch. Species recorded across the county may be limited to a few waters. On Lac Carre the obvious spot is not always the productive one.

• Seasonal Patterns

  Temperature averages peak at 15°C in July and bottom out at -18°C in January. Everything is compressed into the middle of the year. Count on hard cover from midwinter, and open water from mid May. Ice clears near mid May and comes back about mid November in a typical year. September and October fish steadily right up to the freeze. That shapes the year on Lac Carre.

• Tackle & Baits

  Nothing we hold confirms whether access is permitted. It formed naturally, so levels move with rainfall rather than with a gate. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Take the rules with you rather than trusting memory. Where tickets apply, they are sold in the nearest town rather than on the bank. Lac en Coeur, 0.9 km away, makes the obvious fallback. Nothing on Lac Carre should be assumed from this page alone.