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

• Overview

  Look for Lac Charron in Côte-Nord, Quebec. It stands 458 metres above sea level. It runs to roughly 13 hectares — big enough to hold fish away from the bank, small enough to learn. The full circuit measures close to 1.4 km on foot. Forestville at 123 km is the nearest place to stop. The nearest city of size is Saguenay, 145 km away. It sits well inside the county, so one set of rules covers it.

• Where to Fish on Lac Charron

  Depth went unrecorded, which puts the reading back on you. Weed, then depth: that is the order to fish a water of this kind. Read the surface for the wind lane, then fish the edge of it. Survey and observation records for Côte-Nord include logperch. The county figures include rivers and lakes alike. Lac Charron gives up more to patience than to distance.

• Seasonal Patterns

  The seasonal spread runs -19°C to 16°C. Open water is the exception rather than the rule here. After mid May the shallows warm and the fish move up. Average temperatures cross freezing around mid May in spring and again near mid November in autumn. Fish feed hardest at the start and the close of the open season. That shapes the year on Lac Charron.

• Tackle & Baits

  Access status is simply unknown for this water. Records list it as a natural water body rather than an impoundment. Nothing is mapped in the way of a ramp or car park within a short radius. For the perch, a small jig tipped with worm, dropped along the edges, is hard to beat. Bank access can be seasonal on ground like this. Some stretches are reserved and marked as such on the ground. The nearest alternative is Lac Os, 0.5 km out. Check the current arrangement for Lac Charron.